Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
OLD WORKS OF
ART RETAINED
ON FREE LIST
SENATE MAKES PROGRESS IN
TARIFF REVISION
NEW SCHEDULE is READY FOR
FINAL READING
Both Republicans and Democrats
Amend Bill in Interest of Refine-
ment and Educaton-Starch
Industry Protected
(By Associated Press,

w TASHINGTON, June 12.-Having
w completed consideration of items
~ of the tariff bill that had been
passed over under objections by SEN
ators during it's second reading, the ad-
journment of the senate today marked
en- important period in the progress Of
the measure.
When the bill is again taken up 1t
will be on its third reading for the
finaB disposition of items on which the
most pronounced objections have been
made.
In completing the second reading of
the bill, a number of items in the free
list were disposed Of Works OF art
over twenty years old and collections
illustrating the progress of arts over 100
years old were retained in the free list
by a vote of SO to 10
The amendment was defended by Re-
publicans and Democrats on the ground
that its result would be both educa-
tional and refining, and that works OF
art of the age indicated could not come
into competition with the products Of
American painters and sculptors.
It Benefits J. P. Morgan
The retention of this amendment will
Permit the great art collection made by
j. Pierpont Morgan, at an expenditure
of many millions of dollars, and now
The starch industry received protec-
ton by a reversal of the recommended
ton made by the committee, by which
tapioca and sago would be subject TO a
duty of / cent pound when not M
ported for food.
Senator Nelson opened the fight upon
the free admission of these products on
the ground that they were USED largely
by the cotton cloth and oilcloth indus
tries, in competition with starch made
from potatoes and corn.
He was supported by Senator Cum
minis. Both senators were taken TO
task by Senator Aldrich for attempting
to revise the tariff upward the Rhode
Island senator claiming that If the COM
mittee had suggested duty on prod
ucts that could not be raised in TINS
country for the purpose of protecting
other products when they came in COM
petition it would have been roundly de-
nounced. He also suggested that there
was a combination in the starch in
dustry. -
Come to Rescue
Senators Frye and Burrows. both OF
whom have starch factories within
their states came to- the rescue OF tlle
western senators, and Senator Aidrich,
slrrrendering in the face of this opposl-
ton. accepted an amendment by which
the tapioca and sago flour Will be ad-
mitted free only when used for 1901
This will place the duty upon the ar
ticles when consumed by the cotton or
oilcloth industries.
Crude potash, potash carbonate, caus--
tic potash and radium were placed
upon the free list.
The senate adjourned until Monday.
The Republican members of the senate
committee on finance today passed on
a number of paragraphs in the tarir
bill on which no agreement had peeh
reached before the bill was reported.
1t was agreed that rate OF SO OF a
cent should be reached on beams and
structural steel valued at less than SlS
a ton. and 4-1Oths of a cent on such
steel valued at more than SIS; 3 cents
a pound instead of 2 cents on boraic
acids; S150 a ton on barytes, the same
as fixed by the house, and that no
change from the house rate would be
made in sulphate of ammonia
1t was decided to place a duty or 10
per cent ad valorem on hides, the same
as the Dingley rate.
No change was made on plate glass,
but the McCumber amendment, ma
terialIy reducing the rates on common
window glass, probably will be adopted.
A meeting of the committee IS sched-
uled for o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
and forenoon meetings will be held
throughout the week.
Coal, oil, lumber, wood pulp and print
paper will be taken up at these ses-
stons