Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-23
Senator Nelson Insists that These
Will Stand Material Reduction.
TOO FAR ABOVE RAW WOOL
This Statement Provokes Retort from
Mr.. Gallinger.
D0LLIvER PRECIPTTATES DEBATE
IowRn Charges that Schedules Are
So Worded that Large increases
Can he Made in AppIica-
tiOn of Rates.

WASHINGTON. April 22.-Republican
criticism Of the pending tariff bill on the
ground that the rates were too high was
prominent in the senate today. when Sena-
tor Nelson Of Minnesota and Senator Dolli-
yer of Iowa attacked various schedules
Under the guise of discussing the duty on
gas retorts. a general debate on the tariff
was INDUCED in by democratic senator's
Senator aBiley of Texas taking occasion
to say that the bill was discriminatory
against the south. Fifty pages Of the bill
were read today
IL was agreed today that at any time
while the measure was being considered
Tor amendment any paragraph i'm the bill
might be reverted and be subject to amend
ment without the necessity of resorting to
any formal parliamentary procedure.
Duty ON Gas Retorts.
The consideration of the duty ON gas
! retorts caused an oratorical explosion. The
Committee on finance had increased the
rates on these articles from 50, as provided
In the house bill. to 30 per cent ad vaIorem,
/ the new duty being three times the amount
/ levied by the house bill and the present
| law
/ This course was denounced by Mr. Bailey
! as evidence of failure of the republican
party to keep faith with the people In their
/ demand for a revision Of the tariff down
ward.
Mr. Aldrich challenged the senator from
Texas to show that the republican party
had been pledged to a revision Of the tariff
| downward"
! Mr. Bailey read from President Taft's In
/ augural address to show that he had IA
Nored lower duties and Mr. Aldrich re-
] sponded that the ptnding bill proposed to
! fulfill that pledge absolutely.
Mr. Root spoke at length to show that
the increased rate on gas retorts was ius-
titled by changed conditions, concluding by
| saying that IL no senator had information
! on the subject the paragraph should be
pasted over.
Nelson on WOOIen Schedules,
Two republican senators-Nelson of Min.
nesota and Dolliver of Iowa-sharply an.
| tagonized the senate committee on finance
during the consideration OF the tariff bill
! The first, Mr. Nelson, denounced the meas.
ure declaring that the cotton, glass and
woolen schedules were too high He said
that placing duties on wooden manufacturer
goods So per cent higher than the duty or
raw wool was unjust. He believed ths
schedule would stand material reduction
Mr., Gallinger, interruptlng, referred to the
closing of the wooden mills of New Hamn
shire by the low rates OF the Wilson tariff
bill. Mr.. Nelson energetically declared that
that was the same spirit that had actuatec
New England in its criticism of any affor
to reduce the high rates that had prevailed
upon its products. He declared that tn,
hard times Of the '9Os had come larRel,
from the panic of 1898 and he added:
"All the stagnation from 1894 to 1897 wa,
not owing to the Wilson tariff law.
would no more think Of charging the Ding
ley tariff with the panic of 1907 than
would charge the panic of 1895 to the VIII
son bill"
Mr. Nelson said the silver agitation wa
largely responsible for the panic of 1893
sharp Criticism by DoIIiver.
Mr. Delivers severe criticism precipitateS
a lively debat. He declared that not onl,
were the dutiees imposd by the Payne
Aldrich bill too high, but that they wer
so worded as to result in large increa SCI
/