The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-12

RECEDEs FROM sCHED-
ULE ON ZINC.



Glass Trade and Makes q Dis
play Of Prednct
and Prices.
washington. May 11.--As soon as the
tariff bill was taken up by the senate
TO-DAY Mr.. Aldrich stated that the COM
,nittee on finance would submit to the
senate a different scale Of duties on
zinc ore and products OF zinc and salo
that that schedule. as well as sections
Enacted on relating to lead products'
had passed over the present.
The request was conceded Mr. bris-
tow announcing that when the white
lead schedule should be reached he
would wish to be heard on II.
The committees amendment striking
out the house duty OF one-half OF one
cent per pound on refined nitrate OF
salt peter was agreed to. 1t Is under
stood that that product Will be placed
on the free list.
There were but few Senator's present
and Mr.. Overman suggested the alb
sence of a quorum. a roll call bringing
into the chamber sixty-one Senators.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich the section
relating to soap was amended SO as 70
place a duty of fifty per cent. ad va
loren on perfumed soap, which ne said
was for revenue purposes.
The house provision on sulphur was
further amended SO as to place crude
sulphur on the free list and to pro.
vide for a duty of "a ton on refined
sulphur, the present law, and the
House bill providing for duty OF SO
ton.
The section relating to limestone
rock asphalt was at first amended by
the duty fifty per cent. under the pres
ent law but later, on motion of Mr..
Beveridge. who suggested that per-
haps that article should go on the free
list, the paragraph was, temporarily
passed over.
Commission's objects.
When the schedules relating TO
Chinaware and earthenware was reach
ed Mr.. Cummins suggested that two
thirds of the Chinaware used In this
country was imported; while eighty per
cent. of the earthenware used was OF
domestic manufacture. and added that
he proposed later to OFFER an amend
ment to reduce the rate on earthen-
ware.
Mr.. Aldricfi said the two articles
had been classified together and given
the same duty since 1888. even the Will
son bill making no change In the class
ifcation.
Speaking in favor OF reduction OF
the duties on steel and earthenware, rs
a means of giving the people general
iy cheaper goods of that kind, Mr.. Ia
con, offered an amendment reducing
the rate from sixty to thirty-hve per
cent. ad valorem.
Stating that this Industry yexempii-
fed the best influences of the protect
i've tarin system. by encouraging home
production, while at the same time be-
Ing submitted to lively competition
from abroad. Mr.. Dolliver said he
would vote against the proposed. de-
crease
Mr.. Bacon's amendment was defeat
ed by vote of 25 to 81, Senator La
Toilette being the only Republican
who voted in the Affirmative with the
Democrats.
Explaining that he desired. a rate Of
duty on common crockeryware which
would reduce its cost to the consumer.
MT. Bacon offered another amendment
to reduce the rate from IS per cent. Al
valorem as 1t stood in the bin, to 40
per cent After considerable debate
the amendment was voted down. 30
70 81. "
When the glass schedule was reaeh-
90 Mr.. Scott made a plea for protec.
ton of the glass industry.
Prices OF Glassware.
Taking from his desk one piece of
glassware after another and holding
mem mp In uFsyiew Of the rssnate Mr.,
scott gave an object lesson in the
cfeapftess OF HIS ware
here he said. rs half gallon
pitcher we sell for ninety cents a dos.
en-. They sell at retail for about forty
cents apiece" -Oi -
Senator'S and visitors in the galleries
craned their necks to see the samnIs
held aloft by Mr.. Scott.
Here again." he said, 'ls a tumbler
When l nrst went into the glass busi.
ness this tumbler retailed at $3.50 a
so1sn NOW we sell II for eleven cents
: oozen' less than one cent anyeea
Here is q glass dish to be bougb. o.
any store for 70 cents a dozen. To NE
keep on we win soon. be paving nsa.
PIE TO carry this glassware .Ea.
mere Is another goblet that forr, 49,,
soid Tor 80 dozen and which ~,
S Snoer protection sells for Is cents =
: Then, holding up picture =, :.
eIeEen story building. Mr.. Scott sa,a !.
and me .ne business place OF Wholesale
ed .hs .ta,Ier or glassware and he ad6.
Inc ~ 'ne man who owned the buiId.
th ao- mace more money thar ~,
'he glass manufacturers. ai'
Mr. Newlands suggested Yha
pointment OF some kind OF off1ciai ho5',
20 20 inquire into and report concero;ns
tne oinerence in wholesale ana 80 I,
prices prices SO that Congress might have
proper information. i@Ve
,, SAYING he had much informa tior 20
Illustrate the great differences IN who,s -
SAFE and retail ex-senator Flint saiS
ne had in mind an instance Of a sal oS
Haviland china costing to import ss ~
with 46 cents packing charges, SO cents
custom and $4.0s duty. making in ali
$1O.sS. which retailed for s36. He In.
stanced another case of an article cost
ing Al cents to import which retailed
for SO. so. Those he said, were the
prices In the great department stores
OF the East and in the Northwest States
the prices were increased so per cent.
Fifty per cent. more?" asked Mr..
Hale.
Eyes. so per cent. in addition to those
large prices" replied Mr.. Flint.
Senator Smoot made another contri-
button to the fund Of information con-
corning extortionate prices. He cited a
case of razor. the Manufacturers
wholesale price on which was SO. So a