The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13
senate PUTS
WORKS OF ART
ON FREE LIST
nrina Debate Senator Money
Tells of Visit to Former
Senator W. A. Clark.
VIEWED A COLLECTION
PATIENTLY GATHERED
,,ic ULTIMATELY THE BEN
ssIcIARY-soME SPECIAL
QUESTIONS YET.
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bennington. June 12.-SenatOr =
49, in a speech today advOcat- y
provision of the Aldrich bill '
-iscinr works of art on the free =
II said. An we have in this life =
~ makes life worth living =
S--irgs from the inequalities Of y
= ssrrune. If some men have &C =
-~mulated more than would seem y
40 he their snare, and yet are dis :.
-osad 10 return it tC people by =
rer5i6eent gifts of works Of art, =
\ ra should permit them TO 10 so =
= .rtbour taxing their benevolent =
II remember that eight Ca ten =
= wars ago I spent a week at the =
4 toma of former Senator Clark of =
= Montana. a very rich mar. He :"
5 aid me be had spent two months Z"
d NJ every year for twenty-five years q"
q In Europe collecting articles of =
virtu bronze statues, paintings =
a and tapestries, and ali with view =
) n ultimately making the public =
8 the beneficiary.
2 Il suppose "Ael iAe NAOo II VIII =
8 20 to a Clark museum Of art or :
{ something Of that sort, and from =
. the time he began 10 make the col -
8 lection it was for the benefit Of the =
. american public
. The senate adopted the provision -
3 making art impOrtau0ns free Of =
: duty
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Washington. June consideration
Of the free list Of the tariff bill was re-
sumed today by the senate after
speech by Senator Overman, who char
acteriEed the Payne-Aldrich bill as one
Of the most iniquitous tariff bills ever
passed by congress, if 1t is passed. Mr..
Overman favored Senator Bailey's in
come tax amendment and declared he
would offer an amendment for a head
tax on immigrants and an amend
ment empowering the president to alb
rogate the collection of duties on arti-
c.es similar TO those manufactured by
a corporation which controls 80 per
cent Of the American output, and
which offers its goods for sale in for
agn countries at lower prices than in
he United States. After Senator over
man had concluded his prepared speech,
the senate resumed its consideration of
the free list Of the tariff bill. The para
graph relating 20 crude potash. potash
carbonate and caustic potash was
agreed &c. SenatGf Clark OF Wyoming
Ilservng permission to offer a further
amendment to the paragraph if he
should desire to dc so.
Radium on Free List.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Aldrich radium
vas placed on the free list.
Reversing the usual order OF debate,
Senator Nelson led an effort on the
l21 Of some Of the progressive Re
B-llcans for duty on sage -four, which
Tow on the free list Their purpose
vas 20 protect the potato industries in
gsr states. and he declared that sage
-7-I comes into competition with starch
Aale from potatoes and from corn.
whether there is a starch trust or
] don't know" said Mr.. Nelson.
wv proceeded TO tell of a section of
A-anesota which was productive of
- potatoes and not productive of any
hing else.
Aepyins, Mr.. Aldrich said if the
lAitIee on finance had brought in
proposition to tax an article not
.-2sa IN this country to protect some
-'te With which Il comes in ccmpeti-
-.l' i would have been denounced as
'- Adetensible position.
Objections Overcome.
senator's Frye and Burrows. who
ave starch Industries in their states.
4, ~ me objection OF Mr.. Aldrich that
~ ai-lcie Was used for food by offer
az amendment placing tapiOca and
-. Aolr on the free list. when used
r.. N'l. So that when used in compe-
~, l' with starch it would ray a duty
cent pound, or 20 per cent ad va
t- .t Inc compromise was accepted
-'e hndnCe committee.
'-erp dip. not including compounds
-. operations. that can be used for
v,s .L plI poses now on the free list,
r,,ie amended by the addition of the
$50, IMAM that OF a disinfectant. an
t- ,ge or msectiCide." An amendment
s.,. aE Gore admitting free of duty
~. only from countries that admit
hi. -.sA Wheat and -four free Of duty
Works Of Art Free,
,i1l..s..eJussing the committee amendment
,r-'.als works Of art more than
years old, or collections illus
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