The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-22
HIDES DISCUSSED
 IN THE SENATE Proposal to Restore DingIey
 Rate Is Made PAGE IS FOR FREE HIDES Senator Warren of Wyoming Declares the Senate Is Insulted by the
 Man Who Is Seeking
 Free Hides.

Washington. June 21.-The amendment of the Senate committee on finance talk ing hides from the free, list and restor- ing the Dingley law rate of 15 per cent ad valorem, was before the Senate all day and 1t probably will not be disposed of before late tomorrow, if then. Senator Warren of Wyoming and Senator Carter of Montana supported the provision and in vigorous language attacked the atti- tude of the free hide advocates, while Senator Page of Vermont defended the action of the House in placing hides on the free list.
 MT. Warren declared that the Senate had been insulted by the charge that the Dingley provision had been inserted as the result of midnight conference, and he declared that free raw material would be the death knell of the protective policy if 1t should be adopted, while MT. Carter asserted that if the farmers were to be compelled to sell their products in tho open market they would demand the right to buy manufactured articles in the same kind of a market.
 In support of free hides Mir. Page con- tended that the adoption of such a policy would not injure the farmers, while at the same time 1t would be of vast benefit to the leading manufacturers He said the beef trust garnered all the profits of hides, from whatever source. At clock the Senate adjourned.
 Continuing his advocacy of tariff on hides Senator Warren of Wyoming de- clared the Senate had been injured and insulted' by the man who in seeking free hides had declared that the duty on hides had been put in the Dingley bill by some midnight" process. He proceeded to present facts intended to show the value of the hide and to provide that a duty on that part of the bovine carcass would be of material beenfit to the farmer.
 "The time must come to an end," de- clared MT. Warren, 'when an oligarchy of manufacturers shall say the finished products of the farmer shall be free and the finished product of the manufac- turers shall be taxed"
 Free raw material, he said, would be the death knell to protection unless there had been a new alignment of the protec- tive forces.
 "If a confidence man at a circus ever presented a less plausible proposition to the farmer than that he certainly was wanting in wit" declared MT. Carter, re- ferring to the attitude of the senators who savor free hides. MT. Carter de- clared with vehemence. the farmer is to sell in the open markets then he will demand that he be allowed to buy in the cheapest market.'
 Pointing out that under the present law hides that do not weigh at least 25 pounds are not subject to duty Senator McLaurin insisted that justice demand ed that the Senate pass his amendment making the duty applicable to all hides no matter how small. This duty he re- garded merely in the light of a revenue producer as he had no sympathy with the protective system.
 Free hides were advocated by Senator Daniel The hide tax, he said, was not worth what 1t puts Into the treasury. The Virginia senator eulogized the exer- else of independence in legislation.
 Referring to his purpose to vote for free hides he declared:
 ''I am not going to vote for free hides because 1t is a rev material or a fin- ished product"
 In closing he said he was as firmly convinced that the world was tending to- ward free trade as he was that 1t was tending toward the brotherhood of man.