The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-04
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were agreed to,
A rcwording Of the house bill pro
vision placing duty of ten per cent
ad valorem on button forms was agreed
to, as well as an amendment making
all straw braids for hats dutiable at
10 per cent ad valorem, whether
bleachcd, dyed, colored. stained or not
The house provision placing a duty OF
90 per cent ad valorem on snap fasten,
ers or clasps was restored.
The paragraphs on toys and fireworks
substituted for the house provision
were agreed to.
4 duty of 35 per cent ad valorem
was placed on wax and fancy matches
and tapers. Bed feathers, raw and un-
manufactured, were assessed q duty of
10 per cent ad valorem
The paragraph on furs was changed
so as to levy duty of 20 per cent
ad .Valorem on dog, goat or sheep skins
winch have been sewed together, in
stead of 30 per cent duty as reported
by the finance committee.
Mr.. Aldrich offered substitute for
the paragraph placing duty Of 60
per cent ad valorem on iewelry, by
which specific rates were placed on a
long list of articles of jcwelrv.
Mr.. Aldrlch said the new paragraph
would prevent under-valuation and
would increase the revenue. 1t was
agreed to,
An amendment offered by Mr. Root
to dlfferentiate between real precious
stones, such as diamonds and rubies
and semi i-precious stones, was passed
over at the request of Mr. Aldrich, but
an amendment offered by Mr.. Lodge
specifically naming imitation pearls in
the provision placing duty of 20 per
cent ad valorem on imitation precious
stones was agreed to.
The most important amendment adop-
ted was a reduction Of the duty on
common gloves for women and children
from $l.55 to $l.25 per dozen. The
rest OF the glove schedule, which was
a restoration of the Dlngley rates for
the house provision which were consid-
erably higher, was agreed to. The
amendment was offered by Mr.. Al
drich
Quills were made dutiable at 80 per
cent ad valorem and so per cent duty
was placed on combs of horn or metal.
on which the house rate was 30 per
cent.
The committee amendments to the
paragraphs on works of art were agreed
to-
The senate adjourned at IL O'Clock.
The senate was not in an amiable state
of mind today and as Il consequence there
were several clashes Of temper, The
day was begun with a speech by Sen
ator Stone of Missouri in which he as
serted that the German officials had
taken exception TO remarks recently
made by Senator Aldrich relative to the
wage statement supplied by the Ger
man government at the request of the
American secretary of state.
Mr.. Aldrich had characterized as
impcrtinent the effort which he
claimed had been made in that state
ment to influence American tariff leg
islation, and Mr.. Stone undertook to
show that the epithet had been applied
to the German government.
Mr., Aldrich resented this implica-
tion. but he repeatedly said that the
German manufacturers had undertak en-
to influence the course of the tariff
bill and charged that in doing so they
had been guilty OF impertinence.
Some Vigorous Language.
Mr.. Aldrich iutimated tha / Mr. Stone
was acting as representative of Ger
many and this remark aroused the
Missourian. Declaring his right 10
speak his mind as an American sen
ator. he said the use of the expression
was "a gross impcrtinenee.
The colloquy consumed almost three
hours. The incident closed for the day
NIlH lHt SLdICUeUG DN MT. stone mat
while Mr., Aldrich and Mr. Depew, who
also had been involved in the contro-
versy, had not made r straightforward
retraction as he had believed they
should they had so 'sugar-coated - the
dose as to relieve it of its bitter taste
Senator LaFollette resumed his
speech in opposition TO the committee
on schedules His speech was gen.
eral criticism of the methods Of the
finance committee. He asserted that
the German wage report. contrary tc
A statement by Mr.. Aldrich. had
reached the committee before the tariff
| bill was reported to the senate and he
charged the committee with genera
neglect in Withholding information
from the senate. He opposed the new
cotton duties as excessive.
Mr.. Lafollette became quite ex
hausted and an effort was made to OBJ
tain permission for him TO suspend and
resume again tomorrow. Senator AL
drich took advantage Of the incident tc
make an effort to obtain an agree
ment TO vote on the cotton schedule al
g fixed hour tomorrow. In this he wa.
unsuccessful and after few minutes
Z rest the Wisconsin senator continued
Stone Starts Fireworks.
| Senator Aldrich IS recent characterize
tion Of the course Of any government
which might send to this country any
| anonymous statement concerning price!
in the foreign country with q view tt
! influencing legislation was made the