Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
covers 49, bill pages. and almost every
article entering into American foreign
commerce is affected by It.
Passes Deficiency Bill,
Then Tackles Tariff

RAISES UeIICIenCy Dill,
Then Tackles Tariff
| Converting at 10 o'clock this morning,
| the Senate first took up the conference
| report on the urgent deficiency bill. which
was adopted by the House yesterday. 1t
was agreed to by the Senate without de-
| bate.
The conference report on the tariff bill
was laid before the Senate at 1915 am.
and Senator Dolliyer, Iowa insurgent, OBJ
tanned the floor to speak against its
adoption. He yielded, however. to Sena-
| tor Flint of California, one of the re-
publican members OF the finance commit
tee. who desired to make q brief state
ment in explanation of the schedules OF
| the new bill.
| Mr. Flint presented tables OF figures
| showing the manufacturers, wholesale
and retail prices Of various articles, such
as wearing apparel. gloves and shoes, In
an effort to prove that the tariff has
| nothing. or at least very little. to dc
with prices to the consumer. He did not
discuss these figures.
Dolliver Opens Debate.
The last days debate on the tariff con-
ference report was then opened in bitter
earnest by Mr.. Dolliver. At the outset
the Iowan announced his intention to
| vote against the report. and declared
that he was certain his vote would be cast
| in exact accord with the protective
| policy Of the republican party"
He entered an emphatic protest against
the personal disparagement" and 1.-THE
ridfcule and accusation with which his
efforts to correct what he considered the
evils OF the tariff had been met during
| the tariff debate which began last April.
II speak for a people who have never
| swerved in their allegiance to the re-
| publican party. and I do not propose to
permit the interests that ere trying to
perpetuate the schedules of the tariff to
disparage the community which l rep
resent here. whose patriotism has never
| been questioned"
Mr.. Deliver declared Furthermore tina,
he would vote against the conference re-
port because he did not like the way II
had been prepared. He denied that In
attacking this bill he was trying to un.
dermine the citadel of protection.
This citadel is not q fortress" he
said.
House Of Cards.
'It Is house Of cards that will fall
| II the position OF a few interests Is
maintained
The majority for the pending bill was
made up in way that discouraged his
heart, he said-not in the proper way
but by bartering with the Senate leaders
who said, You can have what you want
IL you will just keep still and leave Vi
undisturbed in what we have
Recalling that his attack on the woolef
schedule Of the bill was particularly criti
cised by the leaders as vicious attack
on the citadel Of protection. Mr.. Dollivel
| thought 1t was time to examine tina
L citadel fhQrAfnrn
fight
Taking up the tariff commission, Mr.
Dolliver announced his allegiance to thu
Dill being pressed by the senator Of In
diana for this purpose
i But" he added I'VE have q tarih
| commission already, and one that has ne
| official standing. has met for the las,
| forty-two years before Congress has con
| vened to make a tariff bill, and has made
| schedules In those bills
Sarcasm Amuses Hearers.
This sarcastic reference to the manu-
facturers' Hobbies amused Mr.. Dolliver'i
hearers greatly. Senator Beveridge
who was listening intently, was appa
rently more tickled than any one else
He declared that he had proved by un
| mistakable evidence that it cost less tt
mercerize cottont cloth in this countr,
than 1t costs abroad. and yet in thu
i
committee had put tariff Of 100 pei
| cent on mercerized cloth, and then mo-
content with this, the conferees had ex
tended that rate to all cotton clotf
thread. This was done, he ASSERTED
emphatfcally. without any public state
ment of the case. and upon the re-
quest Of Messrs. Lippett and Mccall
cotton goods manufacturers. Thu
had stricken 1t out. The Senate hat
kept clear of the Objectionable Ian.
guage. he said. but the conferees, a.
he believed. without jurisdiction. hat
put that language in the bill contrar,
| of both houses of Congress.
This charge aroused the attention OF
Mr.. Beveridge, who wanted to know ii
the provision which Mr.. Dolliver ques
when rejected by both the Senate anc
House Mr.. Dolliver replied that h,
| would place the two clauses side b,
side, and 1t would be seen that the DIFF
ferences were merely inconsequential
| verbal ones.
Organized Swindle, He Says.
In terms that were by no means vague
and uncertain, the eloquent Iowan refused
to believe the statement of Senator AL.
drich and the other members OF the
finance committee that no changes had
been made In the rate on cotton goods
Il have but few more years in this
world" he declared There may have
been q time when I was willing to give
my assent to statements whose truth was
questionable, in order to enjoy the society
of pleasant gentlemen, but I shall no
longer be party to an organized swindle
of the American people without telling
/ them the truth"
| In proof of his charges, Mr.. Dollver
then read a letter prepared in the customs
division of the Treasury Department. and
| Endorsed by the chief of that division
This letter states that the increases above
the Dingley ad valorem rates in the
lPayne-Aldrich bill range from IS per cent
to 80 per cent on unmercerized cotton
cloth, and from 80 per cent to 113 per cent
on mercerized cotton cloth.
Alleged Subterfuge.
This letter shows he declared. that
by subterfuge the rates have been raised
on these goods. worn so generally by the
people of this country
Mr.. Dolliver ridiculed the printing OF
1.-THE letter Il" in the finance committee,
tables after cotton cloth costing 20 cent.
yard. meaning that this article is con
sdered q luxury.
II denounce this as an organized con-
spiracy against the American people," he
cried. in voice that rang Throughout,
the chamber II do not propose to &c