The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-09

DENOUNCE THE
TARIFF BILL
BdstOw of Kansas, Bucket of
Nebraska and Others
Mix in Debate.
SENATOR ALDRICH
DEFENDS THE MEASURE
-.oOT ALSO GETS IN WHEN OP-
poRTUNITY OFFERS-FA-
VORS COMMISSION.

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washington. May S-The entire =
: s-.-fun of the senate today was =
: Consumed with a debate ON the =
=: schedule OF duties on pig lead and -
!. If. products. The stout opposition -
. r-e-rrtod to the adoption of one =
: amendment recommended by the -
. committee on finance, making the =
: rates similar to those Of the Ding =
: lev bill. prevented "a vote being =
= reached before adjournment ::
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Washington, May S.-As soon as the
-,-r bin was taken up by the senate
.,5sy and section $50. putting a duty
.s1i. cents per pound on pig lead was
,ssd senator BristOw arose to oppose
The increase from IL cents a pound as
r.-ovf5ed i'm the house bill, but saying
he increased rate would make il equal
% the rate Of the Dingley bill. MI
P-fstow read from tariff hearings held
tr the ways and means committee to
show that it was there cOnteGded that
This increase if made would necessitate
an increase of duties on other ingredi-
-rt5 that are used in making paint. He
E"EIs- Llltl AlIf AfCA9N AAALA ANAAt JN--AA
.f-us ID its action.
III makes no difference what the
house did from time 10 time said MI.
Ar5~frH. we are here TO do justice to
this industry I'm view OF the facts in the
case" He added that MI Leishberger.
from whose testimony Mr.. Bristow read,
was trying to break down the whole
lad schedule
Important to Get Facts.
.Tre facts stated by this witness are
the important things" interposed Mr..
Bsveridge. and it makes no difference
what his personal views are on the tar
n or on the aeroplanes. We are here
70 know the facts. and if Mr.. Leishber-
gers testimony is not true we should
know it,"
Mr. Sm0ot remarked that Mr.. Leish-
berger was d smelterman and pur-
chaser Of lead, and Mr.. Bristow retort-
cd by saying
The purchaser of lead has more right
than most men who have lead for sale"
ylr Bristow cOntende that the differ
entail provided by the duty recon-
meuded by the committee on finance on
pig lead was greater than the cost Of
smelling. and Unwarranted.
smoot Takes Part.
The reading Of the testimony Of Mr..
Brush of the American Smelling & Re
tElg company provoked cOlloquies
among senator's. during which Senators
Sma7r and smith of Michigan suggested
that be- was influenced by his Mexican
interests and by the interests Of his
business So that his testimony should
MT be- taken as satisfactory.
Nr. Sm0ot declared that he knew Mr..
Brush. and had every confidence, he
said. u anything he might say. He
Vas liable 10 be affected in his views. he
said. and Iu his opinions by his inter-
--rs as all men are. but. he added,
whatever ne says, whether OF not un-
fer oath. I am certain he says what he
honestly believes"
Method Condemned.
Nr Eurk=tt condemned the method
b.. which the committee on finance pre-
pared it- hiH without hearings
Business men," he said, have had
n come here chasing senator's up and
n"Hr these corridors i'm an effort to get
Senator's may think the people are
- Watching this bill But you cannot
700. Them on these schedules-On lum-
-.- wire. nails, steel and iron. They
Snow about these things, and if we are
. g. out and defend the bill il seems
F" mo- We ought TO have in print the
evidence of men who do know about
These things. and ought not 10 be left
--1ra about I'M the darkness as we
.a.a had 90 do"
a" declared that sometimes not even
quorum of the committee was on
rand -u the senate to give information.
... insisted that whenever he should
.... Justified he would vote TO lower the
..-r "u articles that appeared TO be
.. ea
r. are q whole lot of people he
. HHn are more interested ia hav-
.f- BIN made right than i'm having
finished in a hurry. and J, for one,
-' willing Co stay here all summer to
make 't absolutely right"
AIdrieh Replies.
...-..u- fo Mr.. BurIott Mr.. Aldrich
@ Tf. great oavuestness that if the
NAH. stayed In session until al the
orators understood every schedule i'm
.. they would not only be here
summer. but for ten years.
.. Republican members Of the com
ODD finance Mr.. AIdrich said had
...H sixteen or eighteen hours daily
framing thoir amendments TO the
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