The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-23

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include as dutiable small. as we'll al
large hides. Mr.. Aldrich suggested
that the amendment was not con-
sistent with the free trade ideas ,,ot
the Mississippi senator. Mr.. NC
Laurin replied that II duty was to-
be levied on hides it ought to be
levied on all hides. +
Mr.. Beveridge in explaining his
purpose to vote against the amend.
ment of Mr.. McLaurin, said 1t includ-
ed a class of hides that had never
been on the dutiable list under any
party.
D.. Mr.. McLaurin's amendment extend
HskOrSse duty on hides to skins of all
- Ncal elected by 81 to 48, the fol-
psmoers{g IeM ;ans the s0ens anenament: %,1n 1a:
Borah. Bradley, Clapp, Crawford,
Dick. Jones, McCumber and Nelson,
and the following Democrats against
it: Daniel, McEnery and Owen.
BY vote of 26 to 40 the amend
Eent offered by Senator Stone plac-
ing hides, leather, harness, shoes and
betting on the free list was rejected.
only four or five Republicans voting
with the Democrats on this amend
ment.
A substitute by Mr.. McLaurin plac-
Ing hides and shoes, boots and leather
on the free list was rejected by an
aye and no vote.
Before the vote was taken on the
committee's amendments for duty
on hides there was an exchange of
opinion among senators as to what
would hn ANnn <H4
leather schedule. Mr.. Aldrich ex-
planned that those paragraphs had
been held up until tho duty on hides
should be fixed. Former Governor
Douglass of Massachusetts, figured
largely In the debate and statements
from him were read to the effect that
II he had free hides he could COM
pete with the world in making shoes.
Mr.. Aldrich replied that he did not
propose to be guided by one business
in fixing the duty on boots and shoes.
Il have heard" said the chairman
of the committee, that Mr.. Douglass
was elected governor Of Massachu-
sets as part of his advertising
scheme; assume it was not true"
Explaining that Missouri was the
second boot and shoe manufacturing
state Of the union, Mr. Stone said he
had received communications from
some Of these manufacturers saying
they would be willing to see boots and
shoes ON the free list IL hides were
pu: there.
Dingley Rate Restored.
By an aye and no vote an amend
ment by Mr.. Cummins fixing the duty
on hides at 10 per cent ad valorem
was rejected.
The finance committees amend
men re-enacting the Dingley rate of
Is per cent ad' valorem and thus, re-
moving hides from the free list, where
they we're placed by the house, was
then adopted, 46 to 80.
The Democrats voting with the ma
jority : were: Bailey, Culbersor
Fletcher, Foster, Hughes, McEnery
I 1sNeWfands, Smith Of Maryland; Stone
fTaliaferrc. -, ~
The Republicans who voted against
the amendment were: Briggs, Burn
ham, Burrows, Burton, Clapp. Crane,
Cullom, Dupont, Frye Johnston, La
Toilette, Lodge, Nelson, Page, Root
and Smith of Michigan.
This is the rate Of the present law,
but under the rulings of the treasury
department is applicable only to
hides, weighing more than TWENTY-FIVE
pounds.
The house placed all hides on the
free list, but the committee restored
the Dingley policy Of adding them to
the dutiable list. The senate sus-
tanned its committee.