New-York tribune., 1909-06-24
PROGRESS ON TARIFF
THREE CASES SETTLED.
Lumber, Pineapple and Coal Sched-
uLes Disposed OF.
Iron The Tribune Bureau J


+ Washington. June 23.-Three important tariff
questions settled by the Senate to-day. name
y. lumber. pineap and coal So much progress
Eaace that the leaders predicting that con-
sideration Of the bill in Committee Of the Whole
viii he finished by Monday Tuesday. About a
dozen matters Of minor interest have not been dis
posed Of. A day may be required for debate
OF the petroleum paragraph. and possibly two days
on the amendments which viii be offered TO place
cotton ties and hagging the free list and to i'm
pose duty long staple cotton.
The various roll calls taken to-day again brought
ths Democrats into prominence as protecuonsts
Before every vote taken Southern senators
arose explain that their action not 70 be con
strued as an Endorsement Of the protective policy
They were for duty lumber. pineapples and
coal. for revenue purposes only" An interesting
situation the Democratic side developed over
pinearpes. The House increased The duty on pine
apples in barrels snd other packages from : 10 5
cents cubic foot and on bulk pineappes from s.
10 IS 2 thousand. The Finance Committee restored
the lower rates Of the Dingley Law.
For many months the Florida Senators have been
engaged in a personal campaign among both Dem
ocrats and Republicans 20 increase the pineapple
duty. On the other hand. the Maryland Senator'S
both Democrats in whose state large pineapple
canning establishments situated. have been
fighting for reductions
INCREASE ABOUT 12s PER CENT
When the pineapple paragraph was taken up MI
Taiaferro offered q substitute fixing the duty on
rinearples in barrels or boxes a. one-hall cent d
pound and bulk pineaPples at s. thousand
The effect Of this amendment to raise the duty
from i 81 cents crate. an increase OF more
than 15s per Senators Taiaferro and FIetcher
defended this amendment. explaining that Il would
stIU give the Cuban growers a advantage Of 20
cents crate over the Florida producers Senators
Ravner and Smith. Of Maryland. insisted that the
TaHaferro amendment represented more extreme
of high protection than that held by Mr
AIdr1ch They asserted il meant the prohibition Of
,rle nd would
serious menace the of their state and an
imposition on the consumers OF the country. Sena-
tors Beveridge and Root supported the Finance
Cornmittee. and insisted that duty in excess Of
the Dingley rates was warranted.
a smile spread over the Senate when the rolean
disclosed the adoption OF the Taaferro amend
nent 81 10 50 II the first time since the tariff
hin taken up that Mr- Aldrich found vot-
ing with the minority TWO Southern "a 'ors. rep
resentins the tariff for revenue or rty, had
succeeded by personal appeals and -, of votes
in imposing q rate 12s per cent higher than that
recommended by the who is popularly sup
posed 10 be the -protectionist Of the Senate
The perpleKity Of the situation vas increased bv
the fact that M Clapp. Of the most consistent
Downward reyislonists among the Republican in
surgents. voted for the increase. Twenty-Five
Republicans and eight Democrats voted against the
Increase, while twenty-five Republicans and nine
Democrats supported II.
- The Finance Committee reported 4 substitute for
she paragraph relating 70 bftlIr7fnors roa1 The
House Fixed the duty coal and slack AZ 81 cents
ton. with proTiso for free coal when imported
from any country which imposes no duty on coaI
exported from this country. The Finance Commit
tee struck this proyiso which was intended N
proV1oe for reciprocity with Canada and reduced
TIE outy on coal from g. II 81 cents and on slack
frorn 81 TO 10 cents On Mr.. McCumber's amend
naent Tor a further reduction on coal n ~ cs,+s
nine Democrats voted in the negative The Nc
Cunaber amendment was defeated a 10 2s sixteen
OF the votes for il being cast by Republicans MIR
MoCunoeT then proposed the restoration OF the
reciprocity provision Of the House bill Mr. A1dricb
opposed this. saving that while he doubted II can
aoa would remove its duties on coal exported n
this country free trade with Canada would submit
American coal miners 70 unfair competition He
said coal had been the dutiahle list from fine
innemorial. and that the proposed rate was less
than p per cent II had been assumed he sat5
that New England's interests would he ,,-or,o+e5
II coal could he imported free from Nova Scotia
He doubted this the question was one n oraI
1ty, not OF tariff.
SPEAK FOR RECIPROCITY CLAUSE
Snort speeches in favor Of restoring the -eci-
procity clause were made by Senators McCurnber
Burton and Purkett. A demand for q rollcau on
the McCurnber amendment did NOT receive 2 sacon5
ano the amendment was defeated on division Il
10 - On Vive voce vote Mr.. Crawfor5.s amend
Tent to place coal and slack or the free list was
defeated
Early IN the DAY the lumber schedule was nm
ished party lines being broken on the several roll
dlrz-
lumber reduced from s. % TO 81 a thousand HIS
amendment was defeated - to q Fa7.rteer Re-
Puhlcans and ten Democrats voted for the amend
ment and thirty-six Republicans and elsht Demo
Gratis against II Then Mr.. McCumber offered an
amendment for further reduction of the duties
or finished lumber The Finance Committee re-
ouced these rates = per cent in most Of the css-
sthoatiors. The McCumber amendment was voted
down 50 20 90 Seventeen Republicans voted for II
and ten Democrats against il The lumber sched-
ule reported by the committee was then
adopted - 20 . Twelve Democrats voted for the
schedule follows: Senators Bacon Bailey
Chamberlain. Daniel Fletcher Foster McEnery
Martin. Simmons Smith. Of Maryland. TaIiaferro
and Taylor.
An amendment by Mr.. Gore 70 allow free lumber
for in the building Of schools churches ana
other educational and religious institutions was
amendments were adopted. Increasing the rate on
clspboards from 8 s. 5o thousand feet: on
lsths from p TO . cents a thousand, and on
shingles from 50 10 y cents Thousand.
An amendment on the subject Of wood pulp was
Introduced late to-day BY Chairman Aldrch for the
Finance Committee The new feature Of the
amendment is provision giving the President au-
thcrity double the of duty on all printing
paper. of the value OF three cents pound or less.
imported from any country which forbids OF re-
stricts the expectation OF vood pulp pulp wood or
printing paper 10 the United States. or otherwise
discr1nlinstes against such expectation.
The provision is intended to give the President
authority TO meet the determination of
Canada 10 prohibit the expectation OF logs to the
United States other similar action in the future
The amendment over.
When the Senate meets tomorrow further
Finance Committee amendments TO the leather
.etsedgie sseca IN notice Of which en- vas given by Mr..
on sole leather is increased from to 10 per cent
per cent as passed by the House.
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