The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-05
Aldrlch's Speech.

RloTiChs speech.
Washington, June 4.-Through fore
noon afternoon and evening sessions
today the senate labored Oh the cotton
schedule.
AT the night session Chairman Al
drich replied to Mr. LaFollette's as
saults upon the Work of the finance
committee and made Il general defense
of amendments which he asserted
were necessary.
Throughout the day the tempera.
turc In the chamber was sweltering
1t is said another effort will be made
to abtain a vote on the cotton sched.
1 ule tomorrow.
Mr. Aldrich told the senators that
! he proposed to make a statement ex-
planning the committees amendments
! and to correct any misapprehension
| existing In their minds by "a torrent
! of misinformation and misrepresenta-
ton"
The amendments suggested apply
TO but small proportion of the cot
ton schedule said Mr.. Adrlch III
I one would have listen to the debate
one would suppose the amendments
applied to the whole schedules and
three-fourths of the rate of the Ding
ley law would have been increased.
But only 10 per cent OF the schedule is
affected"
Mr.. -Aldrich review the history of
the cotton schedule. saying that In
no tariff act have there been fixed
rates so low as in the schedule per-
tanning to the cotton cloth and cotton
manufactures generally He said cloths
valued at from cents to 20 cents now
pay specific rates and these have not
been changed by the senate bill.
These cloths cover 90 per cent of
all the cloths imported and 81 or 9S
per cent of all the cloths manufac-
tured In the United States" He ad-
ded: 1T will be seen, therefore, that
the suggested changes apply TO a
small proportion of the schedule"
Reviewing various court decisions In
reference to the schedule. Mr.. Aldrich
declared that the government has paid
out as much as $4,000. 900 a year as re
funds of duties on account of decisions
resulting from ambiguity in the Ding
ley law. He said a recent decision OF
the supreme court would require the
government TO make a refund of $780,
600
He said the government has been
placed at serious disadvantage
through the fact the same attorneys
can not be had to look after the gov
ernments' interests in the lower and
the higher courts. He declared that
nearly every man who showed great
ability In the cases Of the government
had been employed by importers TO
prosecute cases against the govern
ment The existing cotton schedule,
nc said, did not remedy the method
of meeting such conditions and he ad-
ded the committee In another para
graph would attempt to deal with the \
subject. He had reference to an
amendment intended to prevent under
valuations, which the senate has not
taken up,
Mr. Aldricb said that estimates Of
sd valorem equivalent of specific rates
could not be accurately figured when
the value Of the goods ranged from
to 80 cents a square yard. He said
the committees rates were lower than
those intended by the Dingley law,
although they might be higher than
those under wich certain goods are
new admitted because OF misrepre-
sentation In the courts
He declared that nobody but i'm
porters have protested against the
senate bill rates as being too nigh.
He read letter from an appraiser
in the New York customs house, stat
Ing that goods affected by the decision
placing certain cotton cloths under
the paragraphs for cloths assessed ac-
cordlng to the count of threads.
amounted to 10 to 20 per cent of i'm
portatIons.
Declaring that the menace to the
American cotton goods industry will
be the manufacture OF those goods by
Japan, Mr. Aldrich said that Japan
today has four large cotton manu-.
factories In operation and Ii would be
hard to say what would be the result
II In the next ten years Japan should
go extensively into the manufacture
of cotton. He called attention to the
G-cents-a-day labor In Japan and to
the ability of Japanese In decorative
work. He predicted. however that the
United States would become the great
est producer and manufacturer of cot
ton goods In the world il its interests
were properly protected.
He reviewed the progress OF the ,
southern states in the manufacture of
cotton goods, declaring that South
Carolina has become second only to
that North Carolina Is i,
third. and Georgia fourth.
He predicted that wnen another bill
is d. afted the south would have three
CT the cotton mills
Mr. Adrich appealed directly to
senators to meet the ques- !
ton fairly.
II appeal TO you directly" ne said, !
not to vote for this bill, for know