The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-19
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Explaining that there was great
international question pending before
the senate which did not exist when
the house passed the tariff bill, Mr..
Aldrich said the Dominion of Canada
had adopted policy, announced BY
the premier, by which it was intended
to ekectually prevent the export of
logs or wood pulp. The purpose, he
said, was that Of taking possession of
the American market for print paper.
Eve ought to make the duty 80
high" be said, "as not to permit the
carrying lout Of such q plan"
Cost Of Production.
Quoting $27.5e as the price Of pro-
sducing ton of print paper in Can.
ada. he continued:
"The result Of our Investigation
made through the books Of the paper
companies themselves. covering q
great variety Of mills, under great
variety Of circumstances, led me to
the conclusion that the cost in this
country is $31.50 ton under the most
favorable circumstances"
The duty Of 81 q ton was not, there
fore. in his opinion, SUFFICIENT to cover
the difference in the cost of sproduc-
tion between the two countries. Re.
ferring to the report that the Inter-
national Paper company had pur-
chased 10000 square miles Of wood
land In Canada, Mr.. Aldrich suggested
that that company might be caught
in the Canadian trap preventing them
from bringing that wood across the
line.
II know there are certain news
papers in this country" said Mr.. AID
rich, which by covert threats and the
abuse of senator's and representa-
tives have been trying to force US to
adopt these low rates or to put this
paper upon the free list; but in my
judgment they represent very small
minority Of the newspapers in the
United States whose treatment of pub
lie questions cannot be and is not
affected by their material interest,"
An earnest appeal for free print
paper as an educational measure was
made by Mr.. Gore, at the conclusion
Of which the LaFollette amendment
limiting the time that the 81 rate
should continue operative was voted
down 81 to "A.
Tho finance committees amendment
placing the duty at 81 ton on print
paper was then adopted by a vote of
A to 80. The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Brandagee,
Briggs, Bulkeley, Burnham. Burrows,
Burton, Carter, Clapp, Clark Of
Wyoming, Crane, Crawford. Cullom,
Dick. Dillingham;. Dixon, Flint, Frye,
Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale,
Hepburn, johnson. Jones, Kean, Lori
mer, Lodge, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver,
Page. Penrose. Perkins. Piles. Root,
Scott. Smoot, Sutherland, Taliaferro,
Warner, Warren, Wetmore.
'Nays-Bacon, Bankhead, Beveridge,
lain, Clay, cummins, Curtis. Daniel.
G6fes Hughes, LaFollette, McLaurin,
Martin, Money. Newlands, Overman.
Owen, Paynter. Rayner. shfvely, Sim
mons. Smith Of Michigan, Smith Of
South Carolina. Stone. Tillman.
Senator .Taliaferro was the only
Democrat voting with the Republicans
for the amendment, while Senators
.Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett,
Cummins, Curtis, Dolliver, LaFollette
and Smith Of Michigan, Republicans.
cast their votes against it. Senators
Borah, Clapp, Crawford, Gamble and
Nelson voted with the other Republi-
cans for the duty, as did Senator Lori
mer, the new Illinois senator.
Other features of the wood pulp and
print paper schedule were pending
when the senate adjourned.
Shortly before adjournment Senator
Bailey's income tax amendment be-
came regular order of business and
an agreement was sought for the dis
position of that measure. Senator
Aldrich stated that he was willing to
take up the amendment and dispose
of 1t when the schedules are COM
pleted.
Senator Bailey sought unanimous
agreement by which the senate would
take direct vote on the passage of
his amendment excluding any motion
to refer it to committee. This was
not agreed to and at the established
hour, o'clock, the senate adjourned.