Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-29
SENATE AGAINST
ANY DUTY on TEA
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BY Decisive Vote Of IS 70 18
Rejected Senator TiIlman's
Amendment.
DIXON SUGGESTED A BOUNTY.
South Carolinian said he Would Not
Accept 1t II 4, We're a Dol
lar Pound.

Washington, June 29.-Many people
defied the-torrid weather ana went Ia
'lle Sapitoi today to see started the
1ifst senatorial battle for an income
ttS. The heat, II possible, wa eye,,
more intolerable than that of yester-
day, yet II larger number. Of senator's
entered the chamber and all were clad I
~ inc coolest garments obtainabIe,
fuckcts OF lemonade In cloak rooms re-
ceiHed frequent visits. For the first Z
tltne she pages We're in childish shirt
waists and they presented each sena-
w WIN a palm leaf as he entered
senator Brown endeavored to obtain
o,,Ss.ilino''s consent to take up the in
come tax resolution. Demurrtn, n, ti,ia
suggestion, Senator Bailey pointed out +
tlat such z course Would be IN contra u
@N.i.ioH OIL 2 unanimous consent nre- III
viauslS recorded for the consideration
OF ms income tax amendment. Stis n
Z, i hirl>lng that he thought3it would
ne Wen ut Sonce 10 get out Of the way =
VIC question of the constItutiona!ityl or
| tle income tax, Senator Brown did not :
press his request and no action Was
taken to Interfere with tic course
aEreed upon for disposing of the Bailey
amendment PIE Is 49, &
i -. ll-I3#
paisn entered upon. Senator Ald4icii
SAID the finance committee had deter
mined that the Offering of amendments Is;
70 the schedules of the bill while in thu;
committee of the whole should not con. g
.l1lie further It this time as they could /;
pe brought forth by senators after tht
Dill reached the senate in a III, III men
tai'S sense TO give force to that pue- ~.
pose ne said he would move to u an +
the table any other amend merits TINT
might be offered a this time.
TTLLNIAN'ss TEA TAX.
All this had been mere praiin
detail and when the tariff bill waa n
taken up the income tax question WAS
pnt aside to enable ssena tor ,rilln1an Il, +
present his amendment for a duty Oh
tea with the purpose In view o L COM
piefinS the schedules before taking IN
The tax question, = s I.
Senator fi!lnian lost no time in 10
newins his effort to haveSn duty OF ID
cents pound placed on ten f!n9ithe &
interest of the ten grown, in South caro-,
INA The South Carolina senator told },
OF the superior quality of the Aineri-S
can grown tea and or tl7e5 a, o,,nofisg
profits made in Imported article IN
reply to q question lie said ils. btiieyed ~
ti'at with the duty he asked for the
south would not only be able to supply
me entire American market, b,lt would
syentuaily export a large quantity.
rs senator Dixon suggested a bounty as 4
a means OF furtfIering the Infant tea In
dnstry and he WIS strongly supported
In making that suggestion by Senator
Smith of Michigan. Mr.$TI,lman re-
iSponded tina he did not propose to be
caught IN advocating a bounty. lie
would not accept bounty he said. if
q dollar pound was offered. He was
not seeking any selfish advantage Tor
South Carolina. 80
the entire country. *, "a
With two mild speeches In favor or
the duty by Senators Hepburn and
Carter. which We're much diluted with
protection ingredients, the debate for
a time was not especially animated but
there was a slight warming up when
the Democrats began to align them
selves against tho proposition of their
South Carolina colleague.
Senator McLatrin, the uncompromis-
ing Democrat, was the first to oppose
1t. as he did vigorously. Senator owen
that tea was now protected by the tea
importing monopoly which keeps the
price so cents a pound higher than it
would be without that monopoly.
Senator Shiveiy insisted that it was
fallacy TO claim that the developnlene
country would be served by such a
duty. and was opposed to IT.
a Republican vote from the south
was pledged to the duty as a protec-
tive measure by Senator Bradley from
Kentucky. while Senator Bailey gave Il
1t his support purely as a revenue rails.
Ing expedient. AT the same time d.
as unwarranted the taxing IT
any man to make another mans bust
ness profitable.
Senator Stone offered an amendment
to prevent the duty applying TO tea
rl,t.
cepted as a part OF the amendment by
Mr., I,lllnan.
Senator Tillman's amendment to the
tariff bill, providing for a duty OF 10
cents a pound on tea. was defeated this
afternoon by a voteof Is to 55.