Evening star., 1909-06-10

cluding. Once or twice he succeeded in
making things pretty interesting.
Senator Dolliver offered a substitute for
section 373 which he said was framed to
compensate manufacturers of yarns for
loss they sustained because of the duty
on wool The provision of the bill, he
kaid. gave these manufacturers three
times as much duty as necessary to
properly compensate them on that ac-
count. His amendment provides for a
duty of 271a cents q pound on yarns val
ued at not more than 40 cents, and 3s1a
cents a pound on yarns valued at more
than 40 cents. together with an ad valo-
rem duty Of 35 per cent.
Discussing this substitute, Senator La
Toilette read te.egrams, of which he said
he had been warned several days before
their receipt. appealing to him to support
the committees schedule on Woolens as
duty on wool. He said these kilograms
were signed by owners Of small wooden
mills. and all of them read alike.
why not read their names?" suggested
Mr.. Warren.
Because" retorted Mr. La Toilette.
they have been fooled into signing such
kilograms and did not know what they
were doing
The senator from Wisconsin is proba-
bly, judge of the fooling business re-
piled the Wyoming senator.
During an acrid 'coloquy between the
senators from Wyoming and Wisconsin.
Mr.. Warren asked what had been the net
result of the efforts of the Wisconsin
senator in enlightening Congress on 1.-The
interests they were serving This in
qufry followed declaration by Mr.. La
Toilette in which he said: II want to be-
lieve that there are men on this floor who
do not know the interests they are serv-
ing"
Has Made Some Headway.
Asked as to the results of his cam
paign of enlightenment. Mr.. La Toilette,
showing much feeling, said:
They have been pretty good When
/ came here / stood alone and now there
are a dozen who stand with me-"
The gavel of the presiding officer kept
time with applause in the galleries. Order
| was restored and Mr.. La Toilette con-
tinued:
And the results will be better, let pe
tell the senator from Wyoming. The
lines will be broken not only In the middle
and extreme west, but in the east as well.
| think know what l am talking about" !"
MT Bacon then interposed to call at
| tention to the absence of quorum, but
after the roll had been called and sixty
| six senators had come into the chamber
Mr.. La Toilette took up the discussion
OF the bill calmly and there was no con-
tinuation of the forensic display.
With forty-six senator's present. Mr.. La
Toilette resumed the floor at the night
session, taking up the compensatory
| duty OF the woolen schedule. He first
read from comment on the American
commission in 1906 to the effect that con
| ditions in the United States had improved
| to such an extent, with reference to men, )
goods, that 1t was doubtful If Great
| Britain could compete with the American
manufacturers even II the low rates of
| duty were restored
While Mr.. La Toilette was endeavorins
to show that the cloth which is assessed
a compensatory duty on the ground that
| 1t contains four pounds of wool 10 the
yard does not as a rule contain that much
wool Mr.. Warren, claiming that he quot
| ed from Mr.. La Folette's authority. ask
| ed If 1t was not true that 1t often took
over six pounds of wool to the ward of
cioth a heated argument resulted, in
which Mr.. La Toilette declared that he
! was not in the habit Of juggling with
| facts.
Warns the Republicans.
Mr. La Toilette declared that President
Taft could not have carried the last cleo
| ton If the voters had not interpreted the
| Chicago platform to mean that the repub.
lican party was pledged to tariff revision
downward. He asserted that unless the
tariff was revised downward the work
would probably have to be done over at
an earlier date than the ten years that is
said to be the life of a tariff law.
THE democratic party is not going to
| neglect this ISSUE" said Mr.. La Toilette,
in warning the members of the majority
of the disastrous effect which he claimed
| a re-enactment of the Dingley rates would
have on the republican party. "And II
they do, / know some progressive repub-
licans who will not" he added.
Explaining that he had several amend
| ments which he desired to offer. Mr.. La
Toilette desired to know If. the members
| Of the finance committee intended to have
any vote taken tonight. He suggested
| that the Senate might adjourn. Mr.. Flint
explained that Mr.. Aldrich would return
| to the Senate chamber Immediately. but
Mr.. La Toilette did not have to proceed
as Mr.. Overman suggested the absence OF
quorum. necessitating a roll call.
| After a quorum had again assembled
Mr.. Aldrich, at 1925 pm, moved that ths
| Senate adjourn