The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
wins FIGHT
Cotton Seed OF! Will Remain on
The Free List
FARMERS VICTORY

the Fight Against the Tariff-They
Were Aided by All the Southern
Senators in Their Winning Fight
for the Farmers.
Thursday was cotton seed oil day
in the Senate, and a dispatch to The
Columbia Record says it is largely
due to the good work Senators Till
man and Smith have done that
duty of 8 per cent was not placed
on this commodity.
Senator Aldrich, chairman Of the
finance committee, raised a storm
of opposition on the Democratic side
of the Senate by offering an amend
ment to the tariff bill, making cot
ton seed oil dutiable at cents a
pound.
After Senator Beveridge, of India
ma. had come to the aid OF the South
ern Democrats, Mr.. AldTich consent
ed to withdraw his amendment and
allow this product to go on the free
list.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Aldrich that
without the duty upon cotton seed
oil some foreign country might, un-
der favorable conditions, dump its
oil on the United States.
This supposition was laughed to
sccrn by Senator Tillman, who de-
clared that no other country could
possibly compete with the United
States in this industry. He claimed
that the proposition Of the chair
man of the committee was indefensi,
bic on every ground, for it would
Weld no revenue He called atten'
ton to the enormous exports Of this
product from this country.
Mr.. Aldrich said q number Of cot
| ton seed oil manufacturers in tht
South had asked for the duty, haV
ing been presented to the COMMITTEES
by senator's, but if all of the South
ern senators were opposed to tn
duty, he would withdraw the amend
ment, which he did.
When the item was read, Senate
Tillman promptly arose to ask OF
whose suggestion such duty va
recommended.
Senator Aldrich explained that tn
Dingley law provides for a duty o
cents a gallon on cotton seed oil
so that this recommendation cause'
- reduction of l cent gallon. Thi
suggestion had no effect in paci
flying the Democratic senators.
Senators Tillman, Bacon and Mon
ey were especially urgent in insist
ing that they wanted no duty what
ever. Before the discussion ha
gone on very far, MI. Aldrich pro
posed to withdraw his amendment
but that action did not have tn
effect of putting an end to the criti
cisms.
Mr.. Aldrich said that Gremany an,
other countries were offering boun
ties for the production of cottol
seed oil, and he believed that if tn
American market were not protected
it would be overuowed with the for
eign product. He had been appeal
ed to by Southern men engaged il
this industry for the protection b
suggested.
Mr.. Bacon declared that the Amer
lean cotton seed oil needed no pro
lection, but he feared that such dut:
would result in having maximum
duties imposed on cotton seed nov
admitted to those countries free o
duty as well as on other duties OF
American products, but Mr. Aldricl
would not concede the point.
Senator Tillman wanted to keel
up the markets abroad for cottol
seed oil made abroad, and then i'm
ported into the United States, b.
replied: ''Of course, would if VI
get a higher price on cotton seed
The farmers are entitled to some con
sideration.' The matter endet
there.