The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
ALDRICH FORCES IN
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meeting the stockings OF the senator
from PENNSYLVANIA coming in. -
The substitute was defeated by a
vote OF 30 to 40. with the same division
that had been shown in tho previous
vote. Offering other amendments, Mr..
Dollivcr said they were exact copies Of
paragraphs reported by The committee
ON fnance in 1883. few months prior
TO the enactment of the Mckinley law,
and then approved by both Senator
Aldrch and the late Senator Allison.
He hoped that their antiquity aud the
authority that had been behind them
would recommend them TO senators.
But they were voted down.
Rejecting suggestion by Mr. Clapp.
that all of his Amendments bearing
on the wool schedule and for the same
general purpose of those previously Of
fercd be presented and voted on by one
rollcall, Mr.. Dolliver proceeded to Of"
fer them one by one, emanding roll
call on each. The votes developed no
change Of party lines from that shown
BY the first vote taken after the sen.
ate met today.
Bacon and Carter Clash.
Becoming engaged with Mr.. Carter In
a debate on The protective tariff sys
TEN rs the subject. Mr.. Bacon declared
he would place the wool industry in
vi
ton industry of Georgia and would not
tax tho people of Georgia 10 allow the
shcepherd ers IN Montana 10 live IN ho-
tells. as had been suggested by the sen
ator from Montana.
A series Of amendments by Mr.. Dol
liver Of women S and children dress
goods, ready-made clothing, suspenders,
insertions, first levylpg the duty on
wool contents of the goods and then
l1rppt reduction nf IntIps
were all voted down.
Mr. Dolliver also next offered an
amendment limiting to 100 per ccut the
duty on any article. Mr.. Aldrich op~
posed both The lcvying of duties accord
ing TO the wool in the fabric and also
the limitation of duty to 100 per cent.
A long discussion. in which Senators
Aldrich. Ciapp, Beveridgc, Dolliyer and
Smoot took part. bad as It's subject the
practicabilitv OF ascertaning the guam
tity and quality Of wool in cloth for
the purpose OF lcvying a duty, and al
so the practicabllity as a protective
measure of so determining what the
duty should be On the one hand.
members of the finance committee CON
tended that the proposition was i'm
practicable from all points of view,
while the other senators took the OPP
posing view.
A merry discussion Of causes for the
low prices of wool were INDUCED III by
Senators McLaurin and Hepburn.
The Wilson tariff bill was blamed by
the Wyoming and Idaho senators, while
the senator from Mississippi presented
figures to relieve the Wilson bill OF
that charge.
Still Another Defeat.
Bv a vote Of % to 43, Mr.. Dolliver S
amendment for the limiting duties to
100 per cent was voted down.
Another amendment by Mr.. DolIiver.
limiting 10 60 per cent the duty on wool
waste and other by-productS Of woolen
goods. was lost. % 10 80.
AS the wool schedule was still before
the senate Senator Bailey obtained
unanimous consent TO bring up the in
come tax amendment tomorrow, instead
of today, which had been previously
agreed upon.
Another amendment by Mr.. Dolliver
based the duty on wool on the perceu-
taee Of its shriukage. He did not be
lieve his amendment would actually
lower the duty. but thought 1T would
have the opposite effect. The amend
mont was rejected n IN SI