The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
SWATS
THE TARIFF BILL
Declares Lack of Method Has
Characterized Framing of the
Pending Measure
Night Session of Senate Smacks
of Stump Oratory and Poll
ticaI Representations

WASHINGTON, Aug. As though
protesting against being called out to
a night session. senators were very
tardy in their attendance upon the
meetings of the senate tonight Nearly
an hour passed after the appointed
time before a quorum could be as
sembled 1t was finally obtained after
an order had been issued to the
sergeant at arms to bring in the
absentees.
! Almost the entire session was con-
sumed by speeches by Senators Cum
minis of Iowa and Daniel of Virginia.
Cummins said he would vote against
the conference report. as it was not
a fair deal for the people and did not
redeem the pledges of the republican
party.
FAvORS THE RICH
When the senate met today Senator
| Simmons North Carolina) took up the
| tariff conference report Citing nu-
merous instances of duties on the
necessities of life, Simmons declared
that the rates were higher on the
| grades of goods used by the common
people than on those used by the rich.
Whatever any one may think of this
tariff BILL. said Beveridge, lit is GER
tain that st is the last tariff measure
that will be enacted by the lack of
method that has characterized this
! revision"
Beveridge said he had reintroduced
| his bill, creating a tariff commission
so that If for any reason the presi-
dent should be unable to exercise the
power contemplated it could be pressed
| for passage.
COST OF PRODUCTION
Replying to Newlands, Hale declared
the president would have nothing to do
with investigating the cost of produc-
ton at home and abroad.
Beveridge then explained that he had
been inclined to the same views, but
that Aldrich, having expressed a differ
| ent opinion, he would hesitate to press
his tariff commission bill until it could
| be known what the fact would prove
to be.
The senator will admit said Bev-
| eridge, that the language was reassur-
| ing to those of us who favored the
| tariff commission
Too much replied Hale.
| CIRCULAR LETTER
letter from the committee of ten APP
pointed at the national tariff conven-
ton held in Indianapolis last spring
for the. purpose of promoting tariff
| commission legislation. 1t announced
that $4,000 would be required to get
| a bin through congress and requested
| the recipients of the circular to see
THAI their new spapers were filled with
| interviews and editorials favorable to
a tariff commission
That is your high toned agitation,
remarked Hale, bowling to Beveridge
and then taking his seat.
Il never heard of such thing be-
fore. but 1 do not see anything
improper in that letter, replied
| Beveridge.
Senator Gamble spoke at length upon
the bill. While Directing to some of
It's features, he said that as it had met
the approval of the president and was
the work of the majority party in con-
gress he would vote for it.
CHALLENGES STATEMENT
Challenging Cummins statement that
| there had been no substantial reduction
in the bill Aidrich declared that there
had been 500 reductions of rates. 1t
would be impossible, he said, to show
that these rates were above a reason
able protective point.
Drifting into a discussion of politics,
Senators Cummins, Aldrich, Bailey,
Dick, Beveridge and Smith of Michigan
| entered upon an experience meeting
concerning the political issues of 1896.
Aldrch insisted that the misrepresenta-
ton of the Mckinley tariff bill first
caused the defeat of the republican
party and then resulted in the nomina-
ton and election of Mckinley.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
The concurrent resolution making
corrections in the leather schedule of
the tariff bill was reported to the
| senate from the finance committee by
Senator Aldrich today The resolution
changes paragraph $50 to read as fol-
lows:
Hides of cattle. raw or incurred.
whether dry, saIted or picked, shall be
admitted free of duty.
Provided that on and after October l,
| 1909, grain, buff and split leather shall
pay duty of Z II per cent ad valorem:
that all boots and shoes made wholly
or in chief value of leather made from
cattle hides and cattle skins of what
ever weight. or cattle of the bovine
| species, including calfskins, shall pay
| a duty of 10 per cent ad valorem: that
harness. saddles and saddlery in sets
or in parts finished or unfinished COM
posed wholly or in chief value of
leather shall pay duty of 20 per
centum ad valorem-
This resolution will be acted upon
after the conference report has been
disposed Of
From the same committee McCumber
reported another concurrent resolution
providing that the drawback provision
of the tariff bill should not apply to
1 oilcake manufactured from imported
f1axseed and also regulating the control
of bonded warehouses. Senator Nc
Laurin of Mississippi offered an amend
ment to place cotton bagging on the
free list which McCumber said he
would accept as far as he was able to
do so.