Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-25
TALK FREE LUMBER.
WARM FIGHT pREciPlTArEp
WHEN AMENDMENT is
INTRODUCED.
NO VOTE BY AGREEMENT
Por That Reason Field Is Left Entire
ly to the Observation-Disclosures
Says Foreign Competition Could
Not Work Havoc In Industry.

Says Foreign Competition Could
Not Work Havoc In Industry.
Washington. May 24.-At last. and
after long waiting. the lumber sched'
ule was given its inning in the senate
When the lumber paragraph was
reached. Senator McCumber presented
his amendment providing for free lum-
Der instead OF So per 1000 as in the
Dingley law and 81 as provided by the
house bill This action precipitated
the long-threatened fight, and it was
evident from the beginning that the
ground would be stubbornly contested
from the beginning BY agreement
reached there was no vote so that
from the beginning the field was left
entirely to the debaters
Says It Needs No Tariff.
Senator McCumber led the ball He
declared that the lumber industry
needed no protection There was, he
said. no danger that any Of the Amer
lean lumber mills would be closed be-
cause of foreign competition. The in
creasing demand for these forest prod
ucts tends to keep up the prices.
Senator Borah opposed Senator Nc
Cumber's view that a tariff ON lumber
would tend to deplete the forests 1T
Is Incredible" he said. that the human
race is going to parish rather than
plant trees on land of no use except
for the planting of trees"
Free Lumber Is Urged.
Senator McCumber insisted that the
industry of the United States had
reached its height and urged that free
lumber would partly supply the
American market with product that
could not be supplied from American
forests without exhausting them.
Senator McCumber was interrupted
by Senator Bailey. who called atten-
ton to the absence of quorum. and
when 66 senators answered to their
names, the senator from North Dako-
ia surrendered the floor
Senator Elkins, defending the lum-
Der interest. accused the senator from
North Dakota of being spotted pro-
tectionist." favoring protection on
products Of his own state. but not on
those of other states
AIdrich tests with Him.
He is not only a revisionist down.
ward on products of other states"
said Senator Elkins. referring to the
senator from North Dakota. but
revisionist clear out of sight. He
wants five cents more bushel on
wheat and 10O-per cent on rye raised
In his state. This is what this down.
ward revisionist on other peoples
products wants"
Exchanging views with Senator Nc
Cumber on the need for protecting
everything produced in this country
and occasionally appealing to Senator
Aldrich. he was Interrupted by the
senator from Rhode Island, who asked,
apparently jestingly. with whom he
wanted to make trade"
Il would rather make it with you,''
said Senator Elkins, laughing, and
speaking directly to the Rhode Island
senator. which is contrary to sena-
torial etiquette
No Business But Tariff.
Again the senate has demonstrat.
ed its ability to say no and stand
by 1t. by reierating its determination
TO do business In the way of legisla-
ton while the tariff bill is pending.
The refusal came in response to re.
quest from Senator Burton to adopt a
resolution authorizing the expenditure
OF unexpended balances of appropria-
lions for river and harbor work. He
brought in report of the committee
on commerce In support of his resolu.
ton, and made an earnest plea for
action at this time. saying that II
there was greater postponement i'm
portant public works would suffer, as
contracts must necessarily be made at
this season of the year
Pleads for Federal Good Faith.
The last river and harbor bill. he
said. had been passed in reliance upon
the availability of these balances. and
he pleaded that the good faith of the
government was involved in the mat.
ter He. however, met stern objec.
tion from Senator Hale OF the com.
mfttee on finance, and when, after
time. there seemed possibility of
Mr.. Hale's yielding. Senator Clapp
came to the front and said that II
Senator Hale did not stand by his oh.
lection he (Senator Clapp) would in.
sist upon making one of his own
Even in the face of the opposition OF
these two stalwarts Senator Burton
still pleaded. although without avail
Must Not Let Down Bars.
Senators Hale and Clapp took the
position that If the bars were once lei
down there would be no end of these
requests for special action, with the
result that the senate would be flooded
with legislation or there would be spe
cial exceptions which would render II
impossible for those who did not get
in to make adequate explanations tc
/ their constituents. Senator Burton
was told that there would be plenty OF
time for the senate to act upon his
resolution after the passage. of the
tariff bill
Bank Teller Goes to Prison.
Minneapolis. Mimi, May 24.-Ellis
w. Niles. former receiving teller OF
the First National bank and con.
fessed embezzler of $4,000 who was
sentenced to serve five years in the
= state penitentiary at Saltwater. wa