Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-25
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.


The Senate spent the greater part Of the
day on the 18th in the discussion OF Senator
Aidrich's amendment increasing the duty on
print paper from One-tenth to two-tenths OF
a cent per Ecund. Senator Brown Of Ne.
braska In opposing the increase asserted
that even under the present tariff the amer
lean mills had a big advantage over nose
Of Canada, and declared that the cost u
production Of the Dominion was Sf2a'er
than in the United States. This statcmcht
was denied by Senator's Aldrich ana ia :.
The duty illustrated post cards was
raised 32j per CeLt. 10 shut out German
competition. The 81 IatC schedule on WIN
dow glass was adopted fixing lower dCty
than under the Djn2ley ,dw or that Pi3Fid-
cd in the House biz At BOD o'clocE the
Senate adjourned.
The Senate on the 18th adopted by vote
of Al to b the finance committees amend
mcnt placing a duty Of 81 a ton on print
paper instead Of ~. as provided IN the
for free print paper was voted down, o. TO
-. Senator Lorimer, who had just been
sworn in. casting his first vote against the
amendment Shortly before adjournment
Senator Bailey's income tax amendment be-
came a regular order Of business: and an
agreement was sought for the alSposltioh
Of that measure. Senator Aldrich stated
that he was willing to take up the amend
ment and dispose of it when the schedules
are completed. Senator Bailey sought I'M
animous agreement by which the Senate
would take a direct vote on the passage or
his amendment, excluding any motion to re-
fer 1t to a committee. This was not agreed
to- and at the established hour, O'Clock,
the Senate adjourned
The Senate on the 10Th covered a multi
fude Of subjects in connection with the
tariff, but made final disposition of nothing
of importance. Beginning at 10 o'clock the
Income and corporation tax questions re
ceived attention for some time and ultl-
Inately were postponed; with the under
standing that they should not be taken up
again until after the tariff provisions proper
should be finally settled. Senator Aldr1ch
brought in the committee amendment to the
wood pulp paragraph, which proved to be
fnr
pulp coming from countries which under
take to prohibit the expectation OF logs to
this country Senator Beveridge presented
an amendment for the cutting in two of the
House ad vaorem duty on cash registers.
Mr. Adrich also presented the finance com
mittee's provision for a duty on hldes. All
these measures were brought to the atten-
ton Of the Senate, but so far as action was
concerned were left at the close OF the DAY
where they stood at the beginning
The amendment of the Senate committee
on finance taking hides from the free list
and restoring the Dingley law Of 10 per
cent cd yalOrem vas before the Senate all
day on the 21st Senator Warren of Wyom-
Ing and Senator Carter of Montana sup
ported the provision and in vigorous ian
guage attacked the attitude of the free hlde
advocates. while Senator Page of Vermont
defended the action of the House in placing
hides on the free list t SUPPORT t d Id ffee
of such n policy would not injure the farm,
ers, while at the same time it would be OF
vast benefit to the leather manufacturers.
He said the beef trust garnered all the
profits on hides from whatever source. At
z o'clock the Senate adjourned.
BY a vote of 46 to 30 the Senate on Tues
day took hides from the free list, where
they had been placed by the House, and
gave them duty of 10 per cent. ad va
loren, the same as under the Dingley law:
Just before adjournment for the day at
O'Clock Senator Aldrich, on behalf of the
finance committee, presented the commit
tees new lumber schedule and also num-
Der of amendments relating to lnoeum
and oilcloth. The committee proposed
rate OF 81 80 per thousand on sawed lumber,
which is 50-cent increase over the House
rate. Neither the lumber nor linoleum
schedule was acted upon.
The Senate made short shrift of several
provisions in the tariff bill Wednesday. An
amendment for dollar lumber was defeat
ed. as was move for free lumber, and the
finance committees proposition for S1.5O
thousand sawed lumber was adopted, "A
to A. The finance committees provision
reducing the House rates on plneappies TO
the old Dingley schedule was defeated ana
Senator Taliaferros amendment raising the
rate above that in the House bill was
adopted Senator Aldrich's committee Won
n fight on their coal rates, which lowered
the House rate on btuminous coal from 81
TO GO cents ton and eliminated the reclpro-
city clause Attempts were made to lower
the rate stin further and to have coal free,
but were defeated
House.
After a wrange of nearly an hour the
Democrats in th~ House failed on the 18th
to obtain the passage OF a resolution "a ling
upon the state Department for the ;"auS-
mission to the house CT reports on 1o,cign
wages and cost of production in fccc.gn
countries except Germany. Representa-
tive Hull of Tennessee, author of the reso-
luton, made the po'nc CT no quorum. rne
House then adjJdtLed, after a roll call, I'M
til Monday The Presidents special mes
sage corporation AID income taxes was
rcad ut the beginning CT the session.
The House not in session on the 18th.
The House was not in session on the 10Th.
Awaiting themselves of the presence of a
quorum, the leaders of the House on the
21st obtained action upon several important
matters. Principal among these was the
conference report on the bill providing for
the taking of the thirteenth census. and
with respect TO that measure the debate
hinged on the Senate amendment requiring
that applicants for appointment must take
the examinations in the states or territories
in which they profess to live, and that they
must have had at least one years actual
domicile therein previous to such eXamina-
ton. The amendment concurred in,
but all other amendments were disagreed to
and the bill again sent TO conference.
The Senate resolution providing for the
continuance of uneXpended balances in con-
nectiOn with certain river and harbor i'm
prOveElentS also was adopted after a lively
discussion. At 5:24 p. m. the House adj
journed until Thursday
The House was not in session on Tuesday.
The House was not in session on Wednes-
day.