Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-11

the proposed law. The amendment was
rejected by vote of 20 to AZ.
Proposing an amendment authorizing
the President to lower duties on blan-
kctS and fannelS 3 per cent. annually,
or to raise them until the greatest rev.
enue producing level is demonstrated
and to keep them at the level of great
est revenue, Senator Owen said he did
not care for a roll call. being willing
to permit it ito be voted down by the
usual majority"
Aldrich suggested that an aye and
no vote be taken on that proposition.
Owen insisted that the difference of
labor cost of domestic and foreign
blankets was but Is ors2O per cent and
yet ne said duty equal to $50 per cent.
adj valOrem WAS proposed upon them.
Declaring that his object was merely
to call attention to his belief that the
schedules referred to by him should be
written in the law on the basis of the
difference in the cost of production at
home and abroad. owen withdrew his
amendment
A series of amendments by Dolliver
on wOmen'S and children's dress goods,
ready made clothing, suspenders, in
servings, first levying the duty on the
wool contents of the goods and then
providing a direct reduction of duties
were all voted down.
Dolliver also next offered an amend
mcnt limiting to 100 per cent. the duty
on any article Aldrich opposed both
the levying of duties according to the
wool in the fabric and also the limita-
ton of the duty to 100 per cent. These
propositions he said, were merely In
line of others the purpose of which
was to destroy the wooden schedule.
1t would, he said, be impracticahle to
determine the amount of wool in suit
of clothes or in a dress and if there
should be limitation of the duty such
conditions might be created by a low
value of wool as to bring about the
importation of wooden goods instead of
wool
There was n long discussion in which
Aldrich Clapp, Beveridge, Dolliver and
s;moot took part, concerning the pracll-
caliliy of ascertaning the quantity and
quality of wool in cloth for the purpose
of levyng a duty and the practlcabllity
as a protective measure of determining
what the duty should be. Members of the
finance committee contended that the
proposition was impracticable from all
points of view while the other senators
took the opposing view.
A merry chase for the causes of the
low nrices of wool was INDUCED in by
MccI.uren. Warren and Hepburn. The
Wilson tariff bill was accused by the
Wyoming and Idaho senators. while the
senator from Mississippi presented hSures
TO relieve the Wilson bill of that charge.
BY a vote of % to 43 Delivers amend
ment for limiting duties to 100 per cent
was voted down.
Another amendment by Dolliver limit
| ing to 60 per cent. the duty upon wool
| waste and other by products of WOODEN
| goods was lost 27 to SO. Interrupting the
| regular order Bailey obtained unanimous
! consent to bring up the income tax
| amendment tomorrow instead OF today as
! previously agreed upon. The change In
| nrorram was made because of the fact
! that the wool schedule was still before
! the Senate.
| Another amendment by Dolliver based
| the duty on wool upon the percentage OF
| its shrinkage Because of fixed duty or
| wool without regard to shrinkage. he de-
| clared there is an actual variance of duty
paid that is very large. He died not pe
| lieve his amendment would actually lowe,
| the duty. but thought it would have inc
| opposite effect. The amendment was re-
| iected by 81 to 81.