The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
GORE SPRINGS
LIVE DEBATE
Blind Senator Wants
Information.
IS ExIoRIIoN PRAc1lcEDs
WouN Ascertain Prices Of Various
Articles.
Resoluticn Introduces In Senate while
raria Ban !. Pendias riIImaa
SPEAKS Of Carnegie
Millions.


ouornm was announced in the Senate
today. Mr.. Gore. the blind senator from
Oklahoma, precipitated q lively debate
by asking immediate consideration OF
q resolution instructing the Committee
on Finance to obtain by inyesugation
the import prices Of various articles
OF general and ordinary consumption
and also the wholesale and retail
prices Of such articles when used IN
this country.
The object OF the resolution 10 to
determine whether the retailers OF the
country are practicinG extortion. In
moving the resolution be referred to
the Committee ons Finance. Mr.. Hale
said II conferred no new authority
upon that COMMITTEES and could only
embarrass II.
senator OGRE declared that the re-.
tailers had been held UP before the
country as practicins extortion and ne
wanted to havesthe facts to determine
whether that was true.
IF the retail men are robbers" he
said. athey should be held up to the
wrath and execration Of their country
men"
Mr.. OGRE said he had investigated
and found that the pitchers referred
to by Senator Scott as selling whole
sale at ninety cents Dozen retailed
at fifteen and sometimes ten cents each
instead of twenty-five cents as stated.
Consideration Of the resolution was
postponed until Monday.
rM Johnston (Alabama), treated
I the tariff humorousiy. He congratu-
lated the majesty that IL had placed
"spunk'' on the free list and said that
II there was more Of that article the
Republicans would make better tariff
blu.
so far as I have Observed said
Mr.. Johnston. mot single Democrat
has advocated protection for q single
article, and In no case so far as have
observed, has proposal been MAIDS to.
twenty per cent while the average
rate under this bin ie nearly f0rtv<nve
Per cent. Haduetion9 have been made
n this Blu n emily three eehsaFfea ana
It ~ notfcean5e that two OF these In
ciuoe articles largely produced in the
South, and In the other reduction IL
less than one per cent, Pxotection mas
enough sinA IL answer fpr Withhold
ndHing 70 them " unkalf dls6tihiis
When the steel schedule was ta,sen
up, Mr. Aldrich withdrew the amend
from thrss-teashs e fourossnsh. 'ts 3,
one cent pound ana the House pro-
vision Of thre-tenths OF one par cent
per pound was adopted
Referring to an amandnisns 20 this
paragraph not permitting structural
steel to be assembled when imported.
Mr. Aidrich said: N
''Fhe rates~of duty in this Industry
have been cut nearly one-haif ana
desire to- place on record the APP
prehension that we may be conlfnftfiI,s.
try"
Reading from the testimony Of Mr..
Carnegie before the Ways and Means
COMMITTEES concerning profts n me
steel industry. Mr.. Tiiinan declared
that Mr.. Carnegie had mada 4 vast
islatfon. - -se
7 win aot say by dishonesty. said
Mr. Tiiiman. "beceuse he has only tak-
en- aavantase Of the laws we& pass.
But ne has made more than the en-.
tire bunch Of us here put together ana
mere are some very rich men In thia
senafe. He has given away more
money than all the Democrats o. th,s
Dody pcsassses--ten times as much,
Saying Mr.. Carnegie had taken his
sreAs wealth from the pockets on tha
people, Mr.. Tiliman ADDED:
use nails and wire fenosn~ "a
osher products Of his corporatioe enS
waen buy those things he IA lss1 yn 49,
NJ. gut OF my pocket and puts II IN
Duty ON TNnnxsten.
lhat a duty will be placed on t,,
: produce Of Colorado. ussd h,
lnahns nigh grade steel, was an
Houncen Dy Mr., Aldrich dilring a ~
1oquy with Senator Hughes. This
Snrins p taa up the industry OF pro-
ouoing mat mineral 80
Mr.. Newiands, referrinp % NJ. ESQ,
yer as 2 manufactures. was inferr,nt
ga nyN the Senator from Pennavivants
VINO stated that he had NOT haa- =,
tns misunderstanding bushes for eight
~. SUnfortunatiey." he added smiling
the business I am engaged in is fbs
publication Of a newspaper"
Tne wire schedule was amended IN
motion OF Mr.. Aldrich SO that In onIv
one instance was there an increass ~
duty over the House bill, wbII~ IN
eight OF ten instances the duties were
lowered. Fencing wire was redTceS
to the extent OF about two-tbirds ~
the duty proposed in the House bill.
While Mr.. Aldrich was exnlainir..
these reductions Mr.. Beverage inter-
rupted to say.
7 am very glad to see that we are
making progress"
An amendment by Mr.. Rlsrkatt an
effect of which is to reduce the duty
on barbed wire from S2.7 per nun.
dred pounds to as cents, was accented
by the Committee on Finance and
adopted by the Senate.
The section relating to pen knives.
etc, was amended so as to require the
name of the manufacturer or the i'm
porter to e-stamped and with the
name of the country OF. origin die-
sunk on at least one blade as n nro-
lection against fraudulent represent.
alton as to the place or origin.
Senator Bailey protested against any
attempt to protect the consumers In
respect to, the kind of pen knives thew
are to use, and expressed the thought
that if that policy should be adopted
with respect to knives, IL ought 20 be
applied to all other classes Of Imports.
Agreeing In part with the Texas
Senator, Senator Smith mich declar-
ed he would like to have foreign made
furniture so marked to protect Mich
lgan manufacturers
Mr.. Simmons proposed general re-
ductions in the duties on razors, OPP
posing the increase on the class Of RAJ
zors most commonly in use from Sc |
to % per cent.
Senator Smith (Mich.) wanted TO |
49, he Nxk Il. -.