The Washington times., 1909-05-05
Iowa Senator Continues
Fiery Attack on the
Tariff Bill.
LODGE AND ALDRICH
s OBJECTS OF WRATH
Makes Special Plea in Respect to
Schedules on Feminine
Apparel.

Senator DoIIiver Of Iowa resumed bis
attack on the cotton schedules Of the
Aldrich tariff bill today, and was. il pos
sibIe, even sharper and more specinc in
his eaustic criticisms than yesterday. He
spoke in The presence of crowded gal
leries and his remarks we're frequently
greeted v ith laughter. and at times with
that 50 strange to the Senate chamber.
applause.
Doiliver began to speak shortly after
Il O'Clock. Aldrich was not present
when he opened. but despite this the
Iowan made frequently illusions TO the
chairman Of the Finance COMMITTEES.
Moreover. he had not progressed far be-
fore he fred certain heavy artillery Al
Senator Lodge and quoted from an n
terview with the Massachusetts man fs-
the purpose Of showing that Lodge him
self admitted there had been increases
in the rates on cotton manufactures
which Senator AIdrich maintains hav.
not been raised. A spirited coIIoouy oc-
CURED between Dolliver and Lodge over
this quotation
Hits At AIdrich.
Senator DollIver began his remarks
by saying that Aldrich asserted there
were no increases in the cotton sched-
! ule If that statement is true he
said' I expect the Sea- Sc to dispense
with the Senate committee italics IN
this bin. 1t IS my purpose to show that
the phraseology and framework in these
schedules are so made as 10 SERIOUSLY
affect existing rates, many OF them in
the wrong direction"
Abiding 10 ~the fRct that Senator
Aidrich had sought TO disparage him
by asking TO have printed in the Rec
ord in parallel columns statements BY
Senator Vest OF Missouri and orher
Democrats twelve years ago. Doniver
said:
Had the Senator from Rhode Is
land known me better he would have
known that makes no difference 10 me
in the world. / am debating this sub
ject on the facts disclosed in the
printed BILL
He added that if men like George G.
Vest had the acuteness TO discover the
facts IN these schedules long ago, he
considered II a compliment to himself
to have ascertained the same thing.
for few men ever sat in the Senate
better equipped than Mr.. Vest TO
fathom the mysteries Of language or
Of politics.
Objects To Language.
Il object to the language OF these
schedules because it does not originate
in the Senate or House COMMITTEES.
These schedules We're prepared months
haf hr
meeting"
He then charged that cotton manufac-
turers had framed the language of the
schedules and submitted it to the Gov
ernment appraisers, who approved ana
passed the schedule on 10 the commit
tees of Congress
Senator DoIiver protested against
the Senator from Rhode Island seek
ing to disparage his remarks because
he had consulted experts when he him
self reads from the manuscript OF
nest Of experts big enough to MI a
whole corridor OF the marble palace
yonder." He said that, CHANGING TO go
along the corridor timidIy the other
day he saw there even q paymaster. of
the army, Major Lord, "in ali the
glory Of military pomp except the
epaulettes." who was there TO give the
chairman of the committee informa-
ton, simply because he had mem
ory of what happened twelve years
ago. a memory whose information was
diluted with the lapse Of twelve years.
Arithmetic, he continued. was not a
science, yet he opined there
weRe some members who would give
partial acouiescence to the proposition
that two times two was i've II the
chairman of the Finance Committee sol
sIfnly reported so.
Picks Schedules
He theR proceeded TO take up the cot
ton schedules one by one. and show that
Increases had been made by substitution
,or the ad valorem rates OF the Dingley
pill of alleged equivalent specifics as
sessed on different classes OF goods. He
declared that this system of levying dt;-
les opened the door wide 70 underVal-
nation because it led importers TO false
LIE proceeded to demonstrate that the
'ates on cotton cloths had actually
been Increased from 25 per cent. where
Ongley put them. TO as high as As per
;ent Bleached goods had been shovsd
Ip from % to as high as A in some
'ases. Colored goods had been fl-
creased from 80 in the Dinglsy bil1 q
rom 40 TO AZ.
These deceptive rates, he said. he
hought had been put In without the
knowledge Of the committee, yet he
ound that the senior Senator 6rom Mas
Ghusetts, Lodge, had made. in an in
erview IN the Boston Herald and the
Sew York Evening Post. a statement
hat the ad valorenxs had been increased.
lie said he would read the interview
rom the Evening I6st because Tor
wenty years il had charge of fse
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