Evening star., 1909-06-22
Thirty-Nine UncompIeted Items
of the Tariff Bill.
SMALL SHOW OF VACATION
They Think They See Congress in
Session Weeks Hence.
MANY MATTERS IN DISPUTE
Renewed Talk of Postponing the
Corporation and Income TAX Dis
cussion Until December.

When senators today looked over the
thirty-nire uncompleted items OF the
tariff bill and considered the opposition
to a majority of them they contemplated
with dismay the prospect OF summer va
cations going a-glimmering and could see
Congress still In session weeks hence.
There was renewed talk today of the
likelihood Of the corporation tax and In
come tax going over until December. II
grew out OF realization of the necessary
delay in completing the schedules OF the
bill and the increasing evidence of dis
satisfaction with the corporation tax
amendment.
1t is not believed that the form Of the
tax to be arranged by the conference at
the White House tonight can possibly
suit all factions. and while there is pros
pect of it's going through the senate
ultimately. ii will only be after long dis
cussion and perhaps material amend
ment.
Then as pointed out in The Star yes
terday. IL will have to meet the opposi-
ton in the House and antagonize the in
heritance tax. II the House stands up
stiff and sends the question to conference.
after the conferees have agreed on the
schedules of the bill, the odds are. In the
opinion Of many we'll informed senators.
until the next session
Items Arousing Antagonisnl.
Some very determined and bitter strug-
giles are likely to attend a number Of the
unfinished items Of the tariff bill. At the
head Of the list is sulphate of ammonia.
That doesn't mean much to the layman.
but when IL is explained that the farm
ers who use fertilizers on their lands
want it free. and that the Boston Gas
Company. which makes IT as by-prod-
uet want 1t protected and that senator
Lodge Is on the finance committee and
numerous friends of the farmer are on
the floor, II is easy to apprehend that
something will happen.
Then there are pig iron and scrap iron.
They may seem a mere bagatelle. but
the railways want scrap iron protected
so they can sell their refuse iron az
high prices and steel manufacturers
want 1t free to make pig iron lower, ana
there you. are again. -
Cash registers. it is alleged, are sofa
to American storekeepers at just dou-
BILE the prices charged foreigners. Sena.
tor Beveridge has copies OF me n,ils ..
sale, and Is on the warpath In behalf
Of the storekeepers of the land he
wants the duty reduced. so that II for-
eign countries can produce cash regis.
ters they will have chance to enter
into reasonable competition. Senator
Burton and Senator Dick-Ohio Is the
home Of the principal cash register man.
ufacturers-stoutly DEFEND the aiesed
monopoly, and will resist the sugses-
tion that the duty should be lowered 10
admit foreign competition.
Contention Over Sugar.
Sugar remains as a bone OF conten-
ton There is no question as to the
vote: it will result as the committee
on finance has planned. but not Wfhout
much resistance from democrats. Sena-
tor Clay has another lambasting in store
for the sugar trust The discussion
will take time.
Lumber-well the troubles ahead Tor the
various items of that schedule cannot
he treated within the limits of space here
allotted No one can tell how much time
will be consumed in consideration of this
schedule. :,
Wrapper and filler tobacco spells lis
sension and delay Senator La Foliettes
state raises wrapper and filler tobacco,
Connecticut is interested and half a doZ-
en- senators are ready TO protect tne ~
terests of the cigarmakers or the eouh.
try, many thousand OF whom are eu' "
work and have their eye on the tariH
Cotton bagging and cotton ties are Two
items over which there will be the old
contests between the northern manutat
lures and the southern consumeIs. ~
the end the duty will be amply protective
as proposed by the committee on hnance.
bur not without protest which will take
time to utter. . ..,,,o
Wood pulp and print paper must come
nm again for the finishing touches, and
therein lies more trouble Coal mas 10
he acted upon Oil must be made dutiabie
n possible. and that will arouse the Ire
of a large group of senators.
Fight Over Hides.
Hides harness, saddlery and leather
manufactures are sure to cause discus
sion Senator Carter served notice in
the Senate yesterday that if hides are
placed on the free list twenty-five re-.
publican senators will join with demo-
Gratis to put all manufactured leather on
the free list. That would be an incon-
ceiyable a,rocity in the minds of sem
ators from the protection states. 1t was
said today that Senator Carter was in
earnest in his threat and that ne VIII
have the votes hack of him.
Senator Lodge has angered the west
ern senators beyond endurance in advo-
eating the removal from hides of the
small duty of Is per cent ad valorem
They saw they have stood by the hnance
committee in support OF New Enslaho
high rates on many items which were
bitter doses for them to swallow. ana
that il is absolutely the refinement OF
selhshness to put hides on the free hst.
They claim that benefit would result only
to the manufacturer of shoes and leath-
er, and that the wage Garner ana t,ie
producer would not get a cent, whlle the
farmer would lose his protection.
There Is no question that the western
men have their fighting clothes on. ana
that they will make SOMEBODY suHer
If senator Lodges plan carries. Senator
Aldrich is willing to retain the duty.
recognizing the service lent to the gen.
eral schedules of the bill by many OF