The Washington times., 1909-05-13

Tor free ore. The Senate Finance
Committee proposes to fix the duty
at 25 cents.
Senator Burrows depicted the danger
TO American iron mining without a duty
on account Of the large discoveries OF
orc in Cuba. He read letters describing
the iron ore deposits which the Penn
sylvania Steel Company had acquired on
the north coast CT Cuba He said il
was estimated the Cuban ~ore deposits
amounted to coo 001 tons and in the Opin-
ION of some experts the deposits were
as large as those in the whole Lake
superior district
Preparing Compromises.
That Senator Aldrich is getting ready
80 make a series Of important conces-
sions to the downward revisionists in
the upper house, is now the definite un-
Outstanding of Senator'S who have been
making the fight in that direction.
They expect, in fact, that by the time
the bill passes the Senate IT viii con
tain a ionS list Of more o- less i'm
portsnt concessions to their protests.
In fact, they are now pretty confident
~ expecting 10 get:
The important reduction on window
glass, which the the Finance Commit
tee has already practically promised.
Free admission Of scrap iron.
Free iron ore.
Free hides.
Important reductions on lumber. es-
pecially finished lumber.
Free petroleum and petroleum prod
Gcts.
considerable reductions of iron and
Important reductions on agricultural
implements, wire, nails, and the like
II is explained that the victory of the
Senate organization on the lead sched-
ule was Pyrrhic; in fact, though the
organization secured the form of vic
tary, IL suffered the substance of defeat.
In this matter, il is explained, the COM
because
tors who had been convinced of the
correctness Of the Cummins-BristOw
contentious, were not willing TO demor-
alize matters by voting TO ovef~ule the
Finance Committee thus early In the
consideration of the schedules.
we have voted with you on this
schedule. but we think you had a bad
case. and on the merits ought TO have
been defeated. D" the insurgents argue.
We don't want to become insurgents
and overturn the organization at this
stage. or any other stage, of the pro-
ceedings. because II would leave the
whole business I'm bad shape. But we
do feel that such matters as this ought
10 be changed and made more defensi-
bic. and we hope that your committee
VIII take steps TO avoid the necessity
for any such split. by making conces-
slons, in other cases OF the same kind,
which will make it easier to support the
measure.
This presentation Of the matter il is
said, was what caused the chairman OF
flndnce TO Withdraw the glass Scnedule
and promise some revision of IL at the
hands of the committee. This Is the
plan expected 10 be pursued as 10 other
schedules to which menacing opposition
may hereafter be developed.
Tillman for Tea Duty.
Senator Tillman introduced an amend
ment to the tariff bill TO impose a duty
OF 10 cents per pound on tea. This in
teresting departure on the part OF Sen
ator Tillman from the iGea of low tariff
duties is caused by his desire TO protect
one of the infant industries Of South
Carolina that Of tea raising.
For some years. experiments have been
conducted there in tea culture and they
have been successful. Senator TllIman
takes the position that If a duty was
imposed, the business of tea culture
would come to be one of large proper
lions in the United States and that
much of the tea now imported could be
raised at homA