The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-24
MAKE QUICK WORK
OF LUMBER TARIFF
Aldricb and Finance Committee
Again Upheld in the Fix
ing of Duty.
CONTROVERSY COMES AS
TO DUTY on PINEAPPLES
Republican Party Is Charged
With Bad Faith by Senator
From Maryland.

W NASElNNlON, juno 23,-ln uneI-
pectedly short order the senate TODAY
took up aud disposed Of the lumber
schedule and then, entering upon the
discussion Of pineapples, agreed upon
the provision regulating the rates of
duty on that article
Mr Aldrich asked that the lumber
schedule should receive first attention
he had no sooner taken his seat than
senator Mctumber, who has been a
persistent advocate of free lumber,
arose and presented an amendment re
duclpg the hnaucc committee s rate
OF $50 per thousand on sawed lum-
Der TO the house rate of s per thou
sand. This WAS generally recognized
as test proposition, as sawed lumber
has been the bone of contention from
the beginning,
Triumph for Aldrich
The North Dakota senator did no.
ind il worth while 10 enter into any
argume The result was against him
and WAS again another triumph for the
| Aldrich rate. the vote standing q Ia
favor of and II against the reduced
| rate.
Apoth her test came on the proposition
10 make a rate of Sl25 per thousand
| pH iubIbrl WIN 81 Sc0cTdl fnSnEG IN rhl
! dliercDtlals, and on this vote the Fl
nance committee was also literally sup
ported. The entire wood schedule, MAX
| ing reductions Of about y per cent
from the present rates and increasing 9
the house rates of the pending bill tc
| about the same extent was then agreed
| 10.
The sailing was not so smooth wher
IT came to pineapples. The contention
in this connection WAS for higher rates
and came from Democratic sources. The
ferro and Fletcher of Florida The
house had fixed duty of s cents PEI
cubic foot on pjneapples in barrels anc
of $S per thousand, but the senate com
mittec on finance reduced this rate tC
I cents aud 81. respectively, thus re
storing the provisions of the Ding le,
laW.
Southern Senators Kick.
Mr Taiisferro presented an amend
rlent restoring the honse rate, bu
changing the other portions Of the pro
visions so IS TO require the payment
Of half cent A pound for pine9pplea IN
bulk. The contention was for snc
against this increase. and the fight was
mainly between the Florida sena for;
representing pineapple producing
state. and Senators Smith and RaYpci
! Of MARYLAND. in whose states there are
large pineapple canning establishments
Dlsavowing all championship Of Tho
Gamers, the Maryland senators made
strenuous fight. on general principles
against the increase Of the duty. Mr.
Ravner charged the Republican party
with bad faith in promising to lower
tariff duties.
After debate extending over about
four hours time. the Taiaterro amend
meut was adopted, "a TO 80. This was
p defeat for the finance committee, but
the amendment was not strenuously re.
sisted by the co".mIttce, and several OF
its members voted for il.
Coal Schedule Completed.
The close of the day. as well a:
the beginning of it. presented its sur:
prise in the completion Of the coal
schedule,
| 1t had been expected that this sched.
ule would he debated at great length,
but it was passed after little more than
an hours discussion. A new schedule
was presented by Mr.. Aldrich as chair
man of the finance committee, reducing
| the house rate on bituminous coal from
81 cents per ton 10 so cents aud clinI-
mating the house reciprocity clause.