The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-01
SENATOR'S DISLIKE
: TO MEET ON A
HOLIDAY
WORE SOUR LOOKS AS THEY EN-
TERED CHAMBER.
At Roll Call Only Forty-eight Senat-
ors, One More Than Quorum,
. Respond.
'ET&'

Washington, May 31-Senators
wore very sour looks as they entered
the senate chamber. because of having
TO meet on legal holiday that most
OF them usually devoted to exercises
In commemoration of the day. AS
soon as the tariff business was taken
up, the consideration of the paragraph
on lemons was discussed, and the COM
mittee defended the amendment pro
posed by the committee on finance.
which increases the duty TO one and
half cents a pound.
A roll call being demanded, only
forty eight senators, one more than
quorum, answered to their names.
Without the competition of the
California growers on the New York
market, the price Of lemons will In
crease said Mr. Flint. The small
duty asked for this industry, he said,
amounted on small sizes of lemons. to
one cent dozen, and without this
protection against lemons from Sicily,
he argued, the lemon industry of Cali
fornia would be wiped out. Its de-
struction, he asserted, would immedi-
New York 10 advance 81 4 box as the
price of the foreign supply was only
kept down by the competition OF the
American product, Sen. Root made
an impassioned appeal against any in
crease in the duty on lemons over the
Dingley law rate of one cent.
Reading from reports made by a
representative of the department of
agriculture as the basis of his asser-
tlon, Mr.. Root declared
in this industry during the last
year the lemon growers of California
made an average of $3.50 per acre.
with expenditures amounting to 1919,
That was under the present tariff.
II would not eliminate the lemon
growers Of California or any other
American industry, but it is a little
to much for them to come here and
ask for an increase of duty when they
are already making over 100 per cent"
Mr.. Root having referred TO the Cal
ifcrnia Fruit Growers association,
Mr. Flint asked if 1t were not an asso-
citation of farmers.
1T is not an Incorporation of an
gels, and If it gets control of our mar
ket and you put up a barrier against
the former lemon, the white-winged
farmers of the California Fruit Grow
ers' association may yield TO the temp
tation to get the highest price that
they can for their product"
AS the debate on lemons proceeded,
the wordy. exchanges between sena-
tors became aorid
Does the senator believe that
statement?" asked Mr. Flint as Mr..
Root declared that foreign lemons are
laid down In New York at $2.42 a
box.
The New York senator replying that
he did believe his own statement, Mr.
Flint responded that in that very mar.
ket the price was down to S115 and
$3.50 box, which fact Mr. Root ac-
counted for because the fruit was sold
at auction.
AS Mr.. Flint pounded the higher
rate on lemons, Senator Cummins left
his place and, going over to his col
league, Senator Dolliver, the two
advocates of lower rates watched the
Jebaters with evident satisfaction.
Mr. Flint met the statement OF
profits made by lemon growers, de-
claring that they have made only
per cent on their business. and Sen
ator Page expressed his hope that the
duty would be made high enough to
permit California and Florida to raise
all the lemons used in this country.
IL the senator from New York had
been in California in the early days,
and had seen the barren land, now
made fruitful, declared Mr.. Perkins
with a considerable show of indigna-
ton. he would be willing to accord
for a California industry the same
protection he has championed for a
New York industry.
eve only ask he said, the differ
ence in wages between this country
and abroad"
After speeches by Senator Smith OF
Michigan supporting. and Senator
Burkett opposing the finance commit
tee increase on lemons to 1-2 cent
per pound, the vote was taken. 1t re-
suited in sustaining the committee.
43 to 2S. Senators Foster Of Louisi-
ana and Foster of Florida, Democrats.
voted in the affirmative with the Re
publicans, and Senators Root, Bever-
idge, Bristow, Burkett. Crawford.
Cummins, Curtis and Lafollette. Re
publicans,l with majority OF the
Democrats against it.
Mr, Gore, in offering an amendment
placing a duty of cerAs bunch on
bananas, said the Republican party
had promised the people fish. but
had given them bunch of serpents
instead. He hoped the people would
give them a nest OF scorpions in re-
turn. II think / have treed a trust"
said Mr. Gore. Il am convinced there
is banana trust in this country"
$4,000 ACRES OF LAND TO BE