Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-09
TARIFF WRANGLE
GETS HUMOROUS
PLEASANTRIES INJECTED INTO
DEBATE ON WOOL
sMooT AND DoLLlVER LEAD IN
coLLooUY
Carter Produces Box of Sample Fleece
and Lectures on Sheep Industry.
Explains Technical
Phrases


4 Mr.. Dolliver the central figure, Of
L fered several amendments and an
4 nouneed his intention of presenting
i others. appealing to the Republican
members to vote with him because, ne
said, these amendments would justify
the attitude of the Republican party
/ in advocating a protective tariff.
Mr.. Smoot, assisted to large extent
by Mr.. Warren. who is considered an
i expert on the wooden industry, de-
| Tended the finance committees recon-
j mendations with regard to the WOODEN
schedule.
The various amendments proposed TO
the house bill by the finance commit
tee are intended to restore the Dingley
provisions of the wooden schedule,
which in some instances provide high
err duties than does the Payne bill,
/ as passed by the house.
/ One of the interesting features was
a lecture on the wooden industry from
beginning to end by Mr.. Carter, who
/ brought forth a large box filled with
samples of various grades of wool. TO
/ the senators who gathered about him
he explained each step in the manufac-
! ture of wooden goods from the raising
/ of the sheep to the making of the gar
ment. He familiarized members of the
/ senate with the uses of shoddy. waste,
Soils tops and various grades of wool.
Delivers Proposition
Mr.. DoIliver proposed an amendment
that would assess the duties on WOOL
ems on an ad valorem basis, according
to the shrinkage of the wool.
| Much amusement was afforded when
Mr.. Dolliver and Mr.. Warren became
involved in a colloquy in which they
stood within a few feet of one another
and each endeaVored to convince the
! other of the soundness of his opinion
regarding the ACCESSIBILITY of assessing
the wooden duty on the value of the
wool in the cloth.
Taking up the first amendment pro-
posed by the committee on finance Sen
ator Dolliver opposed the increase over
| the house rates on wool. This amend
ment proposed a return to the Dingley
rates on top waste, proving waste, etc,
| of an increase of from 20 to 80 cents
1 per pound. This increase was in ac-
| cordance with the finance committees
settled purpose of re-establishing the
Dingley rates throughout the wooden
| schedule.
In defense of the higher rates SEN
ator Warren, who is considered an ex-
pert in the matter of woolens, explained
| the prOpriety of maintaining the Ding
ley duties. Referring to the fact that
| the Wyoming senator is generally re-
puted to be the owner of a great many
SD6eps CeIldtOI bOlIiNGI dtNidIGQ lildl
he was the greatest shepherd since
Abraham"
Owns No Sheep
Discovering the personal ownership
of a single sheep, COW or horse except
horse he kept for personal use, Mr..
! Warren added that he was a stock
holder in, companies engaged in such
| industries, as he was in railroad COM
panies.
Mr.. Dolliver had read several mem
orials of carded wool manufactures,
asking for an ad valorem duty as the
| just method for protecting all parties
interested in the wool business.
Senators Warren and Smoot main
tanned that the admission in this
country of top waste and kindred woods
| supplanted just that amount of Amer
| lean wool. Mr.. Warren insisted, that
rags and shoddy would come into the
United States under the lower duty
advocated by the senator from Iowa.
Mr. Dolliver replied that it was bet
ter for people to have third rate cloth
ing than no wooden clothing at all.
Mr.. Smoot declared that he knew the
wooden industry had largely expired
because of a change of fashion from
| wooden clothing.
Explaining the various processes of
manufacture Senator Carter carried
the senate through all phases of the
subject A large chest placed near the
| desk of the Montana senator contained
samples of wooden goods
Many senators gathered about the
| samples, which they handled, some
even testing them by the sense of smell.
| Designations such as top waste"
"slubbing waste" "noils," etc, used in
the tariff bill but without meaning to
many senators, became well known
] terms when the senator from Montana
] had concluded his demonstration.
To Grade Duties
Mr.. Dolliver suggested the grading of
| duties on wool according to its shrink
age, claiming that because such meth
| cd is not followed there is a wide in
consistency in charges paid by import
ers. Saying that this plan would be
| infinitely better than the present sys-
| TEN, Senator Carter still objected to it
because such amendments would open
the entire wool schedule to considera-
| ton in conference, and he could not APP
prove such a course.
While declaring that the wooden
schedule should be revised and assert
! ing that he favored Mr. Delivers
proposition, Mr. Carter said he did not
think such revision should take place
at this time, because he feared it might
| meet disaster in conference.
Mr.. Smoot declared Mr.. Delivers
| amendment was impossible of admins
tration, as all manufacturers want their
wool in the grease, and no two manu-
| facturers scour their wool by the same
| process.
Mr.. Nelson argued that the wooden
schedule was the most ancient In the
! tariff. and declared that its ad Valorem
! equivalent was higher than in any
other schedule He said the entire
wooden schedule should be readjusted,
J because it Disseminated against the
/ wdpa Grower of the Mississippi valley
and in favor of the mountain sheep
rancher.
ccientifc Methods
Mr.. Dolliver said it had been proved
that the secured contents of the wool
could be determined by certain scien-
| tfic tests.
Mr.. Warren said there was no eX-
porter who would come within per
cent of guessing the shrinkage of wool.
Standing near together, facing each
other and frequently gesticulatins with
vigor, Senators Dolliver and Warner
carried on a colloquy for more than an
hour, personally arguing out their diff
ferences on the wooden schedule.
Declaring against the practice of as
| sessing the wooden duty on the entire
4 CLOTH although it had only a small
! percentage OF wool i'm 1t, Mr.. Dolliver
said he would propose a duty on the
value of the wool in the cloth.
/ Meeting this proposition. the Wyom-
| ing senator Illustrated the duty on a
small suit Of clothes by the garments
| he wore. declaring that the cloth in
them cost only S4 while the making