The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-24
LUMBER, COAL
AND PINEAPPLE
SCHEDULES Up
Senate Making Haste and APP
uroaChing Completion of
the Tariff Bill.
Committee WINNING
WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT
.ovpl ELTON OF COAL SCHEDULE
SURPRISE, COMING AFTER A
DEBATE OF ONE HOUR.

u-ssbiugton. June 23.-In unexpected
80 order the senate today took up
~ 5fsD6sed of the lumber schedule,
a. tbsr entering upon the discussion Of
-I-ssonIes agreed upon the provision
P..l-Isfing the rates of duty on that
NJ Aldrich asked that the lumber
-I.5r1a should receive first attention.
ne bad no sooner taken his seat than
s.rafor NcCumber, who has been a
-srsistent advocate of free lumber,
sSr1ss and presented an amendment re-
5rqinr the finance committees rates Of
UTner thousand on sawed lumber to
me house rate of 81 per thousand.
A Test Proposition.
This was generally recognized as a
east Dr9DositiOn. as sawed lumber has
ZEN the bone of contention from the
BEGINNING. The North Dakota senator
,H5 not ind il worth while to enter into
s7v argument The result was against
tlr and was again another triumph for
the A1drich rates, the vote standing "a
n favor of and "A against the reduced
rates.
Another test came on the proposition
IN make rate of Sl25 per thousand on
lumber. with a general change in the
8iHsrentiaIs. and on this vote the
fgance committee was also literally
sppported. The entire wood schedule
making reductions of about % per cent
from the present rates and increasing
the house rates of the pending bill to
about the same extent was then agreed
Rate on Pineapples.
The sailing was not so smooth when
# came TO pineapples. The contention
IN this connection was for higher rates,
and came from Democratic sources.
The objections came from Senators
TaHafarro and Fletcher of Florida.
THE house had fixed a dut- # s cents
per cubic foot on pineapples in barrels
and of S per thousand. but the senate
committee on finance reduced this rate
To cents and 81. respectively, thus re-
storing the provisions of the Dingley
laW
Dir TdliaferrO presented an amend
ment restoring the house rate, but
changing the other portions of the pro-
visions so as TO require the payment of
half a cent a pound for pineapples in
bulk
Gamers and Growers.
The contention was for and against
this Increase. and the fight was mainly
between the Florida senators represent
ing a pineapple producing state and
Senator's Smith and Rayner of Mary
land in whose states there are large
pineapple canning establishments. Dis
avowing all championship Of the can
1erS the Maryland senators made a
strenuous fight on general principles
against the increase of the duty. Mr..
Bayner charged the Republican party
with bad faith i'm promising to lower
tariff duties.
After debate extending over about
four hours time, the Taliaferro amend
meut vas adopted, "a to 60 This was
defeat for the finance committee, but
me amendment was not strenUOusly re
sisted by the committee. and several of
ts members voted for il.
The close of the day. as well as the
beginning of 1t, presented its surprise
TN the completion of the coal schedule.
IL had been expected that this sChed-
u.e would be 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
ne house rate ON bitumin0us coal from
p cents per ton To so cents. and elimi-
mating the house reciprocity clause.