The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-24

WASHINGTON, May 24.-Chairman
Aldrich, of the finance committee.
hopes TO be able To obtain vote upon
the lumber schedule before todays
session is over. The committee retain
ed the rates In this schedule, as pass
ed by the house and made no recon-
mendations of its own. so that the
question as To whether lumber shall
be put on the free list or be taxed at
81, $3.50 or 81 per thousand feet,
which latter is the rate under the
Dingley law, will be left for the SEN
ate TO determine by vote. Present in
dications are in favor OF a tax of $3.50
on rough lumber.
Aldrich and his associates on the
committee are disposed TO make con-
cessions In the rates on dressed or
finished lumber
When Senator McCumber's amend.
ment providing for free lumber was
laid before the senate today, Senator
Root OF New York spoke In favor OF
the retention of the ,Dingley rates on
dressed and finished lumber. lie said
that any reductions would result In
transferring a great many American
mills to Canada. He insisted that the
existing rates were no higher than to
enable the American mills To make
fair profit. He described the great ex-
tent OF the sawmill industry in north
ern New York and along the southern
border OF the Great Lakes. McCum-
Der interrupted TO read letter which
stated that the cost OF dressing lum-
Der on one side was only 10 cents per
thousand feet and on all four sides
would not exceed As cents per thou
sand feet. Root and Senator Hale
thereupon both produced documents
from men in the business showing that
the cost was very much higher than
those figures.
Attention was called to the sugar
trust customs frauds by owen
tBem., 0kia.t In the senate today. He
caused to be read by the clerk long
newspaper story reviewing the fraud
case. and commenting upon this, said
This Is one OF the most evil and
insidious consequences OF the builo-
ing up OF these combinations by the
so-called protective tariff Another
evil, and most serious one, Is the
drying up II the sources Gf information
depended upon by the people. This
case is not mentioned by leading news
papers of New York, but in lieu OF the
truth, there appears full-page adver-
tisements OF the sugar trust.
This is very remarkable record
for the persistent frauds perpetrated
OH the United States by one OF the
greatest beneficiaries of the protective
tariff. | call attention to the fact that
the sugar trust receives a bounty OF
from $50, 600. 900 to sS0.000000 year.
to which every child eating piece OF
candy is q contributor When such
a corporation is permitted to, tax ev-
cry one OF our people one dollar. II 10
we'll to look into the sugar schedule
which does not serve the people. nor
the producers OF raw sugar In Louis
lana"
Owen made motion instructing the
finance committee TO report IL there
was any good reason why the worNs
Not above Number Sixteen Dutch
Standard" should. not be struck from
the sugar schedule.
Aldrich suggested that Ovens
amendment could be considered when
the sugar schedule was reached. ~
did not present an amendment" said
Owen hotly II submitted a resolu-
ton of instruction to the finance COM
mittee--or rather to the chairman.
who is the committee"