The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-23
TARIFF BILL
ASSAILED BY
REPUBLICANS
Nelson of Minnesota and DOIli-
yer of Iowa Favor Trim
ming Schedules.
81 ORICH JOINED ARMY
BEFORE HE BECAME II
CONSEQUENTLY THE HIGH PRO-
TECTIVE TARIFF SYSTEM
is RIGHT.

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: washington, April 22.-Republi- =
-: ran criticism of the pending tariff =
:. Sir ON the ground that the rates =
!. mere too high was prominent in =
!. the senate today, when Senator =
:, Nelson of Minnesota and Senator -
. D,I1ivar Of Iowa attacked various -
!: schedules
:. Under the Cuise Of discussing the -
:. 5urv on gas retOrts, a general de- =
:. hate on the tariff was INDUCED in =
:. hv Democratic senators. /"
i Fifty of the 9f2 pages Of the bill =
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Washington, April pa further con-
.45,ration Of the understanding under
-ff.b the senate is considering the
tariff bill today. resulted in an agree
-sut by Mr. Aldrich that at any time
vHHe the measure was being considered
for amendment, any paragraph in the
hin under consideration might be re-
rarted to and be subject to amendment
v.fthout the necessity Of resorting to
any formal parliamentary procedure.
The bill was taken up soon after the
senate convened.
Increase of Rates.
The consideration Of the duty on gas
retorts caused an OTatOTiCal explosion
The committee on finance had increased
the rates on these articles from S., as
provided in the house bill, to 80 per cent
adj valorem. the new duty being on
large retorts three times the amount
levied by the house bill and the present
Law.
This course was denounced by Mr..
Bailey as evidence of failure of the Re
publican party to keep faith with the
people In their demand for a revision of
the tariff downward.
Nh. Aldrich explained that the spe-
rifc duty of So was upon small retoTts,
and that the practice of building large
ones had made necessary a change OF
the duty to an ad ValOrem rate. He
challenged the senator from Texas 70
show that the Republican party had
oesn pledged 10 a revision of the tariff
downward
Chicago Platform Pledge.
THE Republican party said NIr. Al
drich. agreed TO revise the tariff on
the basis of rates equaling the differ
ence in cost Of production in this coun-
tTE ana abroad
Mr.. Bailey insisted there was an IN
Outstanding in the country before the
last election that the Republican party
would revise the tariff downward, 9TH
erwise. he declared. the house would
lave become Democratic.
The people" said Mr. Aldrich. 'un-
derstood that the Republican party was
a party of protection. bound to revise
the tariff from the protective stand
point. If any paragraph in this bill can
give protection equal to the cost Of pro-
duction I am for an amendment of the
bin in that respect
Duty ProhibitiVe.
lIr Nelson called attention to records
showing that even under the 50 specific
duty in 1907 only ffty-fve gas retorts
we're imported. valued at $500, yield
ing an income of only about $50 year
That. he claimed. showed the old duty
was prohibitive. and he thought cOndi-
tons did not warrant an increase.
Mr., Bailey read from President Taft S
Inauguration address to show that he
had favored lower duties, and Mr.. AL
dricb responded that the pending bill
proposed to fulfill that pledge abso-
lutely.
Patriotism of Aldrich.
"I went into the Union army before
was p, and have been a Republican
ever since" declared Mr.. Aldrich. in a
e1ioquy with Mr.. Bailey. Mr. Aldrich
asserted that practically none OF the