The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-28
Allows Removal OF Duty
From Cotton Ties.
In Order to Keep Southern Sem
ators From Talking.
DUTY Is INCREASED
On Structural Iron and Steel
Of Some Grades.
Cummins's Motion for a Reduc.
tiOn Is Voted Down.

Washington, June 23-Intense hot
weather brought out variety of pic
mic clothing when senators assembled
today to take up the tariff bill. Vice
President Sherman was attired in
white and he used big palm leaf fan.
Vests were generally discarded by the
senators. Scott. Money, Cummins,
| Hughes. Bacon, Nixon and Dick were
conspicuous in white clothing.
Without debate, the senate today
placed cotton bagging on the free list
and agreed to the house rate of three
tenths of a cent pound on cotton ties.
The concession on baggfng was made
to save time. The item will still have
to run the gauntlet of conference
The senate made a slight increase in
the duty On structural iron and steel,
When valued at more than $40 of a
cent per pound. A motion by Mr..
Stone to put structural iron and steel
on the free list was voted down, as was
motion by Mr.. Cummins to reduce
the duty.
Before schedules could be taken UP,
Mr.. Clapp gained the floor. and with a
view to eliminating from the corpora
ton tax amendment any authority by
which corporations may own the stock
OF other companies, introduced modi-
fed form of the o-i~7nal text of, the
measure.
In connection with the same amend
ment Mr.. Cu1berson proposed a modi
f1cation by which the information
gathered by the commissioner of internal
revenue concerning corporations shall
at any time be available to either the
house or senate or any committee of
either body.
Manifesting some impatience over the
delay. Senator A1drich forced the tax
ing up of the schedules at the first
moment.
Cotton bagging was the first item to
be considered. Mr.. Aldrich accepted
an amendment placing it on the free
list. The amendment was offered by
Senator McLaurin and covered bagging
for cotton, gunny cloth and similar
Fabrics suitable for covering cotton. 1t
had been ex-~~ted that the southern
senators would demand much time for
the discussion Of this question and
there is no doubt that if he accomplish
nothir else, the chairman of the
finance committee vastly expedited the
final disposal of the schedules when he
permitted the amendment to prevail.
The amendment was agreed to without
debate and 1t was Immediately followed
| which also included binding twine on
| the free list.
Will Come Up In Conference.
The action by the senate will merely
have effect of throwing the rate on cot
ton bagging into conference, the house
rate being six-tenths of a cent per
square yard.
The house bill levies a duty of three
| tenths of one cent a pound on cotton
ties and the finance committee did not
change it.
The southern senators have been de-
manding II at they should be free but
" hen the paragraph was reported it
was allowed to go through, Senator
Crlberson announcing that before the
bill is finally acted on he would offer
an amendment placing cotton ties on
the free list.
Mr. Overman gave notice that he
would propose a change in the law by
W hich there should be a drawback of
duties On cotton ties when imported.
The various articles known as catgut,
which is gut and worm gut were, on
motion of Mr. Aldrich, consolidated un-
der the one name Of animal intestiEes"
and left on the free list. There was no
Cebate on this change in the bill but
laughter was heard on both sides of
the chamber. Mr.. Aldrich did not seem
to realize what a death blow he was
striking to a standard congressional
Joke He never smiled during the ex-
hibition of mirth.
The 3enate then returned to the iron
and steel schedule and on motion of
Mr.. Aidrich the paragraph relating to
structural iron and steel was Slightly
changed, SO tI1dt SUCH pTOOuClS NdjuC0
at less thcn nine-tenthS of a cent
&c und shall pay duty of three-tenths
of one cent a pound and when valued
at more than nine-tenths of a cent.
duty of four-tenthS of a cent a pound.
The house rate was three-tenths of
cent a pound on all structural iron and
steel. The rates agreed to by the sem
ate are lower than the DlEgley rates.
Ineffectual efforts were made by Sena-
tor Stone to have structural iron and
steel and many products of steel placed
On the free list, and by Senator Cum
minis to obtain slightly lower duties
on nearly all of the important products
of iron and steel Mr.. Stone was salts
fed with viva yoce vote by which his
amendment was rejected.
Mr. Cummins, demanding an aye and
no vote, met defeat by 81 to 30. Sena
tors Borah Bristow. Brown. Crawford
Cummins, Curtis, DoIliver, Gamble. La
Toilette and Nelson, Republicans, voted
With the Democrats for the lower rates.
A duty CT one and one-half cents per
round on zinc IN pigs instead of one
Mt a pour as provided in the house
tariff bill, was agreed to.
SIX THOUSAND ARE OUT.