Evening star., 1909-05-28
ENJOYS GOLF MOST ADOPTED BY SENATE
President Taft Daily INDUCES Finance Committee Again Car
in Some Form of Recreation ries Its Point.
KEEPS FIT FOR HIS WORK TO BE TAKEN UP AGAIN
Will Go Away Tonight Be Gone Paragraph Relating Raw
Until Monday Night. fined Sugar
MAY GO SUMNER JULY 8 GORE URGES LOWER DUTIES
Expects In Bill satisfactory
the Country-Commissioners links Would Menace
OF Fisheries Call Sugar Industry.
TO BE TAKEN UP AGAIN
Paragraph Relating to Raw and Re.
fined Sugar.
ORE URGES LOWER DUTIES
Bristow Protests Against a Cut That
He Thinks Would Menace
Beet Sugar Industry.

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Beet Sugar Industry.
The consideration Of the sugar schedule
was resumed in the Senate today after
the close of Seantor Bradley's speech on
the tobacco schedule. 1t looked as IL a
vote on paragraph 2l3 would be promptly
obtained until Senator Bacon entered
upon his protest regarding what he char
acterized as undue haste OF the clerk in
calling the roll. This remonstrance af-
forded an opportunity to open up the sub.
ject and to proceed with further debate.
Before Mr.. Aldrich had made hts reA
quest that the paragraph be agreed to
the opportunity to submit some news
paper clippings showing that after the
vote of yesterday by which his amend
ments reducing the duty on refined sugar
and eliminating the Dutch standard tests
had been voted down there had been an
advance of five points in the stock of the
American Sugar Refining Company.
which. he said, showed who had been in
terested in defeating the amendments.
He announced that when the bill should
be taken up in the Senate proper. after
the close of consideration in committee
of the whole, he would present still
further amendments
Gore for Lower Duties.
Mr.. Gore followed Mr. Bristow with an
amendment reducing the duty on refined
sugar to 1 cent per pound He said he
was confident that the amendment would
be voted down, as he did not believe that
the Senate would make any reduction on
any necessary of life. However. he
thought that an effort should be made in
that direction. He declared that the
diminution of existing rates which was
proposed by the pending bill would bring
no relief whatever.
THE poor washerwoman," he said.
would obtain reduction of only cents.
or the price OF a bar of soap, in the way
of reduction on 100 pounds of sugar
and" he added, when the President of
these United States has devoured his
have saved only 15 cents. or the price of
a shave.
He did not believe that the bill was
what the President had wanted when
srd ne pledged his ts. party te s rsyision down. %
extraordinary session Of Congress-" he
said. 'it should adjourn and "a. home.
having earned the title OF Shakespeare .
comedy. Much Ado About Nothing"
Mr.. Aldrich then called for a vote On
the paragraph fixing the duty on all
grades Of sugar. He had responded to his
own name when Mr.: Bacon for the time
put an end to the proceeding by enter
ing his protest.
Mr.. Clay Immediately took the floor to
speak to the sugar schedule.
Clay Denounces Trust.
I'VE are granting favors to the most
unconscionable trust ever organized in
the United States.' he declared, speak
ing with great vigor. "A band Of thieves
and swindlers" he continued, "is robbing
the American. people. and 1 will retract
nothing I have said, for I know from in
vestigation of what l have spoken. and
u,o should nof piva hn tr.yc p
unless we make reduction In the duty
on refined sugar"
After being reminded that his amend
ment provided for a reduction on refined
crude. Mr.. Gore Withdrew it in favor of
that formerly presented by Mr.. Clay
which provided for practically cutting in
half the duties of the bill, both on raw
and refined sugar.
Bristow Objects to Cut.
Pointing out that this amendment would
SO reduce the duty on raw sugar as to
injure the beet sugar industry. Mr.. Bris
tow protested against it, although his
course has been to advocate a lowering Of
duties in the bill
Explaining that he could successfully
combat that idea, Mr.. Clay said he was
% i'll that he could not speak on the
amendment today, and after a long parley
between senators on the two sides Of the
chamber the paragraph relating to raw
and refined sugar was adopted as recon-
mended by the committee on finance with
the understanding that Mr.. Aldrich him
self would ask for reconsideration of
Georgia was prepared to offer and speak
on his amendment.
The section relating to maple sugar and
maple sirup. placing duty OF cents
per pound on each, taxing glucose 1i2
cents per pound and sugar cane in its
natural state 20 per cent ad valorem was
agreed to by viva voce vote.
Stone Discusses Debate.
Before the next paragraph could be
taken up Mr. Stone proceeded to read an
extended comment upon the tariff legisla-
tion in progress In the Senate.
Conceding the probable passage of the
pending bill, he said: /.
on the brow of the big chief (Mr Aldrich)
and on his comrades Of the finance COM
mittee."
But. he added. the accomplishment OF
the majority was "a pitiable ending Of a
somewhat pusillanimous beginning" Nor
was he disappointed in the result. as he
never expected any substantial reduction
in the duties through the agency OF this
Congress.
Referring to former President Roose-
Welt as performing murderous feats
without parallel" he continued: He is
only memory. hardly worth a quotation.
but Taft is still living potentiality.'
With this remark he said he would not
undertake to quote Mr.. Roosevelt on the
kind of tariff reduction that was to be
accomplished by this Congress, but he
did quote at length from utterances on
that subject by Mr.. Taft to show that ne
expected a revision downward.
Accuses Committee of Deception.
Mr. Bryan" Mr.. Stone continued.
WAS right when he said even II Mr.. Taft
desired a reduction of tariff rates he
would be powerless IL elected TO effect his
purpose"
Saving he had a wage scale relating TO
the razor industry in Germany. which
was twice as high as the American wage
scale according to an off1cial statement
furnished by the German government and
now in the State Department, Mr.. Stone
said:
~ assert here a statement that this re-
mort of the German government was IN
the hands of the finance committee long
before this question of relative wages
naid here and in Germany was raised
here They knew about 1t. Yet. when
we asked about these wages the senator
from Utah, Mr.. Smoot. said he had am
dayits from workmen who had been
brought from Germany that the German
wages were only one-third those OF tne
American wage.
When the Senate went to the state De-
partment for this information, IT was al
ready in the hands of the hnance COM
mittee, Mr.. Stone asserted.