The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-11
BY Decisive Vote, Lower Duty
as Fixed by House Commit
tee Is Rejected.
ALDRICH CONFIDENT
OF MORE VICTORIES
Hepburn Urges Protection for
Western Industries; BOrah
Talks Of Trusts.

w 1N'SIiINN'l YIN, May l'.--iu uc db''
ity Of the Republican majority of the
senate to uphold the recommendation
Of the committee on finance on the
lead schedule, which contains tho
Dingley rates in the tariff bill in place
Of the lower duties fixed by the house,
was fully represented today, when, by |
a vote Of 30 TO A., the senate declined |
to reduce by onequartcr of a cent a |
pound the duty on pig lead as recon-
mended by tho committee on finance. |
In this vote eleven Republicans !
voted with the Democrats and two |
Democrats with the Republicans. BY |
a viva vocc vote the senate adopted
the rate of 21s cents a pound on pig
lead as recommended by the commit
! tee.
Chairman Aldrich said he regarded
! the vote as an Endorsement Of the ac-
| tion of the committee. aud expressed
confidence that all the schedules Of the
committee would be upheld
Beyeridge Aggressive.
\ tilt between Senators Aldrich and
! Beycridge was the opening feature in
the senate today. That body had no
sooner been called TO order than the
senator from Indiana took the floor
Hc spoke of the address of Senator
| Carter last Saturday. in which the
| Montana senator referred 10 the
abundance of information to the pond
ing tariff bill available 30 senator's
81 think the senate understands this
Speech said Mr.. Bcveridge "but in
order that Che country may understand
it / will ask the clerk TO read an ex
tract from the Congressional Record. y
Tho extract was read from speech
by Senator McCumbcr, in which com
plant was made that no information
was available for senators showing the
comparative cost of articles in the
tariff schedules in our country and
abroad. and in which it was suggested
that burcau 20 provide such informa-
tion should be created.
Mr.. Beveridge then sent 70 the desk.
I another extract from statement by
Mr.. Aldrich to be read by the clerk,
the chairman of the committee on
finance being quoted as saying;
81 have no knowledge whatever of
anything that transpired upon the
ways and means committee etc. Mr..
Aldrich said his statement had related
only TO the hearings on pange mineral
under consideration when he spoke.
and did not refer TO the hearings AS a
whole because he had read much Of
the report of those hearings,
Aldrich Sarcastic.
81 have given thirty years TO the
consid Grafton of these matters said
Mr. Aldrich, 'and while | may not
have the ability Of the senator from
Indiana, yet such as | have ] have
brought TO this question, and if the
senator will give a fraction of the
time 10 the consideration of these mat
tcrs that | have given, he will serve
his constituency and the country bet
ter than by proclaiming 10 everybody
the lack of information.
Mr.. Hepburn having the floor. de-
cGncd to permit any further intcrrup-
tion. He spoke at length in discussing
the lead schedule, explaining mining
methods and the systems of treating
lead ore, in order to demonstrate the
necessity for djffcrential duty on pig
or and other products of lead ore.
All the industries Of Idaho, said Mr..
Hepburn, cncircle the lead mines. and
disaster to the mines would result in
general business siagnation, He
claimed that without the protection 10
pig lead provided by the amendment
of the committee on finance, the lead
industry could not continue. Smelling
IN Mexico, he said, cost but ono. half
as much rs here, and mining about
twothirds
As compromise between the con
tontion of senators who have contend
ed against giving any dIiferential for
pig lead and those who havo insisted
| on fve-eigbths of a cent pound. as
proposed by the committee OH finance,
| Senator Cummins offered amend
ment fixing the duty at three -cighths
of cent n pound. in addition TO tho
duty of | = cents a pound on the lead
in lead ore
Statements by Mr. Cummius regard
ing the freight rates on lead orc from
! western states to New York were dis
putcd by Messrs Aldrich. Borah,
| Sutherland and Smoot Mr.. Smoot
was particularly emphatic in stating
that the rate was about $50 ton and
not Sc or 81, claimed by Mr.. Cum
Minis.
The Iowa senator declared, however,
that if there was any railroad charging
a rate Of $25 Il ton on lead ore from
Salt Lake to New York, congress
should turn aside for few moments
| from the consideration of tho tariff and
deal vigorously with any such railway.
Cannot Hurt Trusts.
In the opinion Of Mr. Borah, no form
OF legislation would hurt the lead and
smelter trusts, 1t was idlc, he con
tended. for any one to say there were
| no such trusts. So thoroughly in
trcnchcd were they, he said, that they
easily could avoid the provisions of the
! bill by transferring their bases OF OPP
! GRAFTON.
Referring TO the criticism which he
said had been hcapcd upon certain sen
ators, Mr.. Nelson said he was tired Of
being lcctured about the schedules of
the bill and the orthodoxy Of the Re-
publican party.
'sLct MS recognize the fact he
said, "that the tariff bin is just like
The rivers and harbors bill. You tickle
me and ] III tickle you. You give us
what we want on the Pacific coast for
our lead ore and our citrus fruits. and
we will tickle the people of New Eng |
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