The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-01
SENATE IS BUSY
DESPITE HOLIDAY
Agreements Reached on Many
Sections of the Tariff Bill
Under Discussion.
RAYNER INJECTS SOME
HUM0R INTO DEBATE
PecuIiarities and FOibles of
the Various Senators Good
Naturedly Ridiculed.

ASHINGTON, May 31.-Agree.
ments were reached in the senate to-
day upon many sections of the tariff
bill, the paragraphs relating to agri
culture were nearly all disposed Of.
During the afternoon Mr.. Bacon en-
tered upon an extended discussion OF
The proposed increase over the rates
of the house bill on duties on bacon
and hams, lard, fresh beef, etc. Mr.
Aldrich surprised the senate by with
drawing the committee amendments
saying be believed the house rates. al
though below the Dinglcy law rates.
were protective.
Rayner Raises Laugh
| This action provoked further discus
sion on the part of the senators who
favored the higher rates. Senator Ray
ner created considerable amusement BY
humorous description of what Sen
ator Adrich had referred TO as "cita.
! del of protection and Senator Smith
of Michigan advocated free tariff or
tariff for revenue only. More than
two hours were consumed bysa debate
on the question Of increasing the duty
on lemons from ] y to ? cents pound
| and after earnest opposition by Mr..
| Root the increase recommended bv the
committee was sustained, AZ to IS.
Among other duties affected was that
on dried peas. which was reduced from
| 30 10 p cents per bushel. The duties
! on chicory root, chocolate. and cocoa
were reduced. as was that on salt. from
II TO 10 cents per 100 pounds in bags
| and from 10 TO cents per 100 pounds
| in bulk
Stout, ale. beer and porter were given
an increase of duty from 40 10 10 cents
when in bottles, etc, and from 20 to
20 cents per gallon when IN bulk.
House Duty Restored.
The house duty on bacon and hams
and on lard. was restored upon motion
of Mr.. Aldrich, who withdrew the com
mittee amendments increasing it.
An effort OF Mr.. Bacon to reconside.
the paragraph relating to fresh beef,
mutton, etc, III order TO decrease the
| duties on that article was defeated.
Senators wore very sour looks at
they entered the senate chamber be-
cause of having TO meet ON q legal
holiday that most of them had usually
! devoted TO exercises IN commemoration
Of the day. AS soon as the tariff bill
was taken up, consideration of the para
| graph on lemons was resumed and Sen
ator Flint proceeded TO defend The
amendment proposed by the committee
on finance, which increases the duty TO
| II cents per pound.
A roll call being demanded, only 4s
senator's, one more than n quorum, an
| swered TO their names.
Asks Protection for Lemons
Without the competition of Cali
| fornia growefs on the New York mar
ket the price of lemons will increase. 4"
! said Mr.. Flint, The small duty asked
| Tnr this ministry he su,I unonnf fod ,n
small sizes of lemons 10 | cent a dozen
and without this protection against
lemons from Sicily, he argued the
lemon industry of California would he
wiped out. It's destruction, he asserted
would Immediately cause the price of
n box. as the price of the foreign sup
ply was only kept down by the com.
petition of the American product
Senator Root made an impassioned
appeal against any increase in the duty
on lemons over the Dingley law rate
| Of I cent
Reading from reports made by a rep.
resentative of the department of agri.
culture, as the basis of his assertion,
! Mr.. Root declared:
"iu this industry during the last
! year the lemon growers of California
! have made an average profit of $3.50
! per acre with expenditures amounting
10 $40. That WAS under the present
! tariff.
II would not eliminate the lemon
growers of California or other Ameri-
can industry. but il is little too much
for them 10 come here and ask an in
crease of duty when they arc already
making over 100 per cent
Mr.. Root having referred TO the Cali
fornia fruit growers association. Mr..
Flint asked if it was not an associa
tlon OF farmers.
''Jt is not an Incorporation of angels
and II il gets control of our market
and you put up a barrier against the
foreign lemon the white winged farm
ers Of. the California; fruit growers as
sociation may yield 10 the temptation
to get the highest price that they can
for their product, -
Sour Subject, Sour Talk.
AS the debate on lemons proceeded
the wordy exchanges between senators
became acrid,
E.Docs the senator believe that state
ment'" asked Mr.. Flint, as Mr.. Root
declared that foreign lemons are lald
down IN New York at $242 box,
The New York senator, replying that
he did believe his own statement. MI
Flint responded that in that very mar
kct the price was down to SLID 10
81 so a box, which fact Mr.. Root ne.
counted for because the fruit was SOLD
Mt anctiou.
AS Mr., Root pounded The higher rate
on lemons, Senator Cummins lctt ms
place and going over 10 his colleague:
Senator Dollivcr. the two advocates or
lower rates watched tho debaters WIN
evident satisfaction.
Mr.. Flint met the statement of prohts
made by lemon growers by declaring
that they have made only per cent
upon their business, and Senator Pagss
expressed his hope that the duty would
be mnde high enough to permit Jall-
ons used in this country.
Perkins Grows Emphatic.
s.If the senator from New York had
been in California in the early days
aud had seen the barren land now made