Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-08
Adjournment Taken to Give Sen
ators Chance to Read Reprint
of the Tariff Measure.
The TOBACCO TAX NEXT
Three Senators VIII Oher and Vote
upOn various Anne ndme nts-(cr-
tain Corporations Exempted
from the Ope rnt lions Of the
Corporation Tax.

Washington. July accompanying
the tariff bill in the committee Of the
whole. that measure was to-day re-
ported to tho Senate, so that legisla-
ton providing for customs duties is
now regarded as on the homo stretch
Senator'S generally desire to obtain
reprint OF the bill as amended be-
fore further considering It. and the
Senate adjourned to afford senators an
opportunity to look over II before
taxing further action. The adjourn
ment was taken with the understand
ing that when that body reconvenes
all sections OF tho bill that senators
do not desire 10 reserve for further
amendment shall be bill agreed to un-
conditionally.
The Senate then will consider the
tobacco tax, the only amendment not
adopted in the committee Of the whole.
When that is disposed OF. senators
will be taken on numerous amend
ments they have reserved to be acted
upon when the bill, in parliamen-
tary sense shall be in the Senate.
| The proceedings logged along In I'M
| eyentful fashion to-day. Various amend
ments offered BY the committee were
adonted after which Senator Snoot sent
| to the desk to have read amendment
which. he said, had been recommended
| by the finance committee fixing duties
| on tobacco. When this preliminary pro-
| ced,re had been concluded. Senator
Daniel of Virginia. the ranking minority
| member of the committee on finance
disputed the statement OF the senator
from Utah that that provision had been
recommended by the committee.
| Hc characterized it another bogus
| committee amendment stating that the
minority members had never seen 1t
until It had been completed. when II
was shown to them. After considerable
discussion Senator Aldrich agreed to
withdrew the amendment and to have
| It considered tomorrow morning by the
| full committee membership before re-
| porting 1t to the Senate.
| Among amendments to the tariff
| agreed to to-day was one exempting
! labor organizations fraternal beneficiary
societies and organizations exclusively
| for charitable and educational purposes.
| from the operations Of the corporation
| tax provisions.
Amendments were adopted specify
| ing Canada and the West Indies
among continuous countries included
in the discriminating duty Of ten per
cent ad valorem on imports not man
| ufactured in those countries ana IN
! troduccd into the United states ana
also extending from two TO SIX
| months in any one year the per!od
during which domestic built foreign
vessels may engage in the coastwlse
trade. Another amendment relieves
the United States from all reciprocal
objections toward foreign nations IN
the matter Of tonnage duties.
Senator Curtis gave notice or an
amendment he will propose 10 the
| bill providing for counterNailihs
duty on oil imported into the tnl'eu
! states from countries which impose
duty or American OIL The pro-
posed duty is to be one-half or the
duty imposed by the other country
I on American oil.
The Senate at 3S2 o'clock az
| jOurncd.