The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
TEA AND COFFEE
ON THE FREE list
Senate Strikes Out Proposed
RetaIiatory Duty on the Two
Beverage Commodities

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The maxi
mum and minimum provisions of the
tariff bill were adopted today by vote
of SO to IS by the senate. The final
action upon this amendment came at
the close of day devoted to lively
discussion of the proposed retaIiatory
measure that brought out great
variety of views as to the advisability
of enacting such legislation.
The provisions of this measure will
go into effect March II, 1910. and 80
days must elapse before presidents
proclamation applying the maximum
duty of 25 per cent ad valorem in ad-
dition to other duties provided for in
the bill will be operative
TEA AND COFFEE FREE
The duty on tea and coffee as pro-
vided for in the amendment originally
reported by the committee was
stricken out by the senate finance COM
mittee.
The senate also agreed to vote on
the submission of an income tax
amendment to the constitution to the
several states for ratification, this vote
TO be taken upon the resolution and all
amendments next Monday at 1 o'clock
Senator Culberson offered an amend
ment to make nonpartisan the ap-
pointment of the tariff commission and
TO pay the members salaries of $500
annually. Aldrich said experts were
to be selected and he did not believe
politics would be considered by the
president in that connection.
PARTISAN APPOINTMENTS
From the morning papers," said
Bailey, the director of the census is
making his appointments for partisan
reasons. If that is true it is the first
time it has been done in the history
of this country" In view of the re-
port he said he would not trust the
executive authority to make the ap-
pointments without some restriction.
Aldrich said he did not believe CEN
sus appointments were being made for
political reasons. II know the pres
tdent of the United States too WE'LL"
he said, ito believe he would permit
anything of that kind
Declaring the trend of the times
was toward nonpartisanship. Root
said the very purpose sought by the
Texas senator would be defeated by
dividing these appointments between
republicans and democrats. He pointed
to the record of the president as
guarantee that he would not be in
fiuenced by partisan motives.
MONEY Is FACETIOUS
I'VE are united in our esteem for
the president" said Money, but under
the dispensation of providence he
might die and we might have a bad
man like the presiding officer of the
senate and he might make partisan
appointments"
Vice President Sherman joined in the
smile that became general as the Mis-
sissippi senator proceeded to show the
temptation of men to make appoint
ments with a partisan bias.
Then there is the chairman of the
finance committee" he added "He has
never been charged with being any-
body's good Sunday school boy. He
has never been shot at as an angel"
The discussion of Culberson's
amendment was incidental and when
it was concluded the controversy over
the minimum and maximum provision
was renewed
TOBACCO IN THE LEAF
WASHINGTON. July s.-The tobacco
free leaf question was taken up TODAY
by subcommittee of the senate com
mittee on finance and a number of
tobacco manufacturers were heard in
opposition to the removal of any of the
restrictions governing the sale of to-
bacco in the leaf
The hearing was upon the Bradley
amendment, which would permit the
first purchaser to sell the leaf without
the payment of a tax and all subse-
queht purchasers to make similar
transfers so long as the tobacco was
not manufactured in any form.
Tobacco manufacturers contended
today that this would open the whole
subject to possibility of great fraud
and also that it would materially re-
duce revenues.
The proposition to increase the rates
of tax upon smoking and plug tobacco,
cigars, cigarettes and snuff was also
discussed.