The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-09
SM00T NO MATCH
FOR MR.. D0LLINER
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fact that the Wyoming senator Is gen
orally reputed to be the owner Of
great many sheep. Senator Dolliver de-
rlarcd that he was the greatest shep
herd since Abraham
Disarowing the personal ownership
of single sheep. SOW or horse, except
n horse he keeps for his personal use,
Mr.. Warren added that he was stock
holder in companies engaged in such
industries, as he was in railroad com
panics.
Mr., Dolivcr had read several me-
MORALS Of carded wool manufacturers,
asking for an nd yalorcm duty as the
Just method for protecting all parties
interested in the wool business.
smoot Gets Busy
Senators Warren and Smoot main.
tanned that the admission into this
country Of top waste and kindred
American wool Mr. Warren insisted
that rags and shoddy would come into
the United States under the lower
duty advocated by the senator from
Iowa
$50 long responded Mr. Dolliver,
las people arc obliged TO 90 without
woolen clothing in cold weather, ii is
obtained from such rags 10 make third.
ratc clothing than to have no woolen
clothing Mt all, -
Meeting the statement of Mr.. Dol
liver concerning the closing down of
woolen mills because of the high duty
ON those forms Of wool consumed by
them, Mr.. Smoot declared that as a
former manufacturers of woolen goods.
whose null had closed down he knew
the industry had largely expired he.
cause of change of fashion from
Woolcn clothing.
Explaining the various processes of
manufacture, Senator Carter carried
tho senate through all the phases of
the subject so far as necessary to il
lustrate the propriety of the duties
carried by the recommendations Of the
finance committee. A large chest
brought into the chamber and placed
near the desk of the Montana senator,
served TO provide ample samples for
the instruction of the most ignorant
IN the mysteries of wooden manufac-
ture' Mr.. Carter S lecture proved to be
popular ono, Many of the senators
: gathered about his samples. which
they handled, some even testing them
by the sense of smell to distinguish
the several qualities The designations
used in the tariff bill, without meaning
TO many senator's became well.known
terms when the senator from Montana
mad concluded his demonstration.
; Delivers Suggestion.
Mr.. Dolliver suggested the grading
OF duties on wool according to its
shrlnkage, claiming that because such
methods are not followed there is n wide
inconsistency in charges paid by import
ers. Saving that this plan would be
infinitely better than the present sys.
TEN, Senator Carter still objected to it
: because such amendments would open
the entire wool schedule to consdera-
ton IN conference, and he could not ap.
prove such a course, While declaring
hat the wooden schedule should he re-
| yIsed and asserting that he avored
Mr.: Delivers proposition, Mr.. Carter
! SAID he did not think such revision
, should take place at this time because
he feared he might meet disaster IN
l conference.
r Mr.. Smoot declared Mr., Dolliver s
amendment was impossible of admins
1 tratlon, as all manufacturers want their
: wool In the grease and no two manufac-
, turers scour their wool by the same pro.
! cess.
| Mr.. Nelson argued that the woolen
schedule was the most ancient in the
= tariff and declared its ad valorem
equivalent was higher than that of any
= other schedule. He said the entire
= woolen schedule should be rcadiusted
D because il disseminated against the
- "bDl EIDMtl Ol IDt MlSSlsSlDpl valley
and in favor of the mountain sheep
e raiser.
, Question for Experts.
Mr.. Dollivcr said il had been proved
., that the secured contents of the WOO
: could be determined by certain scien
tiflc tests. Mr.. Warren said there was
! no exporter who would come within five
e per cent Of guessing the shrinkagc OF
wool.
I Standing near together, facing eact
other, and frequently gcsticulating Will
I vigor, Senators Dollivcr and Warren
e carried on colIoquv for more than, an
. hour, personally arguing out their diff
G terences on the woolen schedule.
Declaring against the practice of as
sesslng the woolen duty on the entire
cloth, although il had only small per
centage of wool in it, Mr., Dolliver sale
he would propose a duty on the value
! of the wool in the cloth.
!. Meeting this proposition, the senator
t from Wyoming illustrated the small
p duty on a suit Of clothes by the gar
ments he wore. declaring that the clotl
J. in them cost only 81, while the making
n cost $50 and the trimmings SIP. Th'
J. duty on that s worth of cloth. he SAID
was trifling compared with the value
Of the suit
Declaring that he would ask the sena
\, tor from Wyoming to Join him in voting
= y for i provision that no duty in tho
pending bill should be more than l0(
= per cent. Senator Dollivcr said ht
wanted TO ''make ready for the fight
\ that IS coming against the Republican
party and our tariff system,
Smoot Again Butts In.
\ Senator Smoot, interposing. said thai
4 while such n provision might appear
reasonable. it had happened in the WOO
4 industry that the raw product hat
dropped TO five and six cents pound
and in such case a duty of 100 pei
cent would have flooded the country
with foreign wool and would have been
inadequate to protect the industry.
Mr McCumber spoke strongly in ia
vor of the duties recommended by the
committee. He reviewed conditions il
North Dakota. when. under the Wilson
A bill. wool was admitted free of duty
Insisting that he did not wish those
conditions repeated. he declared his be
lief that duties provided by the bill
\ were moi too high,
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