The Washington herald., 1909-05-29
BRISK REPARTEE
IN TARIFF DEBATE
Stone Charges Aldrich with
SuppreSSing Report.
IMPORTANT ITEMS ARE PASSED
Senator Gore Creates Amusement By
Illustrating MeaEer Benefits OF the
Sugar Reduction-CIay Says Senate
Is Playing Into Hands OF Trust.
Discussion Takes wide Range.

After a day Of speech-making IN the
Senate the tariff bill was again taken
up yesterday by paragraphs and several
items IN the bill were disposed Of. In the
course Of the debate Mr.. stone charged
Senator AIdrich with suppressing an in
dustrial report
The sugar schedule was finally con-
cluded with a reservation by Senator
Clay 70 permit him 70 offer an amend
nent 70 reduce the duties on raw and
refined sugar. 10 wipe out the difersntial,
and 20 eliminate from the bill the words
relating to the Dutch standard
The only changes made in the sugar
schedule by the Senate from the para
graphs as they appeared in the House
bin was the increase OF the duty on sac
chSrine from 20 to . cents q pound and
striking out the duty OF 80 per cent sd
valorem on sugared biscuits. waters. and
similar articles
Mr Clay was not feeling well yesterday
and could not speak at length. He got
into the debate long enough 70 express
surprise az the persisteney with which
the Republican leaders clung to the sugar
duties.
Voting to Aid Trust.
'sYou are voting here 10 aid a trust
which is made I'd OF a band Of con-
scienceless thieves and robbers that are
stealing from the American people by
their own admissions" said the Senator
from Georgia.
Senator Gore created some amusement
by Illustrating the meager benefits 20
flow from the slight reduction Of the duty
on sugar given by the bill he said the
laboring man who ate twenty pounds Of
sugar could save, in reduced duties. an
aggregate OF one cent. with which he
could buy a newspaper and read the
story Of the sugar trusts frauds upon
customs. The washerwomsn who used
7ne hundred pounds would save FIVE cents
and could purchase a bar Of soap.
President Taft If he eats his weight 1
OF sugar, can buy a shave" said Mr.. I
Gore. IF this is what you czu revision /
downward. the country may well apply /
10 this Congress the name given 70 one
o. Shakespeare's comedies, Much Ado /
About Nothing
Senator Bristow read from official re-
ports Of the great earnings OF the sugar 1
trust, and then, 20 show the influences /
behind the sugar duties.~ caused the /
reading Of an extract from a Wall street /
newspaper showing that the stock OF the I
American Sugar Refining Company sd- /
vanced five points yesterday as the result !
Of the defeat Of his amendments
The tobacco schedule was disposed Of /
without serious contest There was
some little discussion over the paragraph 1
agreed 70 in both Houses fmpos q duty /
on cigars With paper wrappers.
Passing from the tobacco schedule. the /
Senate agreed TO several paragraphs re- I
lating 10 I've stock. and took up those I
paragraphs relating to barley and other I
cereals
Questions Provoked Debate.
As these questions provoked some de-
bate. Mr.. Aldrich finally laid the schedule
aside and returned 10 paragraph s.. rel
lating 20 punnice stone This paragraph 4
had been passed over and the committee 4
submitted an amendment, which was
agreed 20, striking out the duty OF IS per
ton on pumice stone, wholly or partially 1
manufactured. and making the duty three
5ighths Of q cent a pound.
The duty Of - per cent ad valorem on /
unmanufsCtUred pUmice stone was
changed 70 a specific duty Of one-fourth 4
OF a cent a pound.
Senator McCumber. OF North Carolina
advocated the increased duties on cereal !
products
Senator Stone, OF Missouri, made q long /
speech addressed 70 the tariff bill gen
orally. which led 70 lively coIloquies with !
Senators Aldrich. Sutherland, Burkett,
and Rayner.
Mr.. Stone charged Senator Aldrich had 4
suppressed a report made by the Ger
man government on the wages paid in i
certain industries. The report was re-
ferred 70 when the cutlery schedule was 4
under consideration. az which time Sen
ator Stone produced certain figures de-
signed to prove that higher wages were /
paid II Germany for labor employed in 4
the making OF Tazors than were paid in
the Ike industry in the United States.
The fact came out that Mr.. Stone had 4
obtained his figures from a report made I
10 the State Department This aroused /
the curiosity Of Senator Ia Toilette, OF /
Wisconsin, who reached the conclusion
that the chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee had withheld certain valuable in
formation from the Senate.
At the instance Of Mr.. La Toilette the
Senate passed a resolution several days
ago calling on the State Department
90 supply the information relating 70
the wages paid in Germany. Mr. Stone
said that Il should not have been neces-