The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-05
FIRM BELIEVER
IN PROTECTION
Senator Hepburn for Highest
Possible Duties That
Can Be Applied.
No SHALLOW PRETENSES
,nAHo MAN CONSISTENT WHEN
1T CAME TO VOTING.

lSu=ciaI to The Herald)
u...5frgton. July 4-SenatOr Hepburn
rEsbo is i'm favor of high protection on
--.-,t hing. 40 matter how it may affect
Ionic of his state. Tt is not recalled
~ he voted 90 lower single schedule
tra tariff bill but on the other hand
-- rrIr of his way 10 aid in raising du-
an commodities not produced in his
..ta but generally consumed by the peo-
l If Idaho and the entire northwest.
~ g-arfffr instances of this occurred
fs, week Senator Hepburn voted to
Soc duty of 10 cents pound on tea.
IFirh comes iu free under the Dingiey
IT,, and he voted against the Jones
---er5urert t0 remove the tariff on grain
5cts which are used so generally by the
fsrDars of Idaho. Oregon and Washing
,Cr Tn each instance he admitted that
Li vote would tend to increase the bur
5sr mon the people of Idaho, but he said
he was willing to answer TO his people for
Debate on Tea.
t. 5svsIoned i'm the debate on the tea
-.ba5uIa rhat the United States annually
consumes about 100000 pounds of tea. OF
-bis amount only 1900 or 10000 pounds
ere grown In the United States, and the
tea Industry is confined entirely TO South
T5-o1ina Senator Illlman proposed g
5--v of % cents a pound on tea. and APP
lid TO his Democratic brethren to sup
7o-r II because IL would bring in be
+uzen 50 100000 and Sl0O0O0 duty annual
1r He appealed to the Republicans to
srDp0rt his amendment because in so do
Ing they were protecting an infant in
s-strr. Senator Hepburn was the only
PaDubIican senator who spoke In support
If the TiIlman tea amendment, and that
In the face of the fact that his state
.7n never grow tea. but will always be
rrraE
He S7fd his family has been using South
Carolina tea exclusively for six or seven
wears. and regarded it as superior to any
imported tea He further said he knew
men who had expended from $500 to
VaN0 in the Tea industry of South Caro-
Fra and they said there should be
duty upon tea. He then announced his
intended purpose 90 support the Tillman
amendment for he had been assured by
his wealthy friends that if a duty should
he placed upon tea. they would many
times increase their investments in South
Carolina
Hepburn Favored Tax.
I'm other words. Senator Hepburn. in ad-
herring % his belief In the highest possible
tariff went ON record as favOring a tax
n 10 cents a pound upon what is virtual
lv a necessity of life. used by poor even
more extensively than by the rich, and
used in every corner of the United States
would add Do cents to the selling price Of
every pound of tea i'm the American mar
ksL He did this. not only on principle
but to accommodate some of his capital
ist friends who wanted TO still further
Increase their profits.
When DC came to the tax on grain sacks.
senator Jones of Washington proposed 20
place Jute grain bags on the free list
He explained that they are used almost
exclusively by the wheat growers Of the
northwest and the annual outlay for
SACKS was material tax upon them, and
one That was a dead loss. as the sacks
were a dead loss. when the grain was
shipped. He showed that almost all of
me grain bags used by the northwestern
farmers were imported from Calcutta. and
HoE pay a duty. which increases their
cost They are Immediately exported from
me country, when filled. and no discount
" rebate Is allowed the farmer for the
sack Senator Jones showed that the
a2TlnWestern states import annually 80
tNtN of these bags from Calcutta. 3O10 Co
more are manufactured at San Quentin
prison. California. half as many in the
puSon al Nalla Walla, Wash. and about
-'Nuh more ave manufactured on the
facIle coast from imported iUte Sen
alor Heyour eOrrobOrated these figures.
b-l lnen >ne senator from Idaho went
on to say that he would vote to retain the
t-lN on grain bags 81 am compelled to
waive any natural inclination that I might
---l on behalf OF any advantage that
night be- derived r. the farmers. This
d very large revenue item.
Heyburn's Reasons.
We use some millions of these bags in |
lldlo, continued Senator Hepburn. but |
,Ae congress, SO far as il has acted. has
--en generous with the people of our
s.ale 10 giving them a protective duty on
lumber and their various industries Civ
Hs Us The support of the principle of I
figecuon. and J do not feel that I can
--lef such circumstances. support the /
ilrhaInenJ even though there might be a 4
,'.el sentiment in favor of free bags.
INNS they the farmers) will have to /
am mat the man who receives must be I
ready 90 contribute"
que Jones amendment was then voted ]
sO"-r senator Hepburn contributing to Z
Us oeIeaJ And the northwestern farm I
~ N- continue TO pay high prices for /
-ale-l,d bags. because thirty-two SEN
fs VINO believed with Senator Hev-
t. -'" --.al IL was necessary to protect the +
---. gram nag industry that admittedly
,-l--yes lar fewer grain sacks than are /
---al-lael iTed by criminal labor i'm the I
f---,7l lafies or thu Pacific coast
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