Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
SENATE FAILS
,TOCONCLUDE
TARIFF RATES
DUTY ON CASH REGISTERS RE-
MAINS THE SAME
EXCITING VOTE ONLY FEATURE
OF LONG SESSION
Wood Pulp Provision Also Receives
Attention of LaWmakers-RetaIi-
cation on Imports Provided
Against Canada

w almost eight hours of strenuous
effort, the senate today failed to
conclude it's consideration of the sched-
ules of the tariff bill.
Probably the most exciting incident
of the day was the vote on Senator
Beveridge's amendment reducing from
30 per cent ad valorem to Is per cent ad
valorem the duty on cash registers.
The vote resulted in 81 ayes and 81
noes.
Stating after the vote was announced
that several senators had informed him
that they had voted against his mo-
tion under a misapprehension, Mr..
Beveridge said he would renew the
motion at a later date.
The wood pulp provision also again
received attention, and it was sup
posed it had been finally acted upon
until Senator Clapp, taking exception to
the retaliatory provision of the sched-
ule as amended, said he would make an
effort to have that provision entirely
eliminated before final action was
taken on the bill. Today's amendments
were in lieu of all previous senate
changes in the schedule.
Free lmportations
They provide for the free Importation
of mechanically ground wood pulp, ex-
cept from countries that place obstacles
in the way of expectation OF wood or
pulp to the United States. In such
cases, on proclamation of the presi-
dent, a duty of one-twelfth of one cent
a pound may be imposed.
Retaliation is also provided against
countries exporting chemical pulp or
print paper into the United
States.
No secret is made of the fact that
these provisions OF retanatlon are
aimed at Canada.
A motion by Senator Bacon to place
agricultural implements on the free
list was rejected by the devisive vote
of 26 to 40.
Other changes made during the day
were as follows: Increasing to Two
and four cents pound the duty on
hernp: providing for free importation
until 1912 of linen manufacturing ma
chimes; increasing to the extent OF
about 10 per cent over the present law
the duties on laces and embroiderles;
imposing duty of 30 per cent on en-
graved lithographic plates; slghtiy oe-
creasing the duty on jute yarns; strlK-
ing from the free list the products OF
petroleum. and eliminating the house
retaliatory provision regarding wrap
per and filler tobacco.
Finds Fault with 1t
Senator Davis of Arkansas, in oppos-
ing the pending tariff bill, found gem
eral fault with the measure.
Contending that the Republican par
~ had failed to keep its promise 10
i0vver the tariff, he said if that party
had nossessed the manhood to state
boldly thtat it intended to increase the
tariff "the places that know them To-
dav would know them no longer, LOT
they have been a hiss and byword in
the land-their destruction inevitable
He continued: "They are turning
their faces in hopefulness and glad ac-
claim to the great middle west where
a snail cloud has arisen, which Is gath
erinp in strength and volume, led on
by the insurgent Republican forces in
this body, that assures the doWnfall
and destruction of the Bouborn ele-
ment."
Declaring that the tariff bill is vlr-
tually the product of Senator Aldrlch
and asserting that Mr.. Aldrich had
been elected to the senate by legis-
lature chosen by Ii per cent of the
ovters of the small state of Rhode
u,
senatorial supporters of the bill had
shown great subserviency to Mr.. Aid
rich.
Indirectly Mr.. Davis criticised Demo-
Gratis who had declared their lack or
allegiance to the Democratic platform,
which he said he was willing to "swal-
low from 'kiver to kiver'
Mr.. Davis defended Mr.. Bryan as the
reputed author of the Democratic plat
Mr N
not be president, Mr.. Davis expressed
the hope that he would "never circum-
scribe the field of his usefulness, the
field of his eternal greatness, by ac-
cepting seat in the senate of the
United States"
Field Too Small
"The field is too small" said Senator
Davis. His powers of usefulness
would be too circumscribed and a pit
liable spectacle he would present, in
deed, were he here today, bound and
gagged, as are the helpless minority, to
the autocratic will of the senior sena-
tor from Rhode Island"
When the consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed the pending question
was the amendment offered yesterday
by Senator Bacon, placing agricultural
implements on the free list.
Senator Stone of Missouri Immediate
" took the floor. He asserted that a
number of companies had been merged
together to constitute the international
Harvester company-a trust; declared
that it was conducting so per cent of
the business of the country in supply
ing agricultural implements, and con-
tended that it was trust and mono
poly, Notwithstanding the denial of
Aldrich\
Soon after Mr.. Stone began his
speech he was interrupted by Senator
Davis of Arkansas with a statement
that the company had been driven out
of his state by legal proceedings, under
the state antitrust law.
Mr.. Stone read a statement from At
torney General Major saying that in
testimony recently given in New York
by George w. Perkins of the firm of
J. p. Morgan & Co. i'm the Missouri
custer proceedings, Mr.. Perkins had adj
mitted that through him Morgan & Co.
controlled the entire business of the
company. Mr. stone also read from a
speech made by a former senator from
North Dakota (evidently referring to
Mr.. Hansbrough), who claimed that the
International Harvester company had
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