The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-04
ROOT LINES UP IN
|NSURGEN|T RANKS
Defeated in Fight on the Lemon
Duty.
FORCE ALDRIcH TO RETREAT
Senate Leader Withdraws Amendment
Making Tax on Bacon Higher
Than House Rate-TiIl-
man Defines Pig.

man Defines Pig.
Washington, June 1.-Senator Root
of New York got over into the relief
camp in the senate and was defeated
In his efforts to have the duty on
lemons voted down. The senator lined
up with the Democrats and "insur.
gents" when the proposition came up
to increase the duty to !. cents q
pound on lemons, the Dingley duty
being one cent.
I'm this industry during the last
year the lemon growers of California
have made on an average profit OF
$3.50 per acre, with expenditures
amounting to $780," said Senator Root.
81 would not eliminate the lemon
growers of California or any other
American industry, but it is little
too much for them to come here and
ask an increase on duty when they are
already making over 100 per cent"
Senator Root, having referred to the
California Fruit Growers association,
Mr. Flint asked if it was not an asso-
citation of farmers.
ut is not an Incorporation of angels,
and if it gets control of our market
and you put up barrier against the
foreign lemon the white winged farm
ers of the California Fruit Growers
association may yield to the tempta-
ton to get the highest price that they
can for their product"
Root Joins insurgents"
The increase was voted 43 to %.
Senators Foster of Louisiana and
Fletcher of Florida, Democrats, voted
in the affirmative with the Repub-
licans, and Senators Root, Beverage,
Biston, Burkett, Crawford, Cummins,
Curtis and La Toilette, Republicans,
with a majority of the Democrats,
against it.
When the bacon schedule was taken
up, increasing the duty from four to
five cents a pound, Senator Aldrich
surprised the senate by withdrawing
the finance increase, and the duty was
left at four cents.
Senator Hepburn asserting that
these rates of duty should be kept up
because there was mo more COM
pletely distributed articles among the
wage-earners than the pig" Senator
Tillman arose to ask the difference be-
tween the pig and the hog.
81 like the term pig better than hog
because hog is sometimes applied to
different classes of beings" retorted
the Idaho senator.
81 have understood" said Senator
Tfllman, shat the pig is baby hog
a squealing fellow that has to squeal
sometimes when he can't get teat."
Interrupting, Senator Aldrich said
the rates of the house bill in respect
to these articles were protective.
AIdrich Backs Down.
81 have no question about that
whatever" said Senator Aldrich. II
am not failing in my duty as a pro-
tectionist in making this change. At
four cents pound there is no danger
of any large importations of bacon
and ham in this country. When the
Wilson bill was in operation with a
duty of three cents pound there
were no importations. There is no
possibility that there will be large i'm
portations of lard under duty Of 1 "
cents pound, as fixed by the house.
There was no increase in those i'm
portations under the Wilson bill"
Senator Aldrich said there had been
reductions in nearly $50 items of the
pending bill. but they were not re-
duced below the protective point.
ct is not possible" he insisted, Ito
say that in making these reductions
we have abandoned the protective
principle"
When Senator Culberson (Tex), Of
fered portion of the testimony of
Andrew Carnegie as an example of the
views of Republican that the reduc-
to the consumer Senator Aldrich sug-
gested that some Democrat should
place all Of Mr.. Carnegie's statements
on the tariff in the record as Demo
cratic textbook. He had NO doubt it
would be used for that purpose for
the next 20 years.
Rayner in Humorous Speech.
Characterizing the tariff policy Of
the Republican party as citadel OF
protection" and declaring that never
in his experience was citadel in
such state of tumult and commo-
tion," Senator Rayner made speech
Astounding with humorous references
to many senators who have taken a
prominent part in discussing the pend.
ing bill.
The cotton and wool schedules were
taken up to-day.
Indiana Girl Nodded In paris