St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
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the cotton schedule, These included
scores Of changes ID the sas Of low.
er rates and plain and figured cottor
fabrics, mercerized goods, women
and ehildern's dress goods, ETC., aud
were covered ii many votes.
Against the proposed reductions
in the wooden schedule embraced in
many votes and lowering the duties
on worsteds of all kinds, blankets.
aannels, underwear and a hundred or
more other articles.
Against the reduction 81 iaces.
embroideries, buildings, buttons, belt.
ings and scores Of aundries.
Against an adjustment Of the
wooden schedule 50 as to make man
ufactured products conform to the
price Of raw materials.
Against fifty or more LaFollette
amendments making reductions in
the cotton goods schedule.
Against one hundred or more
amendments proposed 81 Bacon, max
ing reduction N the wooden schedule.
Against The Gore amendment lin
iting the duty on any kind Of blankets
to rs per cent.
Against the Cummins amendment
to fix Compensatory duties at the
difference between the cost of wool
in the domestic market and the price
paid BIZ the chief foreign competition.
Against the Stone amendment,
placing zinc and zinc products on the
free list.
Against reduction on window glass.
Against the reduction on print
paper and wood pulp.
Against reductions on sawed lum-
Der.
Against the reduction on cash
registers.
Against free grain bags.
Against the Cummins amendments
to reduce duties in the metal schedule
Against the Bacon amendments re-
ducing the duty on salt.
Against the Stone amendments
placing hides and leather goods, in
GLIDING boots and shoes, harness,
betting and sole leather. on the free
list.
Against placing asphalt on the
free list.
Against the tariff commission plan
as proposed by LaFollette and sup
by other Democrats.
McEnery was absent when amend
nents were proposed TO reduce the
On penknives, pocket knives,
blades and scissors.
To reduce the duties on all other
Kind Of knives.
TO reduce the duty N sewing ma
chimes and printing presses.
70 reduce the duty on type setting
and typewriters.
70 reduce the duty on certain kind
# women's and chiIdrens dress goods
md Innings.
To reduce the duty on wool.
And also when various other re-
AUCTIONS were proposed. He was
likewise absent when some Of the
finance Committees increases were
,fered, but always il his vote became
necessary, he was paired against the
'eductions and in favor Of the in
'reases.
Only twice did McEnery vote against
my proposition in the way Of increas
II
ng the duties offered by the Finance
Committee. Once he voted against
be Senate's plan for a maximum and
minimum tariff, and the other time
Ie opposed Aldrich-and mark It's
mportanca-was against an increase
Il three-qnarters Of a cent d pound
N orange mineral, a lead product
Ised in paints. This was the first
ecord vote taken, and McEnery evi-
emily had not gotten straight on the
program.
As the browning act Of peridy TO
is party McEnerY voted for the pas
age Of the tariff bill which, with a
exception, the duty on pine
pples, and this was changed in con-
srence-had been perfected just
S Aldrich and his partisans intended
should be. But this was not all.
[cEnery went one step further to