Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-19
NOT
IN EVIDENCE
At CAPITAL
SENATOR M'LAURIN ALSO
FAILS TO FIND FARMER
Mississippian Declares Citi-
zens Offering Advice on the
Tariff Bill Usually Wear Silk
Hats and Garry Canes,

lBy Morning Journal special Leased wiroi
Washington. May lS-After dcvot-
ing the greater part Of the days scs-
sion to debate, the senate passed up
on number of important committee
amendments to the tariff bill 1t also
disposed Of adversely, an amendment
by Mr. Stone restoring the Dingley
rates ON razors on that vote most
of the progressive republicans voted
in the affirmative with the demo-
Gratis
More than two hours were devoted
TO a discussion of resolution by
senator Gore to investigate the cost
Of production at home ana abroad
and the relative price of commodities
at wholesale and retAr The rcsolu-
tion was referred TO the committee on
finance
Considerable progress was made on
the adoption of several sections of the
tariff bil that had been formerly pass
ed over There We're several amend
monts decreasing duties formally re-
ported by the committee but some of
the others adopted increased duties
senator stones amendment to con-
tinuc the Dingley rates on rasors was
DICTATED 3G to 93
MIR stone cndeavored to show that
the statement made by Mr. Smoot
yesterday regarding the razor indus
try was incorrect and Mr. Smoot cor
tectcd his statement in some partlc-
ulars
Describing the men who have come
before the committee on finance as
wearing silk hats and kid gloves ami
carrying gold-headed walking sticks"
senator MeLaurin said he had failed
to SEQ anyone there who could be
cassed as q consumer
| ~ have not sccr anyone there" he
! said. 'ih, cut 90 whose Jt5 f.puni m
dicnte 20 me that ho Is farmer a
mechanic. blacksmith or other labor
Ing man
on an amendment offered by Mr.
bacon reducing the rates on the sec
tion rotating to knives, razors, scis-
snrs. etc, below the rates of the Ding
lev bill nearly all the republicans
who haa voted Ia favor Of reduction
a. the level OF the Dlngley rates vot-
ed no. the amendment being rejected
bv "a vote of rs to 81.
The requirement for making cutlery
with the name OF tho foreign manu-
facturer or the importer was by
amendment nado TO 80 into opesatlon
october /, 1902.
Tho section relating to wire nails
which levied a duty of from one"
quarter To one-half cent pound on
such articles were objected to by Mr..
Ol3vrr MS being too low. Mr- Aldrich
said the finance committee was Vpi,-
sidcring "a further amehdlh'ht "h'0n
would be reported later, -.
The committee had increase" l''
duty on needles 20 Sl2o per thou-
sand and 20 per cent au N"lof.n
which Mr. Gallinger declared was .oo
low. that foreign needles were urlVnhe
the American arcr'e out ol the ni'i
ket The paragraph was auop,eu.
Mr. Alfulch Salu n' "Vt.,' ,.t,.,
the need for additional duties
An increase of per cent on ,lc
house duty on steel plates ana NJ
creascs on wood screws Oh ''"u'
sizes were adopted
The adoption ol committee
monts without aye ana nays votes po,
ing called for proceeded iupiuly un'''
the section relating to umbrella anu
parasol ribs and siretchrFS was l'S0.
cd ana then Mr., DolliVer opleoi'u :"
any increase.
The committee rates were sustoi'''
ed
THAT the duty of one cent prr
pound on antimony contained III OF.
and one and one-hah cents per Pou,'u
ON antmony as recomnehued py .no
committee would revive deaa H'ln-
ing industry vas declared py Seha,oa
Dixon who added that the uu'y l'"i''
ought to be higher
Mr Aldrich moved additions cu'
ting down the r',' III .''' ,,,d o,,
Instead "i ''",' ,,,vi1.d Nv
bronze poNu,i' 20 "a cen,s
iHa hgUag bill, % lN-lFuH 'i ~ N''t'N