The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-01
Debate i'm Senate Covers Range of
From Lemons" To Senator Smoot
Continued from Page One.

fruitful,'' declared Mir. Perkins with
considerable show of indignation, "he
would be willing to accord for n Cali
fornia industry the same protection he
has championcd for New York in
dustry.'
'fWe only ask no said, "the diff
feroncc II wages between this country
snd abroad ~
After speeches by Senators Smith Of
Michigan supporting, and Burkett on
posing the finance committee s increase
of the rate on lemons 10 ! n cents per
pound, the vote was taken It resulted
IN sustaining the committee, 43 to 2S.
Senators Faster OF Louisiana and
Fletcher of Florida. Democrats, voted in
and Senators Root, Beveridge. Bristow,
Burkett. Crawford Cummins, Curtis and
LaFollette, Republicans, with a major
ity OF the Democrats, against it.
Mr. Gore, in offering an amendment
placing a duty of cents bunch on
bananas: said the Republican party had
promised the people fish. but had
given them Il bunch of serpents instead.
He hoped the people would give them
nest Of scorpions in return.
Alleges Banana Trust.
"I think [ have freed a trust said
Mr.. Gore. 81 am convinced there is
81 charge here that tho United Fruit
company has a practical monopoly of
the banana importations and that Of
the banana business in this country
Mr.. Gore declared E'Here is a mo-
nopoly that will yield golden revenue
for the embarrassed Golfers of this gov
eminent if A duty is placed on bananas
"There is one other consideration. If
We will lay this tax on bananas, We
will soon raise all the bananas con
suned in the United States
Appealing 10 the protectonists 10
support his amendment, Mr. Gore said
that II duty of $50 ton were placed
or bananas as was done with lead ore,
the Colorado senator would probably see
bananas raised on the craigs Of the
Rockies; that the senator from North
Dakota would sec the plains turn into
banana plantations. He added that a
change of crops Is good for the soil.
''T am not certain If we make the
tariff high enough that we could not
make lemons and oran~es bloom and
flower in the very shadow of the north
POLE added Mi Gore in conclusion
Mr.. Gore s amendment was defeated
The cotton schedule being reached, Mr.
Aldrich said it was not his purpose to
take up that schedule at this time
Notwithstanding this statement Mr.
Smith of South Carolina made an nlab-
0ralc Srcecn on InaE SUBJECT, ldNlnE
general ground against the protective
policy
Rayner as Humorist.
Senator Rayner Of Maryland today
made a speech abouuding with humor-
Gus references 70 manv senators VINO
have taken prominent part III dis
cussing the pending tariff bin.
"The other day" said Senator Ray.
ner, "the senator from Rhode Island
(Mr, Aldrch) when great speech had
been delivered attacking the rates of
duty in the woolcn and cotton sched-
ules, remarked that 10 change those
schedules would destroy the very citadel
of protection. Never IN my experience
was citadel in such state of tumult
and commotion.''
The speaker declared that the other
dav when Senator Brigtow of Kansas
was hammering the lead schedule, IT
seemed 10 disturb the tranquility Of tine
senior senator from Massachusetts. y
wheTeupon Senator Gallingcr. the sur
gcon of the post. always ready with
his nostrums, administered a stimulant
10 the senator from Massachusetts.
genator Crawford of South Dakota
having been engaged in dismantling the