The sun., 1909-06-23
SENATE PUTS DUTY ON HIDES
ADVOCATES OF FREE ENTRY
BEATEN ~ 40 TO 30.
New England Delegations Split Root
Causes Surprise by Voting Against
'aTariG -Deb Taylor OF Tennessee In
Jects q Little Hunior Into the Debate.

Jects a Little Hun,or Into the Debate.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The advocates
OF free hides were overwhelmed in the
Senate to-day. By voto OF 40 to SO the
amendment reported from the Finance
Committee by Senator Aldrioh restoring
/ the Dingley rate OF per cent. ad valorem
was adpoted. The House bill put hides
on the free list.
The vote on the adoption OF the Finance
Committees amendment was taken
shortly before the adjournment at 7
| o'clock. Four amendments to the para
! graph were offered by Senators McIaurin
Stone and Cummins.
/ The first vote was taken on an amend
ment offered by Mr.. McI.aurin, who pro.
posed to add to the committee amend
ment proviso that all hides OF whatever
character or weight shall be dutiable at
Is per cent ad valorem. This was
| blow at Treasury decision which held
that hides less than twenty-five pounds
are skins and are not, dutiable, He con-
tended that hides less than twenty y-five
pounds in weight should be treated in the
same manner as hides above that weight
Ills amendment was lost. 81 to is.
| Senator Stone then offered an amend
Inent putting hides. leather boots, shoes
harness, saddles and betting on the free
list. This was rejected by a vote OF 20
to IL. Mr.. Stone gave notice that he
would renew the amendment in the SEN
ate. The proceedings now are In com
nittee Of the whole. The third amend.
ment was by MIR. McI,aurin. who proposed
to admit boots and shoes free OF duty
1 Q ,syith NJ a
Senator Cummins then attempted to
reduce the duty proposed by the Finance
Committee from IS to 10 per cent, This
amendment was voted down without
roll call. On the final vote on the adop-
ton OF the committee amendment re-
storing the Dingloy rate OF Is per cent.
the vote was as follows:
Aves Republicans -Aldrich Borah. Brad
ley. Brandagee. Bristow. Brown. Burkett.
Bulkley, Carter, Clark Of Wyoming. Craw
ford, Cummns. Curtis. Dick. Dixon Dolli-
yer. Elkins. Flint. Foster. Gallinger. Gamble.
Guggenheim. Hale. Hepburn. johnson.
Jones' Lorimer. McCumber. Nixon. Penrose.
Piles. Scott. Smoot. Sutherland. Warner.
Warren and Wetmore. Democrats-Bailey.
Culberson. Fletcher. Hughes. McEnery.
Newlands. Smith OF Maryland. Stone and
Tagaferro. Total. 40
Noes - Republicans - Beveri,lge. Briggs.
Burnham. Burrows. Burton. Clapp. Crane.
Cullom. Dupont, Frye. la Toilette. Lodge.
Nelson. Page. Root, and Smith OF Michigan.
Democrats Bacon. Bankhead, Chamber
lain. Clay, Daniel. Davis. Gore. Johnston.
Martin. Overmsn. owen. Paynter. Shively.
and Tillman. Total. 20.
The New England delegations split
on the question. Senator Hale OF Maine
voted for the Is per cent. while his col
league, Senator Frye. voted against IL.
Mr.. Gallinger OF New Hampshire voted
for the duty while his colleague. Mr..
Burnhau. voted for free hides. Senator
and as' his is coiieaS Sue Mr. Mr. Dillingham;. df did
not vote. Senators Lodge aud Crane
OF Massachusetts stood soidly for free
hides. Senators Aldrch and Wetmore
OF Rhode Island favored the duty as
did also Senators Bulkeley and Brandagee
Of Connecticut. Senator Root OF New
York surprised the Senate by voting in
favor OF free hides. Mr.. Depew was
absent.
Shortly before the final vote on the hide
amendment there was a short discussion
OF the boot and shoe paragraphs. Mr..
Bsveridgs wanted to know what action
with regard to boots and shoes. Mr..
Aldrich replied that the committee was
waiting to see what duty would be i'm
posed upon the raw material before de-
Gliding tho rates Of duty upon the finished
products. MIR. Cummins said he had
been advised informally that the COM
mittee would recommend the same rate
of duty on boots and shoes as was i'm
posed on hides. but Mr.. Aldrich added that
no protectionists could vote for such an.
arrangement.
| Mr.. Gore had read letter from eI-
Gov. Douglass OF Massachusetts, saying
that II he got free hides and free leather
! ha l,<a inn To, hox nd
shoes on the free list. Mr.. Aldrich re-
torted that Mr. Douglas did not repre-
sent the opinion OF the boot and shoe
manufacturers of the country and he
caused to be read letter from the Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers Association
protesting against a reduction Of the du
ties on boots and shoes
Mr.. Hale said he opposed a reduction
OF the duty on hides or on boots and
shoes. Mr.. Stone declared that the shoe
manufacturers Of Missouri would be
willing to have shoes put on the free list
il they could get hides free: but MIR; Al
drich said rat some OF the st. Louis boot,
aud sho, manufacturers wore interested
In cattle raising in Mexico Senat ors
Bailey and Stone explained that they
would favor free hides provided boots
and shoes and other manufactures Of
hides were also admitted free OF duty.
The debate on hides took up almost
the entire day Senator McCumber led
OF with a long speech in which he de-
clared that he could hardly conceive OF
man who could make the proposition for
! free hides without blush.
Senator Bob Taylor OF Tennessee
created q little diversion in the afternoon
by q humorous speech He said he had
been sitting overawed by all XII DIS Of
fantastic terrors" while the tariff debate
had progressed, until finally he feared
neither wind nor thunder. He had hear rd
tn Senator from Rhode IsIani plea d
with the Senate to secure for the laboring
man per cent. OF the benefits OF the pro-
tective system. -blissfully unmindful OF
who got the other 90 per cent; he had
seen the -gentle shepherd OF Wyoming
IMr. Warrenl drive the wolf from the fold
with wool In his teeth. ut with not a
single Wyoming lamb missing He had
heard the rustic OF Senator Smoot's mer-
cerized skirts as he shook them In the face
OF the Senate" AMI bad been lulled TO
sumber by the sounds proceeding "from
the. eloquent Rsophagis OF the Senator
from Idaho Mr.. Heyburnl as he defended
protection"
And after the protection cohorts OF
New England and California had routed
the secessionists Of the middle West he
calf roll its ewes in blissful enjoyment
OF the middle West All OF this. Mr..
Taylor said. had inspired him TO speak
for an hour.
sThe vulture Of protection he said
has scared from the Dingley minimum
TO the blue oerulean OF the Aldrich- Payne
ma ximum, with the American farmer
ha ring Inv the seat of hiA nm ntR in its