Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-08
SENATE CONSIDERS
WOODEN SCHEDULE
DolIiver Opposed Committee
Amendments Restoring Ding
ley Rates ON Top Waste.
8sMO0T DEFENDED INCREASE.
Admission of Top Waste and Kindred
Woods SIpplants That Amount
or American Woods. B.

Washington, June S.-Tile senate TO-
day began consideration Of tile woolen
schedule. Taking UP the first amends
5ment proposed by the committee on
finance, Senator polIver opposed tho
increase oyer the house rates. This
amendment proposed q return to the
aDingley rates ON top waste, rowing
waste, etc. OF. an increase of from 20.
< to 30 cents peg pound This increase
Was51in accordance With the fnarce
committees settled purpose of re-estab-
fishing the Dingley rates throughout
{ the wooden schedule
6 In defense OF: the higher rates Scna-f
tor Warren. who is considered an en-
pert in the matteIMof woolens, explain
ed the propfiety of maintaining the
5Dingley duties Referring to the fact
that the Wyoming senator is generally
sreputed to be the owner of a grea.3
many sheep. Senator Dolliver declared
that he was the greatest shepherd
Il since Abraham"
fDisavowing the personal ownership
of a single sheep, COW or horse except
"a horse he keeps for his personal USE
Mr.. Warren added that he was a stock
holder. in companies engaged in such
industries as he was in railroad COM
panies.
Mr. Dolliver had read several mem
H orials of carded wool manufacturers
< asking for an at,valorcm duty as the
sjust8inethod for protecting all parties
Interested In tile wool business.
Senators Warren and Snoot main
tained that the admission into this
country of top waste and kindred
woods supplunted Just that amount Of
American, wool. Mi. Warren insisted
that rags and shoddy would como into
+ the United States under the lower
duty advocated by the senator from
Iowa. IL
so long, responded Mr.. Dolliyer.
"as people are Obliged to go without
WOODEN clothing in cold weather II Is
better to have the old and short wool
obtained from such rags to ma ke8 third
rate clothing than to have no wooden
clothing at all 'lse 4
Meeting the statement of Mr. Doll
liver concerning the closing down of
WOODEN mills because OF the high duty
aon these forms of siwo5l$ consumed by
them Mr. s,,i1oot declared that as a.
former lnanufn cturerof wooden goods,
/. whose mill had closed down, he knew
the industry had largely expired. be-
+ cause OF a change of fashion from
woolens clothing.
Explaining the various processes OF
manufactured Senator CtlrterS carried the
1 senate through all the phases of the,
subject so5far4as necessary To Illustrate.
the propriety OF the duties carried by.
the recommendations of the finance
committee. a large chest brought,
into the chamber and placed near the
desk of the Montana senator served to
Z provide ample samples for the instruc-i
ton of the most ignorant In The nlNs-
teries OF wooden manufacture Mr.
Carriers lecture proved 10 be a popular.
one. Many OF the senator's gathered
about his samples, which they handled
some even testing them by the sense pf
smell to distinguish tile several quali-
ties The designations such as to
waste slubbing waste, s'noils,'' etc.,
used INT tariff billbut without mean
ing to many senators, became We'll
known terms when the senator from
Montana had concluded his demonstra-
|$tion. X #