The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-14
Twenty-Five Cents Per Ton on
the Ore Agreed to by
Decisive Vote.
PARTY LINES ORLITERATED
WHEN ROLL IS CALLED
Senator Bailey Takes Occasion
to Deliver Severe Roast of
the Steel Trust.

DAY devoted to discussing the duty o,
IRON orc. the senate adopted by a vot
OF 6l to II the recommendation from
the committee on finance for dut,
OF % cents per ton. The house haC
placed that article on the free list. Tht
Dinglcy duty is 20 cents per ton Party
Hnns were snnihilated in the vote 10
day, as seventeen Democrats votcC
aye with tho Republicans and
twelve Republicans voted ono" Will
the Democrats.
During the day Senator Bailey. in an.
nonncln% that he proposed to vote fol
Inc DUTY on IRON orc, rs a revenue meas,
nre declared that free ore would not
AFFECT the prosperity of the United
states Steel corporation, and added that
even II Ut did there was better way
10 deal with that organization, which
was by m enforcement Of the antitrust
! law against il. He declared he expect
ed to see this law enforced, and OK
! pressed confidence that eventually the
! otlicers OF the steel corporation would
! either be IN the ponitcntiary or fuei-
! tlvcs from Justice
! For the first time there was a sur-
! gcston looking to the fixing of date
tor vote on adjournment, hut it came
10 naught because of objection from
Senator Beveridge.
Burrows Opens Debate.
After a call Of the senate had shown
chat slxty-three senators were present
today, Mr.. Burrows spoke in favor of
duty on iron ore as a source of revc-
nue for the government. The present
duty Of 90 cents ton. which the com
H.
Yields, he said, a revenue of 1892 900,
which would be lost by placing iron ore
on the free list, as proposed by the
house
Mr.. Burrows said that it was reason
aple TO state that at the present time
ob.oOO mon were employed, receiving
wages amounting to $31,500. 900. in the
production of iron ore. which industry.
ne sad, 1t was now proposed to open up
10 the competition of the world
Mr.. Burrows read description Of
extensive Iron ore deposits ir Cuba.
winch. he SAID, belonged to the Penn
sylNama Steel company This body Of
ore on the north coast Of Cuba, he said.
was larger than the iron ore deposits of
the Lake Superior region. and all con.
dlt1ons We're favorable to placing that
ore on the market at cheap cost.
What is the relation Of the Penn
sYlyanls Steel company to the United
States Steel corporation?i' asked Mr.,
Brown of Nebraska.
That Is. not MATERIAL replied Mr..
Burrows. H1t will appear later,
seems to me to be very mate
rial said Mr.. Brown
Senator CumminS said he understood
the Cuban ore could not be taken west
OF the Allcghcnies on account Of the
freight rates.
Mr. Burrows stated that from The
lake region TO Pittsburg the rate was
S2.2S ton. while from Cuba TO Pitts
burg the rate was $2.3j.
Our Supply of Iron.
Quoting from advance proof sheets Of
the next annual report of the geological
survey MI. Burrows said there nre
now ~ available orc in the United !
States. $500 100000 tons Of high Grade !
ore, while in Michigan. Minnesota and
Wisconsin there wcrc of lower grades
that viii be available and are now use
ful 10000. 100000 tons, making rs 500 |
100000 tons, in addition to which If is !
estimated that the Cuban deposits If |
high grade ore amount to 1878 900 600 |
tons.
Speaking Of the basis Of the facts.
he said:
"The senator from South Dakota YES.
terday told us that our iron ore de- !
posits would be exhausted in thirty |
years, but according to the statement
Of the geological survey, at the rate
of consumption now going on the IRON
ore of these three states will last a
littlo over 5000 years, so that I think
we need not concern ourselves about
the exhaustion of these products G00O
years hence
He presented petitions from bodies
of iron ore miners in Michigan and else
where, protesting against the with
drawal of the duty on iron ore.
Views Of Senator Rayner.
Saying that the senate should reject
the act of the committee on finance
placing duty of % cents a TON on
iron ore, he would later move 10 nut
that article on the free list, Mr., Rayncr
proceeded TO discuss tho iron ore IN
dustry. He read extracts from ncws-
papers to tho effect that IL the duly
on iron orc should be retained the act
would rebound TO the beucht OF the
United States Steel corporation, as the
owner of the orc lands and would M
iure the independent steel companies.
as those companies must buy their iron
ore from the steel corporation if they
could not import il free cf duty.
Mr., Rayner read from a statement
If Representative Payne in the house
in defense of the action OF the ways
and means committee in placing iron
lrc on the free list, and remarked to
he Republican side Of the chamber:
81 am here protecting Mr.. PAYNE
from the Republicans Of the senate. -
He said he did not believe the Cuban
ron ore would 90 west Of the Allie
yhenies, but it would be available for
he steel companies on the Atlantic
coast, in eastern Pennsylvania, Della
ware and Maryland. The companies, be ,
said, were competitors of the United
States Steel corporation, from which it
low buys its iron ore.
Doesn't Believe Schwab,
Mr. Smith of Michigan quoted Charles Z
Schwab as stating before the house {
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