The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
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10N1EI DILL s.
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VNSkO AANVOVAA
tce.ti.ueS frs. P.ss o.s.,
ministrative features o. the bill. which
were laid upon the table.
Before the vote was taken. NJ. Al.
drteh satd he had no doubt that the
appropriations necessary for the TARA
commission provided for BY the bill
would be made.
Nj. Bevsridge expressed great pleas
ure over this abatement Of Mr.. IAFol.
Ietta. and added that he Intended to
to strengthen the tariff commission
provision generally.
An amendment by Mr.. Nswiands. ore
sting tariff commission. the adoption
Of which he urged In an extended
speech. was laid on the table.
| Advocating the placing Of crude 40.
phaltum on the free list. Mr.. Burton
said such action would reduce from,
to Is per cent the cost OF asphalt paw.
Ing. This proposition was opposed by
Senator Flint. who declared that free
asphalt meant the further strengthen.
Ting OF the asphalt trust -
"Is Thefe Asphalt TfNstt''
Is there an Asphalt trustT' Inquired
Mr.. Baily. y sEsss H s.,
.sYes." 5retortsd Mr. rlint.
please say that loud enough for the
Attorney-General to hear IT." appealed
| the Texan.
= Mr. Bailey moved. unnecessarily, to
amend the provision by also placing re-
refned asphalt on, the free Isti Mr..
Burton obtained an aye and nay vote
on his amendment, and 1t was rejected.
| 81 to 70. *, 8 ..gy - Net9 "a
when at 9 o'clock, 1t became known
that Senator ,LaF.ollette,s Senator Bever-
idge, Senator Briatow and others had
speeches which they. desired to. deliver
before the fnaI deposition Of the bill.
| 1t became very evident that there .weuld
be q night session and many predicted
| that the hour would be late before the
final touches could be placed upon the
measure. t3' ~
After the disposal Of the tobsccos and
oil, provision, 1t was discovered that
many other Senators were prepared to
present amendments. ~ 49, =. - 8
Among the first amendments offer
ed was one by Mr.. Dixon. of Montana.
who presented the inheritance tax
provision of the House bill 20
clause from $4,000 to- $4,000. With
out debate, II was laid on the table
on motion of Mr.. Aidrich.s Mr.. Aldrich
suggested q change In the paragraph
relating to mattings respecting the
number of ends Of the warp. which he
said, would accomplish a large reduce
ton In the duty. The change was ac-
| cepted. s.t ~ ~ -
Table Holds Much. =
Mr. McIaurin. having presented an
amendment placing on the free list
| carpenters and blacksmith's tools and
| farming Implements. It was met with
the usual suggestion from Mr.. Aldrich
| that II should 60 to the table. The
motion carried. but before It was; acted
upon Mr. Gore found an opportunity to
inquire whether the table wes big
enough to accommodate all the things
which the chairman OF the finance
committee proposed to lay upon IT,
| Mr.. Beverage then took the floor to
present proposition relative to tin
plate. 1t was intended to make the
drawback provision Of the hfll In
operative SO far as It applies to tin
plate. Mr.. Beveridge explained that
within the brief period of twelve years
the Standard Oil Company had paid
| sac. ZOO. 900 In duties on tin plate and
afterwards upon making 1t into oil
cans for export. had had that vast
amount returned TO Il as o draw back.
| "I do not offer this amendment be-
cause of prejudice against the Stand
| ard Oil Company or because OF Its UNI
popularity" explained Mr.. Beveridge.
He was moved 10 take this action.
he said, purely as a measure OF pro-
tsetion to promote the tin plate I'm
dustry.
Suggesting that without the draw
back feature. IL had been claimed the
| oil abroad, Senator Doiliver suggested
| that care, should be taken not to in
jure rather than improve Industrial
conditions
Who Makes TIN Plate.
THE United States Steel Company
are the only people who make tin
plate in the United States" said Mr..
Aldrich. upon moving to lay the
amendment on the table.
Oil was not the only article export
ed In tin cans, he added. Meats of the
West. fish, fruits and vegetables. were
sent abroad IN that way. n
"a million cases Of salmon" inter-
posed Mr.. Perkins. ~ .
"As many more in the state Of
Maine" added Mr. Hale. b.
Alcohol" suggested Mr.. Scott.
Mr.. Beverage said IL It would pay
tire Standard Oil Company to can its
oil abroad with the drawback repealed
II would pay the company to do so
now.
"why not increase the duty on tin
II you want to protect that Industry
| said Mr.. Scott.
THAT would do no good rs we now
make more than we use and have to
export it." replied Mr.. Beveriige.
"The Congress is compelled to
choose" suggested Mr.. Bailey. DE
tween the two greatest trusts In the
United States In this matter--whether
It will favor the steel truSt or the
Standard OIL Company"
The amendment was then laid on the
table. ts
A bounty Of ten cents q pound on
tea was proposed by Senator Hey
burn. -~
would AID Tea Iaaustry.
Let us build up this great tea In
dustry," pleaded Mr.. Hepburn A viva
voce vote being called for there was
a large chorus OF nc" from the
Democratic side.
A deluge Of proposed amendments
came from Republicans and Demo-
Gratis while with automatic regularity
Mr.. AIdrich caused them TO be laid on
the table. It appeared that Senators
were practically fighting over In the
Senate all of the issues that had been
contested while tho bin was In the
committee of the whole. .s Ne-v'
Efforts of Senators were successful
In obtaining increases of duty on
salicylic acid from five to ten cents q