The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
of the foreign article ana thus to pre-

mum clause may be exei Ciscd TO
secure the removal of obstacles which
have been iuterposed by foreign gov
ornmcuts in the way OF undue and uG
fair discrimination against American
merchandise and products.
Tho Philippine tariff section have
struggled to secure for ten years past,
and Il gratifcs me exceedingly by my
signature TO give II the effect Of law.
| am sure It will greatly increase the
! trade between the two countries, and
It will do much TO build up the Philip.
pines In a hcathful prosperity.
"Thr administrative clauses Of the
bill and the customs court are adj
/ mirably adapted to secure more uni
form and more speedy final con-
structi1n OF the meaning of the law.
"Tho corporation tax is a just and
equtah," excise measure, which II ~
hoped will produce a sufficient amount
to prevent deficit and which Incl
, dcntallr will secure valuable statis-
tics and Information concerning the
many corporations of the country ana
viii constitute an important. step
toward that degree of publicity ana
regulation which the tendency In cor.
porato enterprises In the last twenty
years has shown to be necessary
No indications of HostiIity.
Six o'clock was agreed upon by the
two houses as the hour for final ad-
journmcut Senators loitered about
until the arrival of that hour.
Democrats and Republicans, regular
and irregular. formed little social
groups with no indication OF hostility.
A resolution offered by MIR Culb'r'
son, expressing the appreciation OF the
senate for the able and impartial man
ncr IN which the yice-prcsidcnt had
presided over the sessions OF that body
was adopted.
In especially happy language Mr.
sherman thanked the senate for the
courteous treatment which had been
extended toward him ut all times. His
life IN hr senate. he said, had been
made q continual pleasure by the CON
sidcrat.Uu that had been shown him at
all tines.
Concluding his remarks, by wishing
the senators a happy return to their
homes. he declared the extraordinary
session Uf the SlNty.iirHt Congress ad-
journcd without day
4 burst of applause was accorded
the vicr.prcsidcnt. as he laid down the
gavel Of his authority and at "''N
D. m. two minutes in advance OF the
time fixed the senate adjourned sine
die
With is members almost exhausted
from the heat and arduous labors OF
the last four months, the house OF rep
resentatiyes devoted the last day OF
the special session to perfectng the
tariff bill and transaCting q mass OF
routine business.
Cannon Announces Committees.
Sneaker Cannon announced his com.
mlttce appointments, and they were
cciycd with varying degrees Of salts.
faction
The concurrent resolution amend.
ing the leather schedule of the tarili
bill was adopted without dissenting
vote after it had been discussed for
little over half an hour. No such
good luck however, befcll the Nc.
Cumber. resolution, revising
the draw back provision and placing
cotton baEging on the free list which
had previously been adopted by the
senate.
II was but a few minutes before iivC
o'clock when Mr. Payne's resolution
fixing p. mo az the hour for ad
juurnment sine die was adopted
Incidents of Signing.
A number of interesting incidents
occurred in the presidents room dur
ing the signing OF the tariff bill. As
the senators, one after another flee
into the room. the president haC
something OF a personal nature e
say TO each, and good nature appeared
} to be overlooking.
Senator Taliafcrro Of Florida, In {
rather plaintiye tone. said- mir. Pres
ident, surely you are not going t
. sign that bill with that pineapple par
agraph In it." He referred 20 the fac
r that he had gotten the duty increased
on the pineapple schedule: but thu
8 advance was eliminated In confer
enCe.
What would you have me do? Shal
strike out pineapples altogether, o
. Just write II rate to suit you?
asked Mr.. Taft
, 4 short time aftsrward Senate
Fletcher Of Florida was telling tn
president goodby The Florldan wa
dismissed with "Goodby, old pine
apples; take care of yourself"
Genial Greeting to Hepburn.
r The president tried with his goo
nature to molify Senator Warren 70
J. his disappointment over the abolitio
of the duty on hides. and he greete
!, Senator Hepburn, who said on tn
floor that no rate on the bill was to
high to suit him, with a How ar
you. old high tariff"
s Senator Aldrich, who acted a
spokesman, was met with this bri,
and formal announcement: