The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-11
DOLLIVER TALKS
 ON CORN PLASTERS Senator Also Discusses Polka Dots and Home Notices WOOL SCHEDULE DEBATED Senator Deliver and His Progressive Associates Go Down In Defeat
 In Trying to Amend the
 Tariff Bill.
WOOL SCHEDULE DEBATED

Washington, June 10.-Time and time again today Senator Deliver and eight or nine other of the so-called 'progres- sives' went down to defeat in their eff forts to break the ranks of the Aldrich forces on the wool schedule of the tariff bill The Iowa senator occupied the floor the greater part of the day and offered numerous amendments looking to a re- duetion of the finance committee rates but in each instance the amendments were voted down and the committee sus- tained.
 The first of MT. Delivers suggestion had for it's object the confining to the wool in them the duty on so-called yarns which are only part wool, and after con siderable spirited discussion in which Messrs. Deliver and Warren were the principals, the amendment was defeated the debate MT Warren contended that the object of this provision was to prevent the importation of cheap cloths, but this was met by a suggestion from Mir. Deliver that there might be some people who would be benefited by having cheap clothes brought in from abroad On this vote MT Deliver was supported by Messrs. Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Clapp, Cummins, LaFollette and Nelson, while Senator McEnery of Louis- jana was the only democratic senator who voted with the majority on the amendment. Many of DolliYer's amend ments were along the same lines as the first and were intended to carry out the ir1a hot R.xip cloths it should be applicable only to the wool in the cloths.
 AIdrich Objects.
 Senator Aldrich objected on the ground that 1t would be impossible to determine the proportion of the constituents in such articles, and that therefore the provision was impracticable On the entire series the vote was practically the same, and in no instance did any of the republican senators change.
 One of Mr. Delivers amendments was identical in terms with a provision sug- gested by Mr. Aldrich as a part of the Mckinley tariff bill of 1888, but the Rhode Island senator refused to accept it, saying that the conditions were entirely diff ferent now from what they were in those udyS. III tlle course or d Q1ScuSSlOn De- tween Senators Aldrich and Owen of the duty on blankets, the fact was brought out that blankets pay at the rate of 1S0 per cent of ad Valorem. In this connection the chairman of the finance committee was given an opportunity to accept a general provision prohibiting any rates in the schedule above 100 per cent but he declined to do so, because. as he said it might let in foreign wooden man. ufactures.
 The debate throughout the day was good natured and MT. Deliver discussed polka dots. corn plasters, home Inottoes and kindred subjects with much humor. He seemed to have real feeling over the possible tears in the eyes of the Irish potato.
 The wool schedule occupied the atten- tion of the Senate throughout the entire day and on this account consideration of the proposed income tax which had been set for today was postponed until tomorrow.
 DolIiv, , Amendment.
 Continuing his effort to tax only the wool in fabrics made partly of cotton, MT. Deliver offered a substitute for that purpose for the paragraph relating TO cloths knit and other fabrics and manu- facturers made in whole or in part of wool. He insisted that 1t was perfectly practicable to assess the wool in the fab ric, and. commenting on his proposed supbsttute convulsed the Senate with his witty retorts and his humorous allusion to pecuarties in the Dingley law. Even cotton cloth with polka dots of wool glued on them were under the law, he said, obliged to pay the full duty that would be levied on them if wholly of wool
 Even then the senator wants to lower the limit on the polka-dot game, interposed MT Warren.
 ''I hope the senator will not iDtrOduce mysterious figures with which I am rot at all familiar" responded the senator.
 "Home, Sweet Home,' and Welcome" notices, he said. were subject to pay duty under the wool schedule. Corn plasters, when made of wool, were obligc l to pay tribute to the wool schedule under a decision that has declared them to bo wearing apparel
 Referring to his apparent inability to affect the recommendations of the c c1m- mittee on finance, MT. Deliver said that when the bill Is legally enacted it might be quite different from its appearance at present.
 Then" he said, "the potatoes of the senator from Delaware. with tears in their eyes, may go out of the bill meeting the stockings of the senator from Pennsyl- vania coming in"
 of 30 to 42, with the same division that had been shown in the previous vote.
 
 Mrs. and Mrs. Crockett Return.
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