The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-08
DDTY on LEAD
CONTAINED IN
ORE RETAINED
DinuIey Law in This Matter
viii Not Be Changed So Far
as Senate Is Concerned.
SPEECH BY SENATOR
CLAPP ON REVISION
uINNESOTA STATESMAN WON
orss WHY PRESIDENT CALLED
CONGRESS- IN EXTRA SESSION.

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: washington. May THE senate =
a.: voted today to fix the duty on lead =
: contained in lead ore at IL cents ::
. % Mound which is the rate Of the =
. niugIey law, and Of the pending -
. bfH as it was passed by the house. =
: Fif-v-tbree senator's, including =
=. al Republicans present, and Sen :.
: stors Hughes of Colorado, Mem =
d.. s~v Of Louisiana, Democrats, voted =
!. Tor the duty. and nineteen Demo -
=. Gratis voted against it. The vote -
.vas not significant =
q. During the day Senator Clapp of -
- Minnesota spoke at length i'm favor =
= of lowering the tariff duties, and =
= senator owen Of Oklahoma upheld -
e the c0usttUtionality Of an income =
&: tax. "
Washington, May The session Of
.rs senate was begun today with a
.7ssrh by Senator Clapp of Minnesota,
rbo commented upon the policy of pro-
-srt.7n. and referred to distinctions be-
tween protective tariff and a tariff
fur revenue only.
Mr.. CIaup declared that instead Of
congress taking up the work of d com
--s-s revision Of the customs duties, it
should have taken one schedule at a
fine. in which event there would not
have been the great excitement and the
.rr6sftiou existent when all the sched-
Mes were taken UP. The effect of the
Ezrs Law he cited as having been
-assed with little popular attention,
while the last railroad rate legislation,
.s declared. had met opposition because
az--ati1u had exercised the public mind
and caused a widespread opposition and
predictions of danger TO the interests
aTe-al So the present tariff oppOsi-
rl1 he said had been provoked by
-flesrread agitation, whereas had the
schedules been taken up separately re-
vision could more easily have been ac-
.mpished.
Republican Promises.
The promise of the Republican party.
E- riapp declared. was that the tariff
.ld b. revised downward. and he
asserted that this promise had been
made iu response to a positive demand.
BE said the position on the part Of the
r-0te.tive interests was that we should
Fave well enough alone" and on the
part Of the consumers that the tariff
should 5e revised.
You can't tell me- he said. that the
latter demand did not mean that the
trf sh0uli be revised downward. To
-ks any other position is mere boys
play. nothing less than d farce. and if !
did not believe the duties were 10 be
0-srel in response to this eXaCtiOn. /
would pack my grip and go home. for.
Is a senator. 7 am not required to par
Hs.1d.s bob such a farce as the mere re-
-a1-ment of the Dingley rates The
l1pe understood that we We're to have
a revision downward; the men who
made the platform understood it, We
understood it, Everybody understood
- and 100 amount of sophistry can 9th
--is7 explain the popular demand and
he party promise.
INDUCING in d Farce.
f this promise" he said. was for a
'.s.au that would mean the maiuten-
t-- of the Diug'ey rates. then we are
1-rlltel by the righteousness Of the
-t executive calling congress tOgeth-
revise something that should stand
a1sea until the end of time. When
DE- people made the demand for a tariff
revision downward. there was no sug-
-1-.E that these industries were not
s-0U7D-.v protected II the demand
up revision did not mean changing the
--7s downward. il did not mean any
g and we are indulging in a farce
l-
del E that II congress should fail
90 lower the tariff rates, the Demo-
a. party would be put in a position
- revise if two years hence, Mr..
>ln said l- did not wish TO use
aa-~. but merely TO tell the truth.
Prediction Made.
The American people" he added.
7'a l.tarmined upon this revision
ward and anything else viii dis
them. Tt may be i'm your pow
a' sa.a- as he faced the Repub-
4 senator's. "to act contrary to the
's 0f the people. but so sure as you
mar. fT0 years from now this tariff
o. revised. not by the friends Of
l07- but by the enemies Of pro
'.a7 tho lead schedule was again
.'. i' Senator Stone took issue with
republican colleague. Mr.. Warner
OF. duties provided i'm the bill de
- that the rates Of the house bill
sufficient to protect the great lead
-l." off his state. and that the in
made 10y the senate committee
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