The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-24
SENATE WORKED
FAST YESTERDAY
FINISHED LUMBER SCHEDULE
THEN TOOK VOTE ON PINE
APPLE DUTY.
The DUTY IS RAISED
On the Fruit, Amendment BY Tall
ferro Of Florida Being Adopted
Defeat for the Finance
Committee. -

| Washington, Junt 23.-In unexpect-
ed short order the senate today took
iup and disposed of tne lumber schel.
iule and then entered upon a discus
sion Of pneapples ending with iha
adoption OF Taliaferro's amendment
increasing the duty. This was a de-
| feat for the committee on Chance
Calling up the tariff bill immediate,
ly after convening. Aldrlch asked that
the lumber schedule should receive
| first attention. He had no sooner
taken his seat than McCumber, who,
In the interest Of the treeless north
west. has been persistent advocate
of free lumber. presented an amend.
ment reducing the finance commit
tees rate OF s150 per thousand on
sawed lumber to the house rate OF
ST. This was generally recognized as
a test proposition. as sawed lumber
has been the bone of cont ention from
the beginning. The North Dakott
senator did not find it worth while to
enter into any argument in support
Iof this provision. but permit ed it,t1
go directly to a vote
The result was against him, and
was another triumph fer the Aldrieh
rates. the vote standing "A In favor
aud "A against reduced ra Farty
lines were completely obliteratel on
this vote.
Another test came on the PROPOSE
tlon to make the rate s1,25 a thou
sand on lamber with general charge
In differentials, and on this vote the
finance committee was also literally
supported. The entire wood schedule
making reductions of about 25 per
cent from the present rates and in
ereasing she house rates on. tho pond.
ing bin to about the same extent. was
then agreed to.
Sailing was not so smooth when il
came to pineapples. The contention
in this conLaction was for higher
rates and came from Democratic
sources The objectors in this case
were Taliaferro and Fletcher, OF
Florida. The house had fixed a duty
Iof cents per cubic foot on pine
apples in barrels and eight dollars a
thousand, but the senate committee
reduced this rate to seven cents and
81 respectively thus restoring the
provisions of the Dingley law.
Taliaferro presented an amendment
restoring the house rate of eight dol.
lars a thousand but changing other
portions so as to require the payment
Of half cent a pound for pineapples
In bulk The contention was for and
against this increase. and the fight
was mainly between the Florida SEN
ators, representing a pineapple pro-
ducing state. and Smith and Rayner
Of Maryland, in whose state there
are large pineapple canning estab-
ltshments.
Disavowing all championship of the
Gamers the Maryland senators made
Ia strenuous fight on general prn-
ciples against the increase of duty.
Rayner charged the Republican party
with bad faith in promising to low r
he tariff duties. Taliaferro's amend
ment was adopted. "a to 80.
Half of the members of the conf
mittee on finance voted for the Flor
ida senator's amendment.
The close of the day as well as the
beginning of it presented its surprise
in the completion of the coal schedule
II had been expected that this
schedule would be debated at great
length but II passed after little more
than an hours discussion. The new
schedule was presented by Aldrich
reducing The house rate on bituminous
coal from 81 cents ton 70 60. aud
eliminating the house reciprocity
clause
Numerous attempts were made to
reduce the rate and there was an eff
fort to obtain free coal, but all We're
voted down and the committees
scale retained.