Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-08
Senator Bacon Discusses Effect of
Protective Tariff on Prices.
REAL REVISION IS cLAPp's PLEA
Grant Relief OF Democrats Will
Change Tariff, Says Minnesotan.
FARCE TO RE-ENAcT OLD RATE
He Declares Dominant Party Prom
iSed Lower Duty and Must Keen
Word or Risk Defeat at
Polls.

the duty on lead contained in lead ore at
ia cents per pound which Is the rate Of
the D.ngley law andNof the pending bin as #
was passed by the house Of representatives
Fifty-three senators. including all repub-
llcans present and Senator Hughes OF Colo
fido, McFerry of Louisiana. voted in favor
OF the duty and nineteen democratic sena-
tors voted against It This particular para
graph has not been opposed by the low
tariff republicans and the vote was not
significant.
During the day Senator Clapp and Senator
Owen Of Oklahoma upheld the constitution
ality Of an income tax
speech by senator CIapp.
The session of the sante was begun to-
day with q speech by Senator Clapp of
Minnesota. who commented upon the policy
of protection and referred to distinctions be-
tween a protective tariff and a tariff for
revenue only.
Mr.. Clapp declared that instead of con-
gress taking up the work of complete
revision of the /custo mduties It should
have taken one schedule at a time, in
which event there would-not have been the
great excitement and the opposition that
existed when all the tariff schedules were
taken up for consideration. The effective
Elkins law, ne cited. as having been passed
railroad rate legislation, he declared, had
met opposition because agitation had ex-
cited the public mind and caused wide-
spread opposition and predictions of danger
"a the interests affected So the present
tariff opposition, he said, had been pro-
voked by widespread agitation whereas had
the schedules been taken uu separately
revision could more easily have been ac-
eomplished
The promise of the republican party,
Mr. Clapp declared, was that the tariff
should be revised downward. and he as
serted that this promise had been made
IN response to positive demand. He
said the position on the part of the pro-
tective interests was that I'VE should
let well enough alone and on the part Of
the consumers that the tariff should be
revised"
Reviston Downward L. Demanded.
"You can't tell me-" he said. that the
latter demand did not mean that tho
tariff should be revised downward. To
take any other position lis mere boy =
play, nothing less than a farce. and If l
did not believe the duties were to be
lowered In response to this exaction
would pack my grip and go home, for as
a senator / am not required to partici-
pate In such farce as the mere re-
enACtfnent OF tHe ilJlnBit1 IdNeS
'Tf this promise he said, 'was for a
revision that would mean the maintc-
nance OF the Dingley rates then we are
confronted by the righteousness of the
chief executive calling congress togeth er
TO revise something that should sta 1d
unchanged until the end of time. When
the people made The demand for tariff
revision downward there was no sugges-
tion that these Industries were not suf-
flciently protected"
Declaring that II congress should fail
now to lower the tariff rates. the demo
cratic party would be put in position to
so revise it two years hence Mr. Clapp
said. lie did not wish to use threats,
but merely TO tell the truth.
1T may be in your power" he said as
= he faced the republican senator's, ito act
contrary to the wishes of the people,
but so sure as you do that two years
from now this tariff will be revised not
b ythe friends OF protection. but by the
enemies OF protection"
stone on Lead Duty.
when the lead schedule. was again
taken up Tor consideration Senator Stone
took issue with his republican colleague
MIR. Warner, on the duties provided In
the bill. declaring that the rates OF the
house bill were sufficient 10 protect the
great lead industry of his state and that
the increases made by the senate com
mittee en finance were unnecessary fol
that industry.
,In ny opinion" continued Mr. stone
.1Js cents pound on lead ore is more
than II ought TO be even from the stand
point OF the proteetionist and l will vote
- put il down 10 l cent.
MIR stone refused 10 coincide with view
expressed By Mn sutherland that II th'
rate was cut down tg cent pound nearly
one-hald of the lead mines would close and
thousands OF meu be thrown out of EN-
ployment
Referring TO remarks by MIR Bristow yes
terday, Mr. stoae declared there were more
reople using White lead than making il
and they were entitled TO equal considers
tion.
BrIstow starts Something.
Resuming his opposition to levying ani
duty on pig lead in addition to the, dut'
of IL cents a. pound provided for the lea'
In ore by the tariff bin as passed by TIN
house. Mr.. Bristow declared that IT cost
no more 10 make pig lead in this country
than abroad. MIR. BristOw Was interrupted
bv Senators Aldrich. Borah sn0ot. Suth
erland and Heyhnrn, all eonteAding aha
The labor cost IN producing lead was enough
srester than abroad TO Justify the differ
ential Of n Of I cent per pound AS proposed
BY the committee on finance. Mr.. BrstoV
said he would offer no resolution to tn
proposed duty on lead pre- because OF con
uiuons. but protested against any addtlona
duty on pig lead, the product Of the ore
bacon en- Protection.
There was fair prospect OF reaching
5 vote on the lead schedule when Senate
Bacon took the floor and proceeded to dis
russ the general principles of the protee
live tariff system lie declared that by
conservative estimate for every dollar col
lected at the custom houses Of the COUNT
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