The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-19
AMENDMENT A B Y
MR.. STONE is
REJECTED
SENATE PASSES UPON COMMIT
TEE AMENDMENTS.
Republicans Voted With Democrats
Against Restoration or DIngTey
Rates On Razors.

| Washington, Nav 1S.-After devot
ing the greater part of the days ses.
sionEto debate the senate passed up
on a number Of important commit.
tee amendments to the tariff bill, II
also rejected an amendment by Mr.
Stone. restoring the Dingley rates on
razors. On that vote most of the
progressive Republicans voted in the
affirmative with the Democrats.
Considerable progress was made In
the adoption OF several sections of
the tariff bill that had formerly been
| passed over. Several of these amend
ments decreased duties formerly re-
ported by the committee. but some
of the other amendments adopted In
creased duties.
The section leyying duty of from
one-quarter to one-half a cent pound
on wire nails was objected to by Mr
Oliver who said the rates were too
low, Mr.. Aldrich said the finance
committee was considering a further
amendment, which would be reported
later
The committee had increased the
duty on needles to S1.25 per thousand
and 25 per cent adyalorcm, which Mr..
GallinGer declared was so low that
foreign needles were driving the Am
erican article out of the market The
paragraph was adopted. Mr.. Aldrich
said he would look into the need for
additional duties.
An increase Of five per cent on the
house duty on steel plates and on cases
of wood screens of various sizes were
adopted. The adoption of committee
amendments without ave and nav vot-
es being called for. proceeded rapidly
until the section relating to umbrel-
la and parasol ribs and Stretchers
was reached and then Mr.. Dolliver OBJ
Jected to any Increase.
Opening a package OF umbrella
frames, Mr. Penrose states tnat one
of the classes of frames was sold to
the trade for four cents and another
for eleven cents.
MI Penrose said the Germans
would drive the domestic manufac-
turer out of the market unless great
er protection was afforded
The committees rates we're sus-
tanned. That the duty Of one cent
per pound on antlmony contained in
ore and one and one-half cents per
10. on antimony as recommended by
the committee, would revive a lead
mining industry, was declared by
Senator Dixon, who added that the
duty ought to be higher.
Mt. Dixon said the antimony market
was controlled by the trust In London
and that the United States is depend
ent upon a foreign market for this
metal, which 1t uses in its ammuni-
ton. The committee recommends
tions were adopted
MT. Aldrich moved additional
amendments cutting the rates to ten
instead OF twelve cents per pound on
bronze powder, etc, as provided BIZ
the house bill, to FIVE instead of ten
cents on tinsel wire and to five I'm.
stead OF ten cents per pound on bull.
lion and metal thread
THE insurgents" and the Demo.
Gratis seemed overioyed at the ten
dcncy downward Then came an
amendment increasing rate from
ten as formerly recommended by the
committee. to fifteen cents per pound.
and there was a general laugh at inc
expense OF Chairman Aldrich, who
was called upon to explain the change
Of direction of the rates he was re-
porting. Mr.. Aldrich said the articles
on which the increase was proposed
were gold threads used for ornament
and he added that the rate on tinss1
use on Christmas trees were includ.
ed In the articles on which the rate
was reduced
Section 1S1. dealing with metallic
mineral substances in a crude state
was passed over. Mr.. Burton sold
he wanted an increase of the ratos IN
the crude article.
The paragraph relating 10 watches
was adopted, with an amendment re.
quirlng the name of the country nj
manufacturer and the name of tho
maker to be indelibly placed on the
movements. Mr.. Beveridge indicated
that the provision would he conteot
ed when the bill was considered ne
a whole S
Addltional amendments were report-
ed TO the section relating To zinc GRO
instead OF duty OF one cent mound
on the zinc In the ore without regard
10 inc percentage of metal obtained
as formerly proposed by the commit
tee. duty of Ia of a cont q no,,nd
TO one cent pound according to tho
percentage of metal contained in tho
ore was proposed. This section was
adopted with the UNDERSTANDING ,hat
u any senator should tomorrow do.
si'e 10 reconsider IT. that course would
be pursued