The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-05
Debate Closed by Aldrich fol-
Republicans and Bailey for
Democrats
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON
LEATHER SCHEDULES PASSED
Eli Only Awaits Engrossing and the
Presidents Auto Is Ready to Speed
Him to the Capitol When Bill ID
Ready for Signature.

Washington, Aug 5.-Insofar IN
congress can make it so the Payne,
Aldrich tariff bill is law and the
Dingley law is to the same extent out
of date. The final congressional acs
was consummated when at few min.
utes past 2 o'clock today Vice Presi.
dent Sherman announced that by the
decisive vote OF AZ to 81 the senate
had adopted the conferefee report On
the measure which accomplished the
final passage Of the bill by the senate.
AS the measure had already passed
the house the senate's action was tho
finishing touch and nothing then was
left to Se zone to make the bill law
but for the president to attach LIS
name
The debate on the bill was closed
for the Democrats by Senator Bailey.
and for the Republicans by Senator
Aldrich. Tho discussion today was
earnest but good natured. The bill
has been before congress since March
is when it was first reported to the
house. 1t has been in the senate since
April IL. AS reported from the con-
ference. the measure covers 462 bill
pages and almost every article enter
ing into American foreign commerce
is affected by it.
The pair on bill were as follows.
those for it being first nlentioned:
Briggs with Johnson; Dillingham;
with i'illman; Gallinger with Taylor;
Nixon with Owen; Richardson with
Clarke, (Arl5): Warren with Money;
Bitter opposition was directed
against the provisions of the bill re-
specting the establishment Of Gus
toms court and providing for the pur-
chase Of automobiles for the vice
president and the speaker, but all at
tempts to send the report back to
the conferees for amendment were de-
feated The bill, as passed, made no
provision for the payment of salaries
OF judges and officers of the court
AT 3:14 p. m. the senate adopted the
concurrent resolution reducing the
leather schedule rates.
The presidents automobile stands
in front of the white house to speed
him to the capital to sign the tariff
act the moment he is notified that it
is ready for his action.
The Resolution.
The concurrent resolution making
corrections in the leather schedule of
the tariff bill was reported to the
senate from the finance committee by
Senator Aldrich yesterday. This reso-
luton changes paragraphs $50 to read
as follows:
Hides of cattle. raw or uncured,
whether dry, salted or picked, shall
be admitted free.
Provided that on and after Oct. 1,
1909. grain, buff and split leather
shall pay duty of seven and one-half
per cent ad valorem; that all boots
and shoes, made wholly or in chief
Value of leather made from cattle
hides and cattleskins Of whatever
weight, Of cattle of the bovine species,
including calfskins, shall pay duty
of ten percentum ad valorem; that
saddlery, harness and saddles, in sets
composed wholly or in chief value Of
leather, shall pay a duty of twentF
ad valorem.
HIS IeSOlutlOu Will Dc dCGoQ upon
after the conference report has been
of.
From the same committee. Senator
McCumber reported another concur
rent resolution providing that the
drawback provision of the tariff bill
should not apply to oil cake manu-
factured from imported flax-seed, and
also regulating the control Of bonded
Senator McLauren Of
offered an amendment to
place cotton bagging on the free list,
which Mr.. McCumber said he would
accept as far as he was able to do
so. When asked by Senator Scott
whether the committee had accepted
that amendment, Senator Aldrich In.