Evening star., 1909-06-18

MIR Cialliager said hn thought Mr. Brown
would blush when he thought OF the PRO
lection on the products Of Nebraska. ana
then Of his effCrts 10 destroy the indus
tries Of TIE paper-inaking states.
Any great reduction u these dd'ies
would put .he United states at the mere!
Cf Canada. Norway, Sweden ana N
land lie claimed a al! these countries
are peculiarly fitted tor maxim pa9er-
He asserted tia, ':he demand for certain
newspapers fer free paper ana wood pu
should not 20 considered at all. because
these sane ncSspa pera .uy ther paper
cheaper than III almost any ether coun-
try But he claimed. this demand 5 not
univefsa but comes chiefly from the SEN
saf.CHal press.
statements made y Senator Brown IN
favor of placing print paper on the free
list Il was expected that Senator Brown
would resume his speech today. Pre-
ferrinG to 20 tpone any further remarks
upon his amendment h gave way TO Mt
Galhnger.
Advantage With Canada.
lie declared thas III wages alone the
Canadian paper manufacturer has an ad-
vantage of more than 81 ton in the
making OF paper. beside an advantage of
Ss cord on wood. Print paper. he de-
cIared, was cheaper in the United States
than in any other country.
The price" he said. has been kept
down by competition. 1t Is conceded that
no trust exists and that there is no COM
bination to advance the price of paper.
If the increase in the price of an arti-
Gle Is a reason for putting II on the free
list. said Mr. Galinger. then this bill
ought TO be made of the free list and
nothing else
Saying he had been in the paper mills
of Canada and knew of the wages re-
ceived there. Mr.. Gallinger declared that
wages In this country are 30 per cent
greater than in any province of the Do
minion of Canada in all industries paper
making included.
Labor for Higher Duty.
He presented petitions against reduc-
tions in duty on print paper from the
knights of Labor and Brotherhood of
Paper Makers, and said these workmen
were quick to detect danger to labor by
such action.
If Canada he said, gets control Of the
wood pulp and print paper business. the
newspapers will be at their mercy in the
matter OF price. He believed the rate of
duty recommended by the committee on
that II would be regarded as monu-
mental blunder He preferred to con-
tinue the duty of the Dingley law.
Senator Owen. again calling attention
dictory statements made before the
finance committee, declared that where
men swear falsely for commercial profit
they should be prosecuted for perjury. lie
would grant every privilege for usual In
accuracleS.
Il would like to call attention to the
fact that no one has been called to ac-
count for making a false statement in
connection with this tariff" said the
Oklahoma senator.
Brown Amendment Lost.
Following Mr.. Gallinger. Senator Brown
again took the floor. He undertook to
Withdraw his amendment for free paper
so as to place himself in position to sup
port the provision OF the House bill which
levied a duty of 81 instead of 81 ton on
print paper, proposed by the finance
committee.
II object" interposed Senator Aldrich
This objection made necessary yea and
nay vote on Mr.. Browns amendment. 1t
was lost--23 to 81
All the democrats except Mr.. Bailey
voted for the amendment. Among the re-
puolicans only Senators Beveridge, Bris-
tow, Brown and Burkett voted for it.
On this amendment Senator Lorimer
cast his first vote. 1t was against the
amendment
Following closely upon the. defeat of
Mr.. Browns amendment, Mr.. Stone offer
cd an amendment placing =. wood pulp
print paper. suitable for books and news
papers, on the free list.
IL was opposed by Senator Bailey on
the ground that II would remit 100000 in
revenue. which, he said. the government
now collects, and especially 'as the only
people who would receive any benefit
from that remission is a single, small,
particular class
Senator Stone of Missouri moved to put
both wood pulp and print paper on the
free list. stating that the democratic plat
form hrd 1nnIo tn fnx St-ax
at Denver.
Bailey Not Under Yoke.
Mr.. Bailey announced his practical
emancipation from some of the features
OF the democratic platform adopted at
Denver, declaring he was mot an intel
lectual slave" He expressed sympathy
for those senators who felt they had to
vote for free paper because the news
papers were concerned" and said he
preferred to take the tax off news
paper mans clothes because such a re-
duction in taxes would affect everybody
and not him alone
He estimated loss Of S1OO, 900 in reve-
nue. ii these articles went on the free
list
II am unwilling to be bound by a COM
mittee which meets behind closed doors
and knows nothing about the subjects 1t
has to consider said Mr.. Bailey, re-
ferring To the Denver platform commit
tee.
why. this committee advocated taking
the duty off logs when II was already off.
Free lumber was advocated for the pur-
pose OF carrying three northwestern
states and il did not carry them.
Il am told that | must not raise a reve-
nue on the product of the steel trust. the
most gigantic in the world. with a capital
" more than billion of dollars. which
has not a rival that dares to challenge it
anywhere. They tell me to take the duty
off trust-made articles.
Such a principle could not be applied
I; would be a loss of sixty millions Of
revenue on sugar s2O.60o.oOO on toba Geo.
s2n.oo,o'0 on steel products. and so on.
They even go so far to tell me 10 take
the duty off the raw materials which the
trusts use. a real benefaction to them.
Bailey Proposes Remedy.
No. Mr.. President. these corporate
shadows which fall across the paths of
commerce must be removed in some other
way. The duties on trust materials and
.rust-made goods must not be removed
,ne after another. but altogether. If at all.
THE remedy IL not to put these mate
.iais on the free list. but to put the trust
nasnates in tho penitentiary. l venture
his prophecy. that the American people
must solve this trust problem by their
criminal laws or abandon the whole trust
conflict. II is a sham battle to try TO
solve il by fines and tariff reductions.
Every time we try To do that we in
jure somebody else. Take, for instance,
raw sugar. If il were on the high duti-
able list none of il would come In here,