Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
HURRIES i.
J TARIFF SCHEDULE
More Real Progress is Made At
Saturdays Short Session Than
Has Been Usually Done During
Entire Day.

WASHINGTON. Nav 29-During two
hours before adjournment today the SEN
ate made more real progress in the ,adop-
ton. OF tariff schedules previously passed
over than has been usual during an entire
day. Not only were committee amend
ntents that had peen formerly reported
agreed pom, but there were quite mum"
Der Of additional changes proposed or
accepted by the committee on finance
and Incorporated in the bill.
BARLEY DUTY INCREASED.
Early in the day, in spite of protests
voiced by Senator'S Bever!dge and Root,
the. duty on barley was increased from 20
cents a bushel as proposed. by the house,
10 80 cents a bushel, as recommended by
tn committee on finance. The tax or
+ hops was advanced i
The. house had made the duty u cents,
. while the committee on finance had fol-
Tnerly advanced IL TO 10 cents. Today
the committee brought in an addttinai
amendment making the rate 20 cents. The
duty on potatoes was made 40 centst per
bushel instead of IS cents. and oysters
in tn eshell we're advanced from S-4 OF
a cent pound TO % per cent ad valorem
upon motion of Senator Piles, who has
an industry in bivalves to protect against
anadian competitors.
That there should be a duty Of 20 per
cent on raw cotton merely for revenue
/ wa sadvocated by Senator Bacon, who
stated that from this course would be
derived 100000 annually II his amend
/ ment should be adopted. He finally agreed
To postpone further consideration Of his
proposed duty until Monday. Lemons were
the subject of an extended debate.
Mr. Root spoke for the New York leman
consumers. insisting that the rate OF
! l 1-2 cents per pound as fixed by the
I a NaH M
Flint, speaking for the lemon growers,
supported the advance saying that the
/ lemon industry of his state would be
wiped out II this duty was not granted
The schedule was still under discussion
when the senate adjourned.
SCORED BY ALDRICH.
II have made some investigation as
/ to the character of that report" said
Mr. Aldrich, land l find that 1t con-
sists of statements by certain boards Of
| trade Of Germany transmitting anony-
nous statements of German exporters
/ in answer to testimony taken before the
/ house committee on ways and means
81 assume that this is the first time
| In the history of our country that a for
| eign government has undertaken to
send through diplomatic channels to the
/ United States anonymous testimony of
| manufacturers in answer 10 statements
am quite willing that this document
should be printed.
"Mr. Tillman expressed the fear that
/ the comments on the German govern
ment might not be graeiously received by
| that government.
'If we asked for something and got
something we did not want, that is an
other thing; but we should be fair to
those people," he said.
TAFT SENDS MESSAGE.
Mr.. Carter was commenting on the
| propriety of printing communications
or foreign governments when a mes
| sage arrived from the president. The
1 business Of the senate was suspended to
receive the message and 1t turned out
| to be the very document relating to
| German wages that had provoked so
much discussion. The president stated
that the document has this day been
returned TO the state department by the
| committee on finance and stated that
this document was obtained on the I'M
Outstanding that the names OF manufac-
| turers were to be held confidential and
\ that the information furnished will not
| be made the basis of administrative ac-
/ ton"
| Further discussion with reference to
| this report" said Mr.. Carter relinquish-
ing the floor, and smiling, may well be
postponed until the document itself is
| printed
The presidents message was referred
/ to the committee on finance, Mr. Aldrich
remarking that he would have the Ger
man report translated at once and print
7 eo.
BACON AMENDMENT.
A tax of 20 per cent. ad valorem on raw
cotton as a revenue duty" was proposed
by Senator Bacon today, who declared
that from this source a revenue Of $1,000
600 could be obtained.
by offering this amendment" Mr.. Ba-
con SAL II open myself TO criticism from
| those people who cannot distinguish be-
tween duty of 100 per cent. and a rev.
enue duty"
i Mr.. Bacon said inportations of ordin-
airy cotton amount to 100000 pounds
and the duty that would be obtained
would be four times as much as from all
other staple agricultural products COM
I bined, sugar excepted.
Mr.. Bacon agreed to allow his amend
ment to go over to be considered on
! Monday.
When the proposed duty Of 1-2 cents
, a pound on lemons instead of / IA cents
a pound as proposed by the house. and
cent as under the Dingley bill, was reach
/, ed Mr.. Root was promptly on his feet
with an objection.
| Quick to defend an interest of his state
Senator Flint gaev a very full account of
the lemon industry of California and
made streuous contention for the in
\ crease.
Discussion had not been concluded
when the senate adjourned.