The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
TALK ON TARIFF
NEARING THE END
Senator Aldrich Believes Wind
up May Come by Next
Saturday.
IMPORTANT PROVISIONS
YET TO BE CONSIDERED
Southern Senator's Fighting for
Free Cotton Ties and
Bagging.

WASHINGTON, June 13.-The feel
ing in the senate is that the tariff bill
is approaching the last DAYS of it's con-
sideration in the senate. Senator AID
rich is hopeful that the end may be
reached by next Saturday, and many
conservative Republicans arc inclined TO
agree with this prediction.
The progressive" Republicans are
not quite so optimistic, but Senator
Bcveridge says the final vote will not
be postponed beyond the end Of next
week
The income tax amendment viii be
taken up Friday and vote may be
reached on the proposition the same
day. It is possible, however, that eff
forts may be made TO secure n still
further postponement of vote. With
the exception Of one disputed point in
the silk schedule, the senate last week
concluded its second consideration of
the bill and disposed Of all paragraphs
Of the schedules on which the committee
had reported
Among the more important provisions
still to be considered are those per-
tanning to lumber, wood pulp, print pa
per, hides, coal, zine, window glass,
scrap iron. cotton ties. cotton bagging,
leather, leather goods, binding twine
and petroleum,
Rough lumber remains on the dutl-
able list, but the question of the amount
Of duty and the differentIal between
the duty on rough lumber and on the
,,c, ~ nl m hp q.
tied.
Paper Schedule.
In the paper schedule. the principal
items to be considered are the duty on
ground wood and print paper. II
seems probable that the ground wood,
or pulp, will be left free. but that the
rate on paper viii be made 81 per ton
instead of So, as fixed by the house, or
Sc. as in the present law.
HIDES. coal and petroleum arc giving
the finance committee no little con
cern, but the present indications are
that The senate will place duty on all
of these. Zinc. zinc. ore and zinc in
blocks. pigs and sheets and other zinc
products are still TO be considered, as
are sulphate of ammonia aud baryles.
There is q demand for reduction uu-
der rcclassification of the window
glass schedule. but any prediction as TO
the result would he misleading The
same may he said of the contest be
tween pig-iron and scrap iron in the
metal schedule.
Efforts Of South.
The southern senators are making an
earnest. though probably, as ii now ap-
pears, an unsuccessful effort to have
cotton ties and cotton bagging made
free of duty, and the binding twine
provision has been held up until the
cotton tie question could be decided,
probably on the theory that the north
western senators could be prevailed up
on to combine with the southern sena
tors IN the interest of the two articles
together. The leather schedule. includ
ING leather itself ard leather goods,
is suspended, awaiting the decision on
hides.
Other important articles which re-
main undecided arc pineapples. on
which the Florida senators want an IN
crease, and monazite, and thorite, which
arc ingredients in the mantles of IN
candescent lights,
II is as yet uncertain how the de-
cision of the finance committee relating
10 maximum and minimum rates will
be received but ii ~ added that II
viii he thoroughly clucidated before IL
finally receives approval. 1T is gen
erallv understood that the committee
will recommend q drawback provision
which will he along the lines Of the
present law rather than accept the house
provision.
Night sessions viii continue through
the week.