The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-26
TAKE UP THE
SCHEDULES
Argument Over Metal
Duty.
PROTEST FROM BEvERlDGE
Indiana Senator Objects to Be
Termed Some Ones Counsel.
Mr.. AidricA Indicate. That the Finance
Committee WIN Take Up Provis-
Tons OF the wood Pulp
Paragraph.

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Washington. June 2s---The Senate
having today taken up schedules Of
the tariff bill formerly passed over.
Mr.. Aldrich proposed committee
amendment, increasing the duty on
harness. saddles. etc, from IS percent.
ad valoren as provided By the House.
to 40 per cent. which he said was
skill below the rate of the Dingley
law. The increase was proposed in
view OF the Senate's action In placing
hides on the dutiable list.
Revertina to the metal schedule Mr..
Aldrich proposed the committees
amendment Increasing the duty on
wrought and scrap. iron. etc, from so
cents per ton as provided by the House.
to $3.50 thousand to correspond with
the duty on pig IRON.
Senator Gore criticised this amend
ment and Senator Cummins offered a
substitute striking the paragraph all
reference to wrought. cast and scrap
iron and scrap steel.
The increased duty was defended by
Senators Oliver, Dick and Aldrich. Mr..
Oliver suggested that ton of scrap
iron was more valuable than & ton OF
pig iron and said that every ton would
displace q. ton of pig iron. Mr.. AL
drich declared that IL the duty on
scrap iron was lowered. pig iron would
be broken up and brought into the
as scrap iron.
Senator Dick suggested that In all
tariffs. scrap iron had been placed on
parity with pig iron. This propos-
ed increase 0f-duty on scrap iron over
the present rate" declared Mr., Craw-
ford, is protection gone mad? / do
not" he continued, want to go be-
fore the people OF the Middle West and
defend duty of $3.50 on old scrap
iron" NN
Mr.. Aldrich suggested that when this
paragraph was considered In confer
ence he would seek to find some de-
scription that would let into the coun-
try certain classes OF scrap iron at less
rates than those Of the preceding para
graph
Mr.. Beveridge Protests.
Mr.. Beveridge asked the Rhode Is
land Senator II he would state the Ian
guage necessary to define scrap iron
that could be entered at lower rate
and not receiving the information de-
sired, proceeded to sustain Mr.. Cum
Minis contention. Referring to the In
diana Senator as counsel for the SEN
ator from Iowa. Mr.. Aldrich called out
a protest from Mr.. Beveridge.
II will not endure and tolerate ART
longer offensive remarks to the effect
that I am acting as somebody's coun-
sci" said the Indiana senator. Mr..
Aldrich sat quiet and smiled.
The vote then being taken. Mr..
Cummins' amendment striking ali, ref
erence to scrap iron from the para
graph was defeated % to AZ, the pro-
gressiye Republicans generally voting
w..h the Democrats ~ sawey OF the
motion. BY 26 to As the Senate then
voted down an amendment by Mr..
Cummins reducing from $3.50 to $1.b8
the duty proposed by the committee on
iron in pigs, scrap iron and steel. etc.
The committee amendment and the en-
tire paragraph. were then agreed to.
> By a viva vote and on the sugges-
ton Of the committee on finance, the
House duty OF quarter OF one cent per
pound on wire nails. not less than one
inch in length, was Increased to half
of one cent pound.
Mr. Bacon discussing the reason of
this increase. MT. Aldrich- Replied that
without 1t the duty on wire from which
the nails were made. world DO greater
than on the nails
Then" suggested the Georgian.
"why not reduce the duty on the wire
and equalize them that way?"
Mr.. Aldrich then offered a further
amendment Increasing the House rates
on wire nails, less than one inch in
length from half TO three-fourths of