The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-19
Senate Manages, After Much
Debate, to Take a Few Votes
ON Tariff Amendments.
SENATOR GORE URGES
A price INVESTIGATION"
Senator SmOOt Forced to Cor
rect Some Statements He
Made Monday.


voting the greater part OF the day
session 10 debate tho senate passed up
on n number of important committee
amendments to the tariff bill. it also
rejected an amendment by Mr.. Stone
restoring the Dingley rates on razors.
On that vote most of the progressive
Rcpublicars voted in the Affirmative
with the Democrats.
More than two hours were devoted
20 a discussion of a resolution by Sen
ntor Gore to investigate the cost of
production at home and abroad and the
relative price of commodities AT whole
sale and retail. The resolution was re-
fcrrcd TO the committee ON finance.
Considerable progress WAS made IN
the adoption of several sections OF inc
tariff bill that had formerly been passed
over. Several Of these amendments
decreased duties formerly reported by
the committee, but some of the other
amendments adopted increased duties.
Question of Prices Up.
Senator Cores resolution directing
the committee on finance 10 conduct an
investigation into wholesale and retaii
prices of commodities was discussed pc
fore the senate today AT some length
Seeking 10 have the resolution adopted.
Mr.. Gore said be wished TO have state
meuts concerning the cXtortlonatc
prices OF retail dealers fully probcd so
that the country might know lust where
the responsibility for high prices rests.
Senator Aldrich said it was evident
such an investigation as that contcm-
plated bv the resolution could not be
conducted before the pending tarltt pm
was disposed Of, bat he had no oblcc-
lion TO such au investigation beng un,
L "a ri
that in doing this work the finance com
mittec would necessarily cover the same
ground which the proposed tariff com
mission would cover.
That the cotton manufacturers sell
their products with an agreement ms to
tho price they are 10 be sold at retail
was the substance of charge made by
Mr.. Owen.
What Country Demands.
-, Demanding proof of ihls assertion,
Tr. Gallineer said thai what The coun-
try is demanding is prompt action on
the tariff bill He added that 1T had
been asserted that the business lnter- |
csfs of this country were losing So |
100000 a day BY the holding up of the
tariff bill,
Referring TO The 'Splcdge of the Re. !
publican party to make the tarn !
rates equal to the difference IN cost of |
said it was tho duty of tho majority to !
inform the senate as 90 what that diff !
ference was.
Mr.. Aldrich replied that the commit |
fec had done much to furnish such facts,
but the Oklahoma senator contendcd |
that there was no available information
Of the kind he wanted.
Mr. Garter made an impassloncd ap |
peal for busincs-like proceeding,
Every morning" he said, "some
senator arises in his place here to de
fend the country merchant from q
charge that has never been made.
No charge Of cytortion, he said. had |
ever been lodged against the retailer,
Bailey Roasts Experts.
Suggesting a select committee to OBJ
tain Information desired by the sepa
tor from Oklahoma, Mr.. Bailey said he !
did not wish TO make any charge !
against The Republican members Of the |
committee on finance, as the committee |
adopted a rule that tho Democratic
members might employ all the experts
they wanted,
''Thcv." said Mr.. Bailey. care bad |
enough at best, and ] am not willing !
TO charge them with being worse than
they are.
At times provoking much merrimeut |
by his ready retort and denoncing the |
protective tariff policy, Mr.. Gore spoke
nj length. Before the tariff bill was
taken up in response 10 an appeal from
Mr. Bailey. the senate agreed 10 vote
on Mr.. Gore 5 resolution, amended as
suggested by Mr.. Bailey, so as TO re
fer tho apPolntment OF select com
mttee of four Republican and three
Democratic senators to conduct the in
vestigation asked for, and by vote Of
30 10 %, it was referred 10 tho finance
committee. Senators Bristow, Crawford
and La Toilette voting no with the
Democrats,
Routine Work Taken Up.
When the tariff bill was taken mp
Mr.. Stone spoke at length in favor OF
his amendments 30 reduce the duties
prescribed by the bill on razors 10 the
rates Of the present DinglcY law.
Mr.. Stone endeavoTcd to show that
the statement made BY Mr.. Smoot yes
tcrday regarding tho razor Industries
was incorrect and Mr.. Smoot corrected
his statement IN some particulars. Mr..
Stone read several telegrams ex-
changed between himself and a cutlery
manufacturer which purportcd 10 show
that imported razors costing 10 cents
retail in this country for 81 Mr.
Smoor offered in evidence three razors
md invoice showing that their cost was
80 cents each TO the importer and that
thcy were marked TO sec at SO each al
cetail.
Party Lines Broken.
The Republicans voting IN the mega
live with the Democrats on Mr.. Stone S
amendment were Bcveridgc, Bristow.
Brown, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins, Gam
BILE, La Toilette and Nelson. On an
amendment offered by Mr.. Bacon, re-
ducing the rates on the section rclat-
ing TO knives. razors. scissors. etc. be-
low the rates Of the Dingley bill, near
~ all the Republicans who had voted in
favor of reduction to The level of the
Diu9ley rates voted no, the amendment
being rejected by vote Of 2S to 81
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