The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-11
RATE ON LEAD
UPHELD IN THE
UPPER HOUSE
,ld,ich Said to Be Confident
subcommittee Amendments
viii Prevail.
vFyBURN OF IDAHO
MAKES TARIFF TALK
,op.g AFFIRMs BELIEF IN THE
LEAD AND SHELTER
TRUSTS.

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.rfre+0u. May l0.-The abil- -
= s.,. ~ the Republican majority Of =
49,. senate 90 uphold the recon- -
-. .,srdsti0u of the committee on fl =
= -.raa ON the lead schedule which =
: ,Crfafng the Dingley rates in the =
. fs-rs bin iU place of the lower -
d: mites fixed by the house, was fully -
. rsrrsserted today when by a vote e
: 81 thirtv-ive 10 fOrty-fOur the -
. sa-ats declined to reduce by one =
!. quarter of a cent a pound the duty =
. an pig lead as recommended by -
: the committee on finance -
: Ia this vote eleven Republicans q"
: voted with the Democrats and two =
i democrats with the Republicans. =
> Nv e viva voce vote the senate -
3 adopted the rate Of 2 Is cents a -
q. 7ound on pig lead as recommend =
O.: ed by the committee. Z"
i Chairman Aldrich said he re =
. gsr5ed the vote as an endorsement =
: of the action Of the committe and =
= EXPRESSED confidence that all the ::
:. schedules Of the committee would =
:. be upheld.
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Washington. May ia tilt between
Senator's Aldrich and Beverage was
the ousning feature in the senate today.
That body had no sooner been called
n order than the senator from Indiana
i76, the floor. He spoke OF the address
Of Senator Carter last Saturday in
which the Montana senator referred to
tre abundance Of information to the
pending tariff bin available to sena-
tors
Of think the senate understands this
speech SAID Mr Beverage. but in
order that the country may understand
g. ] vrI ask the clerk TO read an eX-
tract from the congressional record. p"
The Record Read.
The extract read was from a speech
iv Senator NcCumbeT i'm which COM
PAINT was made that no information
was available for senators showing the
comparative cost of articles i'm the tariff
schedules iu our country and abroad
and IN which it was suggested that a
bureau to provide such information
should be created.
Mr.. Beveridge then sent to the desk
another extract from a statement by
Mr. Aldrich 10 be read by the clerk,
the chairman of the committee on fl
nance being quoted as saying;
I have mo- knowledge whatever of
anything that transpired upon the ways
and means committee" etc. Mr.. AID
rich said ais statement had related only
go the hearings on orange mineral un-
Ger consideration when he spoke and
DID NOT refer 10 the hearings as a
whole because ne had read much of
The report of those hearings
VI have given thirty years to the
consideration Of these matters" said
Nr Aldrich. and while I may not
nave the ability Of the senator from
Indiana, Vet such as have I have
brought To- this question and if the sena-
Tor will give a fraction of the time
10 the consideration OF these matters
mat have given he will serve his con-
Nutuency and the country better than
'y procIaimiug 20 everybody the lack
OF Information.
Speech by Hepburn.
Nr Hepburn having the floor. de-
cined 20 permit any further interrupt
Ton He spoke at length in discussing
me lead schedule. explaining mining
HeJhods and the systems of treating
Hdd ore iD order to demonstrate the
necessity for a diffeTential duty on pig
gre ana other products of lead ore.
AL the Industries OF Idaho. said Mr
heyourn. enCircle the lead mines. and
4saSter 90 the mines would result IN
t5nera. business stagnation. He claimed
--al without the protection to pig lead
provided by The amendment of the com
HlJes on finance. the lead industry
'lil not continue. Smelling in Mex.
70. ne said, costs but one-haif as much
az mere. and mining about two-thirds.
Compromise Proposed.
a compromise between the con
5nuon Of senator's who have contendeC
Ssa-nsI giving any differential for pil
s au and those who have insisted OF
elshths Of cent d pound, as pro
80 by the committee on finance
.a'or Cummins offered an amend
t fixing the duty at three-eighth,
cent pound. in addition to tn,
! 'L one and one-half cents a pount
"e lead i1 lead ore.
c-a.ements by Mr.. Cummfns regard
s me freight rates on lead ore from
S1sfn states to New York we're dis
800 oy Messrs. AIdrich. Sutherlan,
SnooI Mr. Smoot was particular
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