The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-28
Progress on the Tariff Bill
Slow
MAY TAKE A WEEK LONGER
Many Important Schedules Disposed OF.
Beverage Fights for Lower Duties
on Cash Registers-Jea
Davis Bawls.

Washington, Juns ps.--After all, the
Senate as a committee on the whole did
not conclude Saturday with the tariff
schedule, and carried them over until
this week. where 1t is possible they may
be finished today, and yet they may last
week. II is, TO be sure, hot as fur.
mace in Washington, and especially sir
cling in the Senate chamber, but the
progress Of the tariff bill Is not mach
preoipitatcd thereby.
The Senate finished with all The
schedules excepting structural iron,
Who're some important amendments are
pending, cotton baggng and ties and
binding Irvine There = great deal
Of potential discussion in them Il is
believed that there Ia a Republican
majority for cotton bagpiw which IN
dustry Is Of great interest to Ludlow
But that cotton hagging be put on the
free hst altogether Is demanded BY the
southerners. and they are prepared to
iilbuster on these items as well as that
on binding Irvine for The western far.
mers If their demands are not granted.
They are just now IN a position 10 make
their warrants respected And sulphate
OF ammonia, used much in fertilizers in
the South, at the instance Of southern
ers was put on the free list II re-
mains to Se seen whether this will OPP
erLte 70 appease them Putting sui
phate Of ammonia on the free list will,
II course shook Boston. whose coke
oven interests have desired a duty and
procured il In the committee, which has
had 20 retract. The storm center. how
ever, was in Michigan, which has a large
coke oven interests. Put on tho free
list likewise was refined petroleum, but
other products Of petroleum were taken
of the list
Senator Beveridge mnde q desperate
attempt 70 lower the duty on cash
registers, which are controlled by a
trust in America and sold more cheaply
abroad than at home. and he almost
succeeded. the voting being 81 to 49,
The newspaper publishers practically
won their point in the Senate, for the
body accepted the Brown amendment
on wood pulp and print paper, the for
NOR being put on the free list, but with
retaliatory proyiso against foreign
countries found guilty Of unfair re-
strici5ons. The Senate proviso Is said
20 be more liberal than that Of the
House
The Senate. IN less time than it takes
70 tell. passed the census bin eppro-
priating sl0s0o0,00o. and It listened 20
spfolonged speech by Senator Stone,
who denounced the harvester trust. I'M
availinCly, for the duties on agricultural
implements were not lowered.
JEFF Davis "bawledH to q poor house
10 the chamber, standing in a passage
way where he got a good cool draft. He
haved, Of course, the tariff schedules
and tho Republicans IA Characteristic,
ii seemingly borrowed, fashion.
II Is hoped TO have the corporation
tax today, and II SO les support win
Be stated BY Senator Root. who may,
however, speak briefly. Most of the de-
bate Is to he permitted TO the opponents
Of the measure, according to program,
but this may be disturbed, for one
learns that The amendment Is to be
flercely assailed and that Jne Of the
most notable parliamentary battles in
recent years is To be fought over the
tax. Moro opposition Is to develop than
Nfftlueu o. II iuHeEAAtcu. ftoNtNNFs mo- /
body questions the voting strength Of
the amendment. Protests are still com
ing in by the bushel Cone from 1900
Chicago corporations), and the only /
answer is that ii is no use talking of |
other forms Of taxation, such as the in
heritanee tax or a stamp tax, as Con. /
gress II determined to pass an income
tax OF some kind, and the Taft amend,
nant has been taken up as the one least
noxious II Is that or the Bailey Cum
minis income tax. Senator Root was I
again Saturday for lone time with the
president Il is apparent that his in
fiuence il very largo ct the White House /
and that he win be the spokesman OF
the admin stfation in the Senate.
Senator Clnmins is 10 prepare
speech in which ne IS to declare the tax
unfair and Senator Borah will inquire i
into its constitutionality.