The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-26

support Of his oil amendment, declaring
II met with the approval of the indie
pendent producers and refiners. The oil
fields Of Mexico figured extensively in
this discussion. Senator Gore declared
they were q myth.
Senator AIdrich presented the income
tax amendment approved by President
Taft, and said he hoped the senate
would consider il Monday
Paper Schedule.
The retaliatory provisions Of the wood
pulp and print paper paragraphs of the
tariff bill being referred to by Senator
Clapp today, Senator Aldrich indicated
that the finance committee still had
that matter under consideration and
hoped TO report a substitute that would
prove satisfactory to all interests con-
cerned.
Senator Brown offered two amend
ments, which have the effect of elimi-
mating the automatic retaliatOry fea-
lures of the committee amendments and
Of making retaliation depend upon an
order Of the president, allowing the
rates of duty to remain as in the conf
mittee substitute.
Mr. Aldrich agreed to take up these
substitutes for final action tomorrow.
An amendment was adopted providing
duties on oilcloth and linoleum, varying
from 6 cents a square yard and Is per
cent ad valorem TO y cents per square
yard and Is per cent ad valoren.
Penrose Oil Amendment.
Senator Pnrose proposed an amendment
placing a duty Of p cent a gallon upon
crude oil.
Replying to a question by Senator Bor-
all, Mr.. Penrose said the finance COM
mittee had seen z vast number Of oil
producers Of tho United States. 100 Of
them being present on one day. There
we're, he said, from 5O.O0l to 1000UG oil
producers in the United States, many Of
them being his constituents OF Pen1syl-
vania who had gone 10 Oklahoma, the In
dian Territory, California and West Viz
gini0 to develop oil properties.
Senator Gore spoke against the amend
meut. He had wished, be said, 20 cor
fine the duty to oil from Mexico, but
had been told sucn action was in conflict
with treaty relations with that country.
He smoke of the Mexican oil fields as a
myth. If he believed, Mr. Gore said, that
the Standard Oil company controlled tie
Mexican oil field, and would import Mex
lean ell and crush and destroy the indie
pendent producers and refiEers, he would
vote to shield the American oil producer
and the American consumer. He spoke
of the STANDARD as a serpent whose en-
brace is death
Mir. Flint expressed the opinion that
producers of California would be driven
out o. business if "a duty on oil was not
levied.
Opposed by cummins.
Mr.. Cummins opposed the amendment
saying he did lot believe the pl oducers
of this country had anything TO fear from
the Mexican production.
The Standard Oil company is well
served with this duty" he said, be
cause there is no suggestion of any in
tention to repeal the drawback clause
by which the Standard Oil company is
permitted to import oil and then, upon
exporting it. have q rebate of the duty"
Mr. PenrOse then offered an amendment
providing that no drawback shall be al
lowed on the expectation Of petroleum or
the products thereof
The amendment fixing a duty was de-
feated by % 10 40. Party lines were
broken in this vote. OF the forty mega
tive votes nineteen were cast by Repub-
licans.
The drawback amendment was with
drawn
Mr.. owen sought to present as an
amendment a provision prohibiting the
Standard Oil company from crushing
competitors but II was ruled out on
point of order as not germane to the
tariff.
More Increases.
On motion Of Mr. Aldrich the para
graph relating to percussion caps. etc,
as recommended by the committee, was
further amended to increase the duty on
blasting caps from s. to 1925 per thou
sand, and to increase the duty on min