The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-23
PROGRESSIVE
REPUBLICANS
BACKING TAFT
Ten Senate Immortals Who
Voted Against Tariff Bill
Still Fighting.
SENATOR CUMMINS
MAKES STATEMENT

Washington, July -EmrnasiZing tie
Importance of insisting upon reductions
in the duties upon manufactures. IS we'll
as upon raw materials. Senator Cummins
Of Iowa late TODAY made public d state
ment which is accepted as representing
the views Of at least majority of the
progressive Republican senators r6la-
tive 10 the tariff situation.
Previously Mr.. Cummins had consulted
two hours With the president, and an ex-
change Of views has passed between Mr.
CummIns and others of the ten who
voted against the tariff bill in the SEN
ate.
Il endorse every word of the statement
recently made by the president" said
Mr. Cummius.
"Whle il is Of the utmost Importance
that iron ore. oil. hides and coal be dealt
with as proposed by the president. it is
Of still greater importance that the du-
tres Of manufactured products shall be
brought down somewhere near the pro-
tectiVe point
MIR. Cummins said. Those VIII have
seen contending for lower duties. can at
ford to surrender a part OF their just
demands If they can. in the main, obtain
the reductions which insure the people
against undue prices In the chief cOmmOd-
lies Of commerce"
He outlined his principal objections TO
the bill as it left the senate as follows;
Structural iron and steel, the use OF
which is so rapidly increasing Is raised
from the Dingley rate Of $40 per ton and
the house rates Of S. per ton TO Is per cent
al NdiOreu. which at the present price
of this commodity means a duty Of SIS
per ton. an increase over the present law
N S. per ton. and over the house prov-
sion Of SO ton.
when il Is considered that the duty
on steel rails is $3.50 per ton and their
market price is SIS per ton. the proposed
duty upon "a form of steel which sells
for So per ton is wholly indefensible.
Free iron ore is very desirable thing.
hut when the welfare of the consumer is
taken into account ia would be vastly bet
ter If a fair rate can bee secured on but
one Of these Items, 10 allow the duty ON
iron ore To so at p per cent d ton and
cut the duty on structural steel to s. or
S. per ton. where IL would furnish pro-
lection for home producers.
''In the lumber schedule. If both rough
and dressed lumber are not free as they
ought 20 be, The house rate Of 81 on rough
lumber should be preserved. and the diff
ftrential upon dressed lumber should be-
Gin at % cents per Loco, and not go be-
yond CD cents per 1000
I'm the papsr schedule, the house rate
or s. per ton ON print paper. without the
possibility of increasing # by a counter
vailing duty and free wood pulp. also pro-
tected against COunterVaiing duty,
should be- insisted upon.
In she cotton SChedula the senate in
ureases from beginning 20 end should be
rejected. and ] believe the people might
he Wiliug TO stand for the house rate,
barring Of course the hosiery increase.
The wooden schedule is manifestiy
wrong. ana the artificial and arbitrary
plan of estimating the relation between
unwashed aud secured wool is grossly alb
surd. The wool grower is sacrificed i'm
order TO give undue protection 10 the wor-
stsd wool manufacture. The whole
schedule is SO indefansib.e that a read
justmeut seems IMPERATIVE. even though
to accomplish it the conference report
De voted down and the bill brought be-
fore the senate again for amendment"