The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
IMPORTANT STAGE
Of THE TARIFF BILL
At Next SeSsion of Senate Meas.
ure VIII 90 Third and
Final Reading.
OLD WORK OF ART WILL
BE ON THE FREE LIST
Protection for Starch Industry,
With Reversal of Committee
recommendations.

WASHINGTON, Juue 1o-Havins
completed consideration Of items Of
the tariff bill that had been passed over
under objections by senators during It's
second reading, the adjournment of the
senate today marked an important per
iod IN the progress Of the measure.
When the bill IS again taken up il
VIII be upon tits third reading for the
fina! disposition of items upon which
the most pronounced objections have
been made
In completing the second reading of
the bill, a number of items in the free
list were disposed Of. Works OF art
over twenty years old, and collections
illustrating the progress Of the arts
over 100 years old, which were placed
IN the free list BY the committee on
finance, were retained there by vote
of % to ID. A fight was made on this
amendment on the ground that ii would
allow wealthy men to decorate their
homes with European oil paintings and
other artistic products of the old world
without the payment of duty, and that
1t would permit the entry Of many art
collections now stored abroad without
any benefit to the revenues Of the gov
ernmcnt.
Stand for Real Art.
The amendment was defended bv
both Republican and Democrats on the
ground that its result would be both
educational and refining. and that
works of art of the age indicated could
not come into competition with the
products OF American painters and
sculptors. This will permit the great
art collection made by j. Pierpont Nor
of dollars aud now stored IN London, to
be brought here.
The starch industry received protec-
tion by q reversal of the recommenda.
tions made by the committee, by which
tapioca and sago would be subject 10
duty Of one cent a pound when not
imported for food. Senator Nelson
opened the fight upon the free admis-
sion of these products on the ground
| that they were used largely BY the
cotton cloth and oil clothing Industries
IN competition with starch made from
potatoes and corn.
Aldrich Finds Fault
He was supported by Senator Cum
Minis. Both senators were taken to task
by Senator Aldrich for attempting TO
revise the tariff upward, the Rhode
Island senator claiming that if the COM
mittee bad suggested a duty on products
that could not be raised in this coun
try for the purpose Of protecting other
productions when they came in compe
,itiop, it would have been rouudly de-
nounccd for such action. He also sug
gested that there was a combination
! in The starch industry.
Senators Frye and Burrows, both OF
whom have starch factories within their
states, came TO the rescue of the west
ern senator's, and Senator Aldrich, sur
rendering in the face Of this opposi
tion. accepted IN amendment, by which
the tapioca and sago flour will be ad
mitted free, only when used for, food
! This will place the duty upon the ar
tices when consumed by cotton or oil
cloth industries.
Crude potash, potash carbonate, caus
! tic potash and radium were placed up
ON the free list.
! The senate adjourned until Monday.