The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-29
CAINCONCESSION
WITHOUT DEBATE
Southern Senator's Secure
Free Cotton Bagging.
FIGHT ON IRON And STEEL

4. ID II s
House Rates on Structural Material
Increased After ineffectuai Efforts
Are Made to Have Products Placed
on the Free Listen Republicans
Vote With Democrats for Reduce
ton of Duty.
Washington, June 29.-Without de-,
bate the senate placed cotton bagging
on the free list and agreed to the
house rate of three-tenths Of cent
pound on cotton ties. The concession
on bagging was made to save time.
The amendment was offered by Sen
ator McLaurin and covered bagging
for cotton, gunny cloth and similar
fabrics suitable for covering cotton.
The amendment was agreed to with
out debate and it was imme dtately
followed by agreement to the entire
paragraph, which included a provision
placing binding Irvine upon the free
list.
The action by the senate will mere
ly have the effect Of throwing the
rate on cotton bagging into confer
ence, the house rate being six,tenths
OF cent per square yard.
The various articles known as cat
gut, whip gut and worm gut were, on
motion of Mr.. Aldrich, consolidated
under the one name of animal intes-
tines" and left on the free list There
was no debate upon this change in
the bill, but laughter was heard on
both sides of the chamber. Mr.. Al
drich did not seem to realize what a
death blow he was striking to a
standard congressional joke He never
smiled during the exhibition of mirth
. Contest on Iron and Steel.
The senate then returned to the
iron and steel schedule and upon mo-
ton OF Mr.. Adrich the paragraph re-
lating to structural iron and steel was
slightly changed, so that such prod
ucts valued at less than nine-tenths
Of cent a pound shall pay a duty of
three-tenths of cent a pound and
| when valued at more than nine-tenths
Of cent pound a duty of four-tenths
of cent a pound. The house rate
was three-tenths of cent pound on
all structural iron and steel. The
rates agreed to by the senate are
lower than the Dingley rates.
Intellectual efforts were made by
Senator Stone to have structural iron
and steel and many products of steel
placed upon the free list and by Sen
{ ator Cummins to obtain slightly lower
! duties upon nearly all Of the impor-
| tant products of iron and steel Mr..
| Stone was satisfied with a viva .voce
J vote by which his amendment was re-
1ected. Mr.. Cummins demanded an
aye and no vote and met defeat by 81
to 40, Senators Borah, Bristow, Brown,
Crawford, Cummins, Curtis, Dolliver,
| Gamble, La Toilette and Nelson, Re
publtcans, voting with the Democrats
for the lower rates.
|, Individual Amendments Offered.
! After the committee on finance had
all Of its amendments to the tariff bill
agreed to various senators came for
ward with amendments, most of which
were to place articles on the free list
| Senator Gore wanted free school
books and encountered opposition
when he asked for an aye end no vote
Resenting this failure the Oklahoman
called for quorum and, obtaining
unanimous consent for a record vote,
his amendment was rejected, II. to 45
Salt on the free list was the subject
of an appeal made by Mr.. Bacon. His
amendment was rejected, 10 to AZ,
after which his effort to strike out
the drawback clause by which the
duty on salt for curing Ash and meat
is' refunded failed, II. to 3d.
Mr.. A)drich accepted an amend
ment by Senator Gamble authorizing
the president to declare q duty of
cents pound on tin when the domes-
tic product Is at least 1900 tons per
year.
The Southern senators then revert
ed to the cotton tie provision and in
this connection made their fight to
put that article on the free list. The
present duty is one-half cent a
pound, while the pending bill fixes the
duty at three-tenths Of cent pound.
The amendment was voted down.
on INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
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