The Washington herald., 1909-06-24
TARIFF ON COAL
FIXED BY SENATE
Continued from Page one.

Wis. Fletcher. Gore. Hughes. Johnston.
Overman. Paynter, Rayner, Smith. OF
South Carolina. and Stone.
Republicans. AIdrich. Borah,
Brandegee. Briggs. Buckley. Burnh2m.
Burrows. Clark. OF Wyoming. Crane. Cul-
! lom. Dick, Dillingham;. Dixon. Du Pont.
I Elkins. GalInger. Cuggenheim Hale.
/ Hepburn, Jones kean. Lodge Lorimer,
Oliver. Page. PenrOse. Perkins. Piles.
Scott. Smith. OF Michigan SmO0I. Suth-
: erland. Warner. Warren. and WermOre-
/ DemOcrats-Bailey. Chamberlain Daniel,
( Foster. McErery. Martin. Simmons. Tai
4 iaferro. and Tillman.
= AIdrieh Gave Notice.
( Senator Aldrich gave notice he would
call up the prcviso relating 10 wood pulp
to-day. and viii ask that IL be consid-
( cred until disposed Of At the same time
+ 1ir Aldrich submitted the amendments
! proposing increases in the leather prod
/ ucts. 10 conform 20 the duty on hides
which was restored by the Senate. BY
4 these amendments the duty on sole
1 leather was increased over the House rate
( from 20 % per cent; on boots and shoes.
+ from i 10 - per cent, and glove leather
I was restored 90 the dutiable Mst. from
.
and II the amendment is adopted VIII
hc 6utiable az - per cent az valOrem-
. Senator Aldrich expressed desire 70
I have the amendments disposed Of az once.
/ but Mr.. Bailey objected. and they were
1 ordered printed. and VIII probably b.
+ taken Up today or tomorrow IL Is ike
( " there wiz be considerable debate on
I the proposed amendments before they. are
( adopted.
/ BY vote % 50 ayes 20 . noes. the
+ Senate adopted the lumber amendment
/ offered by the Finance Committee as a
substitute FOR the House provisions The
I House provision reduced The Di1gley rate
or rough lumber from s. 20 81. but made
no change in the rates on finished lumber
I The Finance Committees amendment re-
( duced the DingIey rates about . per cent
/ on rough and finished lumber OF al kinds.
I with the exception Of lumber pla-ed on
I one side. on which the DIngley rate OF %
. cents thousand was retained
A unique feature OF the vote was that
I only twelve Democrats voted against the
duty on lumber. in spite OF the fact that
i the last Democratic platform declared IN
favor Of free lumber. Twenty-four Dem
/ OcraIs voted on The amendment. twelve
I supporting and twelve repUd.a-ing their
/ party platform -Four more Republicans
/ than Democrats voted against the duty
on lumber Senator NcCumber. a mem
Der OF the Finance Committee. and one
+ OF the StanCheSU advocates OF free luD-
/ Der. made an unsuccessful Sght against
/ the committee amendment He offered
! an amendment reducing the duty on saw
ed lumber from $50 70 Sl0. which was
i rejected by a vote OF 4 ayes 20 a
noes He also presented an amendment
. sob 81
rates Of duty on pianed ard finished
lumber
/ An amendment was adopted placing a
+ Is per cent ad vaIorem duty on tungsten
+ bearing ore
Root and Rayner Protest.
/ The schedule relating TO pineappies was
/ next taken UP. Senator TaliaferrO or
( fered an amendment placing 2 duty OF
( one-half cent pound on pineapples n
+ barrels or packages. and IS a thousand
+ in bulk. This amendment was designed
/ 10 protect Florida pineapples against the
competition OF Cuban plneapQles. Sen
I ator Rayner and Senator Root n lengthy
/ speeches protested against the increase
I To-day win be a day OF speech-naaking
! Senator Bailey VIII address the Senate at
-N-+-NA- IA VA Aa-e AAA'4 A-A-A
I free raw material is not Democratic
I principle. and Senator BeveTidge IS book
ed for a speech on the tobacco schedule
Among the important paragraphs that
are still 10 be considered are cotton ties
and cotton bagging. which the Southern
/ Senators insist should be put in the free
/ list; sulphate OF ammonia. a by-product
OF the gas plants and the packing houses.
which is an important element in the
manufacture OF fertilizer. much used IN
the South; tobacco. sugar. and OIL There
are perhaps tWenty paragraphs that are
yet 20 be disposed Of. bat these are the
more important ones. and OF these, oil is
likely 20 provoke most debate