The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
MAKING PROGRESS
WITH TARIFF BILL
More Amendments of Senate
Committee on Finance Up
held by Senate.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DISPARITY DISCUSSED
Schedule Covering Products of
Lead Passed for Further
Consideration.

WASHINGTON, May n.-Substan.
tial progress was made in the consider
alton of the tariff bill today, the amend.
mcnts of the committee on finance be.
ing upheld i'll the senate by substan.
tial majorities
A feature of the session was a gen
cral discussion concerning the greai
disparity between wholesale and retail
prices. Some Republican senators de
ciared this difference was so great q,
10 demonstrate that the duty levied by
a protective tariff had small effect OIL
the price paid by the consumer
FMS feature of the discussion wa,
precipltated by Senator Scott. himself
| glass Manufacturer. The scheNue Gov
ering the products of lead was passed
over upon the suggestion of Senate,
Aldnch because he said the finance
committee desired TO make some
changes in the duties as previously rec.
commended.
New Scale for Zinc
As soon as the tariff bill was takc1
| mp by the senatc today. Mr.. Aldrich
stated that the committee On finance
would submit 10 the senate different
/ scale of duties on zinc ore and products
OF zinc, and asked that the schedule. as
| well as sections unactcd on. relating 10
! lead products, be passed over for the
| present.
! The request was conceded. Mr.. Brjs
row announcing that when the white
lead schedule should be reached he
! wonld wish 70 be heard on it.
! The committee s amendment striking
out the house duty Of one-half OF one
cent per pound on refined nitrate of
| saltpeler was agreed TO. il is under
stood that that product Will be placed
on the free list.
MI Aldrich then requested al agree.
ment To the committee amendment IN
crcasing the duty ON ali sails Of Of San. ~,
tohlh from 2U cents to 81, stating that
the proposed duty was the rate of both
The Dlugley and the German bills.
but rev senators were present and
MI Overman suggested the absence OF
u quorum, a rollcall bringing into the
chamber slXty-one senator's Tie sec.
+ sioit~T Teiating TO salts of Santonin was
then agreed TO as enacted.
On motion Of Mr.. Adricb. tbe soc.
ton relating TO Soap was amended or
as 10 place duty of 30 per cent nd
Na'orem on pcrfumed soap. which. he
said, was Tor revenue purposes.
me house provision on sulphur was
/ IuTther amended so as to place crude
sulphur on the free list and TO provide
uu'N VI Ht Il ton on refined sui
phur. The present law and the house bil
providing Tor duty OF So Il ton
Additional Amendments,
Ibe section relating to limestone
rock asphalt was at first amended by re.
uuclng tne dntY % per cent under the
present law. but later. on motion of
Mr. Beveridge, who suggested that nor.
maps that article should 90 on the fres
list, the paragraph was temporaril,
passed over
The schedule relating TO mica was
also passed over, Mr.. Aldrich saving the
committee desired to reconsider that
paragraph; as 1T was not now satisfied
whether the duty should be increased
or whether the article should be placed
on the free list
When the schedules RELATING to china.
ware and earthcnware were reached Mr.
CtmnlnS suggested that two-tbirds Of
me chinawarc WIS imported, while 81
per ceut of the earthenware used was
or domestic manufacture and added
that he proposed later to offer ou
amendment 10 reduce The rate of Garth
enwarc. Mr.. Aldrich said that the two
articles had been classified together ana
gwen the same duty since 1852 eyon
the Wilson bill making no chance in
classihcation
AS result of an understanding
,tdc"ed aI'er a discussion of the par.
ilamen'ary status of the bill, hereafter
Tue SeHatS; as IN committee of the
Nhole. VIII finally adopt each nara.
graph Of the bill rs reached, unless
passed over by agreement, and no fnr
ther opportunity will hc had 10 amend
the measure until it has reached fbe
parliamentary status Of being before
the senate
Reduction or Steel.
Speaking IN favor of reduction on
the duties ON steel and oarfhenw,1e
Mr. Bacon offered an amendment re.
ducing the rate from GO to 81 per cent
ad yalorem,
Mr.. Dolliyer said he wonld vote
against this decrease Of duty.
Mr.. Aldrich said that the revenue
received from the China and earthen-
ware schedules was $5,00o,0o0. the i'm.
portation amounting to $4,000, 600
Mr. Bacon 5 amendment was defeat
ed by vote of % to ID, Senator La
Toilette being the only Republican vino
voted in the affirmative With The
Democrats.
Explaining that he desired rate
Of duty on common crockcryware which
would reduce It's cost so the consumer
Mr., Bacon offered an amendment 10
reduce the rate from % per cent ad
vHlorcm. rs il stood III the bill, TO 40
per cent. After considerable debate
he amendment was voted down, 30
10 y,
Snoot Again Heard From.
Mir. Smoot offered an amendment re-
luciug the rate Of carbons for elec-
rc lighting. which the finance com
nittec provided With a duty of 20
'cuts per hundred feet. Mr.. Smoot 5
offered for the finance
made the duty on carbons
made entirely of petroleum coke 30
eufs per hundred feet, while for car
IONS into tho manufacture Of which
amp black is used 90 cents per hun
Ircd feet.
The amendment was passed over at
he request OF Mr. LaFollette, who
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