Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
COTTON SCHEDULE
IS AIRED IN SENATE
Considerable Time Will. Be De-
voted to Duties on Cotton and
Wool and Many Speeches Are
Slated.

WASHINGTON, May S1.-In further
considering the agriculture schedule OF
the tariff BILL the senate today will dis
cuss the rate on lemons and following
this the cotton and wooden schedules will
be discussed.
Considerable time will be devoted to
each schedule and 1t is probable many
speeches will be delivered. Senator Smith,
of South Carolina, has announced that hs
will address the body on the cotton
schedule.
SENATE SOUR ON. LEMONS.
Senators wore very sour looks as they
entered the senate chamber today because
of having to meet on a legal holiday
AS consideration of the tariff bin was TAX
en- up the paragraph on lemons was re-
sumed and Senator Flint proceeded to de-
fend the amendment proposed by the
committee on finance which increases the
duty to one and a half cents a pound.
A call being demanded, only forty-eight
senator's one more than a quorum, an
swered to their names.
Senator Root made an impassioned ap-
peal against any increase in the duty
on lemons over the Dingley law rate OF
one cent Mr.. Root declared that the
lemon growers of California have made
on an average a profit Of $3.50 per acre
during the last year, with expenditures
amounting to $50.
IT would not eliminate the lemon grow
ers of California or any other American
industry, but it is a little too much for
them to come here and ask an increase
of duty when they are already making
over 100 per cent"
DEBATE BECOMES ACRID.
As the debate proceeded, wordy ex-
changes between senator's became acrid.
Does the senator believe that state
ment?" asked Mr.. Flint, as Mr.. Root de-
clared that foreign lemons are laid down
in New York at $2.42 a box.
The New York senator replying that
he did believe his own statement, Mr..
Flint responded that yet in that very mar
Ket the price was down to $1.15 to $3.50
a box, which fact Mr.. Root accounted for
because the fruit was sold at auction.
Mr.. Flint met the statement of profits
made by lemon growers by declaring that
| they have made only four per cent upon
! their business, and Senator Page express
ed his hope that the duty would be made
high enough to permit California and
| Florida to raise all the lemons used in
this country.
COMMITTEE SUSTAINED.
After speeches by Senator Smith, of
| Michigan, supporting, and Senator Bur-
kett opposing the finance committee's
increase of the rate of lemons to l IL
cents per pound the vote was TAKEN IL
| resulted in sustaining the committee As
to o. Senators Foster, Of Louisiana, and
| fletcher, of Florida, Democrats, voted in
the affirmative. with the Republicans,
and Senators Root, Beveridge, Bristow,
Burkett Crawford, Cummins, Curtis and
LaFollette, Republicans, with majority
| of the Democrats against it.
| An amendment proposed by Mr.. Bur-
kett, to change the method of taxing
lemons from a tax per pound to tax
per box. was defeated without division.
| Mr.. Gore, in offering an amendment
placing a duty of six cents bunch on
bananas, said that the Republican party
had promised the people a fish, but has
! given them a bunch of serpents He hop
ed the people would give them nest of
| scorpions in return.
| "TREED A TRUST"
Il think have freed a trust" said Mr..
Gore. II am convinced there is banana
| trust in this country"
| He added hiatt the six-cent duty he
proposed was equivalent to 10 per cent ad
valorem, or one-tenth of a cent on each
banana. He believed this burden could
nto be transferred by the banana monop-
oily to the people, but that it would add
two and one-quarter Wilton dollars OF
revenue for the treasury.