The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-06-15
Now Hopeful in the Sen
ate That Tariff Bill
Will beFinaIly Disposed
of Within Present Week
rasyHIaDGE THINKS NEXT WEEK
OPENED YESTERDAY WITH
CONSIDERATION OF PHILIP-
PTNRs BILL-NIGHT WORK.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE
Philippines were the subject of con-
sideration by the senate as soon as
ne tariff bill discussion was resumed
today. Upon the suggestion of Sen
stors Buikley and Beveridge. the
language OF the paragraph relating
20 the free admission of products
from the Philippines was changed so
as TO make IL clear that all manu-
Acturers of articles imported into the
United States from the Philippines
should be composed partly of pro-
ducts of the island or of the United
states.
The feeling in the senate Is that
the tariff bill is approaching the last
days of its consideration in the SEN
ate. Senator Aldrich Is hopeful that
me end may be reached by next
Saturday, and many conservative Re-
publicans are inclined to agree with
ghIs prediction.
The progressive Republicans are
! not quite so optimistic. but Senator
Beyeridge says the final vote will not
be postponed beyond the end of next
week
The income tax amendments Will
be taken up Friday and vote may
be reached on the proposition the
same day. II Is possible. however.
that efforts may be made 10 secure a
still further postponement of vote.
With the exception of one disputed
point in the silk schedule the senate
last week concluded its second con-
sideration of the bill and disposed of
all paragraphs OF the schedule on
which the comittee had reported.
Among the more important pass
ages still To be considered are those
pertaining to lumber. wood pulp.
print paper. hides, coal. zine. window
glass, scrap iron, cotton ties. cotton
bagging. leather. leather goods, bind
ing twine and petroleum.
Rough lumber remains on the duti-
able list. but the question on the
amount OF duty and the differential
between the duty on rough lumber
and on the manufactured article re-
mains To- be settled.
In the paper schedule the principal
items To be considered are the duty
on ground wood and print paper. IL
seems probable that ground wood, or
pulp. will be left free. but that the
rate on paper will be made 81 ton
instead of 81, as fixed by the house,
or S6 as in the present law.
Hides. coal and petroleum are CIV
lang the finance committee no niue
3eoncern. but the present Indications
are that the senate will place duty
on all of these. Zinc, zinc ore ana
zinc in blocks, pigs and sheets ana
other zinc products are still to be
considered as are sulphaie Oh
ammonia and barytes.
There is a demand for reduction
under a re-classification OF the wind
ow glass schedule. but any preule-
ton as 10 the result would be mis-
leading. The same may be said Oh
the contest between pig iron ana
scrap iron in the metal schedules
The southern senator's are max
ing an earnest, though probably as
IT now appears, an unsuccessful
effort to have cotton bagging made
free of duty, and the binding twine
provision has been held up until the
cotton tie question could be decided,
probably on the theory that the
northwestern senators could be pre-
vailed upon to combine with the
southern senators in the interest OF
the two articles together. The leather
schedule. including leather itself, and
TO leather goods. is suspended, await
ing the decision on hides.
Other important articles which re-