The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-13
OF
 TARIFF BILL. Important Period in Senate Reached. SECOND READING COMPLETED
 s A Number of Items on the Free
 List Disposed Of. Art Work. Over Ttwenty Years old and Collections illustrating Progress of Arts over Hundred Years old,
 on Free List.

Washington, June 12.--Having com pleted consideration of items of the tariff bill that had been passed over under objections by Senators during it's second reading, the adjournment of the Senate today marked an important period in the progress of the measure through the Senate.
 When the bill is taken up again 1t will be upon It's third reading for the final disposal of items upon which the most pronounced objections have been made. h completing the second reading of the bill today, number of items In the free list were disposed of. Works of art. over twenty years old, and collections illustrating the progress of arts over 100 years old. which were placed on the free list by the Committee on Finance. were re- tained there, after an Interesting de- bate, by vote of 53 to 15. A fight was made on this amendment on the ground that ft would allow wealthy men to decorate their homes with Eu- ropean oil paintings and other artis- tic products of the old world without the payment of duty and that 1t would permit the entry into the United States of many art collections. now stored abroad. without any benefit to the revenues of the Government. The amendment was defended by both Re- publicans and Democrats on the ground that It's result would be both educa- tionai and refining and that works of art of the age Indicated could not come into Competition with the pro- ducts of American painters and seulp- tors. This will permit the great art collections made by J. Pierpont Nor gan at an expense of many millions of dollars, and now stored In London to be brought here.
 The starch industry received pro- lection of the recommendations made by the committee to which tapioca and sage flour will be subject to 6 9uty of l cent pound when not imported for food. Senator Nelson opened the fight upon free admission of these pro- ducts on the ground that they were used largely by the cotton cloth and oil cloth industries in competition wftf starch made from potatoes and corn.
 He was supported by Senator Cummins and u 0th the Minnesota and Iowa Sem ators were taken to task by Senator Aldfich for attempting fo revise the tariff upward. the Rhode Island sena. tor claiming that if the committee had suggested a duty on products that could not be raised In this county for the purpose of protecting other pro- ducts with which they came in com petition. it would have been roundly denounced for such action. He also suggested that there was combination in the starch industry.
 Senators Frye and Burroughs. both of whom have starch factories within their States, came to the rescue Of the Western Senator. and Senator Ald- rich, surrenderlng in the face of thts opposition, accepted an amendment by which the tapioca and sage -four will be admitted free only when used for food This will place the duty upon the articles when consumed by the cotton or oil cloth industries.
 Crdue potash, potash carbonate, caus- tic potash and radium were placed on the free list.
 At 2:12 o'clock this afternoon the Senate adjourned until Monday.