The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
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After several hours spent in the Sen
ate Wednesday in discussing the win
dow glass schedule Of the tariff bill
Senator Aldrich asked that that para
graph be passed over Some other Sec
lions relating to glass manufactured
articles that previously had been pass
ed over were agreed to- The Senate
proceeded to the consideration of pass
ed over sections until the iron ore par
agraph was reached, when Senator
Crawford spoke at length upon the
lack of wisdom of any tariff that en-
couraged the exhaustion of natural re-
sources, which could not readily be re-
produced. He insisted that there
should be no tariff on iron ore, oil,
lumber and COAL. Early in the session
Senator Paynter spoke in favor of the
removal of the duty of cents a pound
upon leaf tobacco, as means for free
ing the tobacco growers from the con-
troll of the tobacco trust. The House
was not in session.
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After day devoted to discussing the
duty on iron ore, the Senate just be-
fore adjournment Thursday adopted by
a vote of 81 to "a the recommendation
of the committee on finance for duty
of % cents per ton. The House had
placed it on the free list, while the
present law levies a duty OF 40 cents
per ton. In taking this vote party
lines were annihilated, as seventeen
Democrats voted Aye with the Re-
publicans and twelve Republicans
voted mo" with the Democrats. Sena-
tor Bailey, announcing that he pro-
posed to vote for the duty on iron ore
as a revenue measure, declared that
such action did not affect the prosper
ity of the United States Steel Corpora
ton, and added that even if it did
there was a better way to deal with
that organization, which was by an en-
forcement of the antitrust law against
it. For the first time there was a sug-
gestion looking to the fixing of day
for a vote on the tariff bill, but it came
to naught because of objection from
Senator Beverage. The, House was
again in the throes of tariff discus
sion, the entire day being spent in the
consideration of the Philippine tariff
bill After the reading of the bill had
been concluded further action was de-
ferred until Monday Mr. Clark (Mo.)
objected to immediate consideration of
bill amending the organic act of
Porto Rico in accordance with the
Presidents suggestions in his recent
message, and the bill went over. Speak
er Canyons policy of not appointing
committees was upheld by a substan-
tial majority after Mr.. Garrett (Tenn.)
had sought to have him directed to
name the committee on insular affairs.
The House adjourned until Monday.
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Again the committee on finance was
upheld when the Senate Friday voted
down an amendment by Senator Cum
minis to lower the duty on round iron,
etc., by vote of 80 to AZ, and upheld
the House rate, which was recon-
mended by the Senate committe. AL
most the entire session was given up
to debate on the profits OF the
United States Steel Corporation, and
toward the end of the day personali-
ties were freely INDUCED in by Sena-
tors. This occurred when Senator
Root had spoken in defense of the
finance committee and in criticism of
Senators who had complained of the
failure of that committee to provide
more ample information concerning
various schedules. Mr.. Money, adj
dressing himself directly to the Sena-
tor from New York, resented what he
characterized as a lecture to the Sem
ate. and said that If the Senator from
New York desired less speaking in the
body he should do less of it him.
SELF" Senator Beverage proposed an
amendment to the tariff bill increas-
ing the tax on tobacco and its prod
ucts, and charged that by continuing
the shortweight packages of the Span
ish war period the tobacco trust was
reaping a harvest of $21,000,000 a
year. The House was not in session.
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The lowering of duties in the case Of
eight or ten classes of wire goods con-
tanned in the steel schedule, upon mo-
tion of Senator Aldrich, in charge of
the tariff bill, gave great encourage
ment Saturday to Senator's who are
advocating a revision downward. With
evident qualification Senator Beveridge
greeted these proposed amendments by
the chairman of the finance commit
tee by declaring: Good, that's making
progress" The entire session of the
Senate was devoted to the steel SEIZED
ule, the section relating to penknives
being under consideration when, at
4:44 p. M, the Senate adjourned to
meet at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
one hour earlier than the Senate has
been beginning business. The House