Evening star., 1909-06-22
AGREED TO BY SENATE
Several Amendments to Tariff
Bill Reported.
BURTON FOR FREE ASPHALT
Consideration of Arsenic Paragraph
Postponed.
JONES IN FAVOR OF A DUTY
Colloquy Between Page and McCum-
Der as to Party Loyalty of Their
Respective States.
JONES IN FAVOR OF A DUTY

When the Senate met today Senator Al
offered amendments to several paragraphs
viously passed over. They were agreed to
by the Senate. the various duties thus
fixed being as follows: Saltpetre half
cent a pound: zinc oxide. containing zinc
but not lead. one cent pound: keene's
cement, or other cement i'm which gypsum
| is component part, from $50 to S14 a
ton, iron. steel or other metal glazed with
vitreous glass. 81, per ton. Asbestos and
chromate of iron were reported for the
| free list. The duty fixed on saltpetre is
| the same as the rate fixed by the House
bill, but the committee originally placed
the article on the free list.
Replying to an inquiry, Mr.. Aldrich
said the specific duties on kcene's cement.
which were graded according to quality.
were intended to be equal to the ad
vaorem duty of 81 per cent provided by
| the House.
Bristow Opposes Increase.
The announcement of the duty of 4J per
| cent recommended by the committee and
adopted by the Senate on iron and stee
glazed with vitreous glass, being an in
crease of ) per cent over the amount rec
commended by the House, called Mr.. Bris-
tow to his feet in remonstrance against
| the increase
duty made the rate of protection less than
| that already provided on the materials
| from which the product was made.
In presenting the paragraph placing as
bestos upon the free list the chairman OF
the finance committee agreed to make a
further investigation upon a suggestion
by Senator Hepburn, who said the as
bestos industry of Idaho had grown to i'm
portant proportions.
Objection was made by Senator Burton
to a change in the duty on asphalt as
suggested Mr.. Burton said he desired to
have that article on the free list, and
would take up the matter later.
Interests of the Farmers.
Senator Tillman called attention to the
desirability in the interest of the farmers
of placing Paris green and London pur-
pie on the free list in connection with
arsenic. and upon suggestion of Mr..
Aldrich he proposed an amendment to
the free list which included them with
arsenic.
Mr. Aldrich's desire to have this para
graph approved met an objection from
Senator Jones of Washington, who
thought duty should be placed on ar
Sen1c, and consideration OF the paragraph
was postponed. The need by farmers of
arsenic as an insecticide, Mr.. Aldrich
suggested had caused the committee TO
agree to it's free admission 10 the country.
Party Loyalty.
A little boasting of the relative amount
of devotion to republican policies on the
part of North Dakota and Vermont ush-
cred in a colloquy between Senators Nc
Cumber and Page. The Vermont sena-
tor thought his state was a little more
simon-pure republican than was North
Dakota and twitted Mr.. McCumber with
the suggestion that North Dakota had
elected a democratic governor two years
ago.
'.Oh. yes!" responded Mr.. McCumber,
with evident reference to the distribution
of protective duties. 1.-The state of Ver-
mont has a little more to encourage her
devotion to the republican cause
Senator Clark of Wyoming, interrupt
ing. declared that Mr.. Page in advocat-
ing free hides wanted the government
to go into partnership with the leather
trust TO beat the beef trust. and all at
the expense of the farmers