The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16
SLIGHT CUTS
MADE ON WIRE
STEEL GOODS
ract HeraIded in Dispatches as
Proof Of Revision
Downward.
cpFECH BY THE BLIND
OKLAHOMA SENATOR
-,e7s As TO THE CHARGE OF
rvTosTIoN AGAINST THE RE-
TALLER OF U. S. DEMANDED.

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TALLER OF U. S. DEMANDED.
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. washington, May l9.-Ihe ioWeI-
: i,r of duties i'm the case Oh eishI
az ten classes Of wire goods con-
: ,si7ed m the steel schedule upon
: notion Of Senator Aldrlch' III
. Ibs-ra Of the tariff bill, gave great :
: eDcoura cement today 10 senator's
: vbo are advocating a revision =
:. 5o0nward. With evident gfaIh
&: cation Senator Beverage greeted
:: t5sse proposed amendments by the ::
!. Chairman Of the finance committee
: by declaring. ill., .-..--.ss ., :.
= GOOD. that's making progress.
. The entire session OF the senate
= was devoted to the steel scheoule'
J, The section relating to penknlVes ::
: being under consideration When
:. he senate adjourned TO meet at =
. 10 o'clock Monday morning, one :
:. hour earlier than the senate has ::
! been beginning business during the :
I, last ten days.
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WASHINGTON, May 15.-As soon as
oporum was announced in the senate
TODAY. Mr.. Gore, the blind senator from
oklahoma. precipitated lively debate
by asking immediate consideration OF
resolution nstructing the committee on
finance % obtain by investigation the
fmp9rt prices Of various articles Of gen
eraI and ordinary consumption, ana
also the wholesale ard retail prices OF
such articles when used III this country.
The object Of the resolution is to de-
tarInine whether the retailers OF the
country are practicing extortion.
IN moving the resolution be referred
TO the committee on finance, Mr.. Hale
said il conferred no new authority on
that committee and could only embar-
rass H.
Facts Are Wanted.
The Oklahoma. senator declared that
the retail dealers had been held up be
fore the country as practcing extortion,
and De wanted 20 have the facts to de-
termine whether that was true.
II retail men are robbers" he said.
they should be held up to the wrath
and execration Of their cOuntrymen."
Mr.. Gore said he had investigated and
found that the pitchers referred to by
Senator Scott as selling at wholesale at
so cents a dozen, Tetailed at Is and
sometimes 10 cents each. instead of %
cents as stated.
Consideration Of the resolution was
postponed until Monday.
"spunk" on Free List.
Mr.. Johnston Of Alabama treated the
ssFif humorously. He congratulated
The majority that it had placed "spunk'
on the free list. and said if there was
more Of that article the Republicans
would make a better tariff bill.
SO far as 1 have observed" said Mr.
Johnston. mot a single Democrat has
advocated protection Cor a single arti-
c'e, and i'm no case, so far as I have
observed, has a proposal been made 70
impose a revenue duty greater than %
FER cent whilst the average rate under
this bin is nearly 45 per cent. Reduc-
Tons have been made in this bill in only
lhree schedules, and IT is noticeable that
Two OF these include articles largely
produced in the south. and in the other
the reduction is less than I per cent.
Protection has enough sins to an
s"er 60 without adding to them unfair
discrimination
Steel Schedule.
When the steel schedule was taken
up Mr.. Aldrich withdrew the amend
ment Of the committee on finance in
cIeasing the duty on structural steel
from three-tenths to four-tenths of a
cent a pound. and the house provision
'I three-tenths of 1 cent a pound was
adopted.
Referring TO this amendment TO this
paragraph not permitting structural
s.el to be assembled when imported
~r. Aldrich said.
The rates Of duty IN this Industry
g@'e been cut nearly one-half. and ]
u1sIe 10 place on record the great ap-
t-shension that We may be committing
try" ''' s'o''' iii' 10
He said the manufacturers of Rel.
sum and Germany may be able under
-7se rates to send in their structural
l' ana steel when they have A sur.
action.
senator's Cummlns. NewIands ane
lllR toouth Carolina) contended that
~ i with the reduced rate the duty
vas too high
Carnegie Quoted,
-aol1s from the testimony Of Mr.
a-IeSle before the wavs and mean,
lllitteo concerning profits i'm IN,
~. ~. industry. Mr. TUlman declared Mr.
s'e had made a vast amount O.
es 10y favoritism I'm legislation. 81.
T.1-ll say by dishonesty" said Mr.
because he has only takeI
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