The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
SENATE Still HAS
WORK TO PERFORM
Strenuous but Vain Efforts to
Finish Schedules of the New
Tariff Bill.
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT
SUBJECTS DISPOSED OF
Cash Registers and Wood Pulp
Are the Subjects That Re-
ceive Attention.

WASHINGTON. June 26-Although
II devoted almost eioht hours to siren
nous efforts in that direction, the SEN
ate today failed to conclude ITS consih-
Grafton of the schedules of the tar1t
bill and when at 5:l5 clock adjourn:
ment was reached, there were still
number of important rates TO be de-
termined. However, number Of pro-
visions were disposed of today.
Among the more important questions
which received attention were agricul-
tural implements, wood pulp, cash reg
listers. lithographic plates, laces and
jute yarns.
One Exciting Incident.
| Probably the most exciting incident
of the day was the vote on Senator
Beveridge s amendment reducing from
| 80 per cent ad valorem to ID per cent
ad valorem the duty on cash registers.
The vote resulted 81 ayes and 80 noes;
Stating after the vote was announced
that several senators had informed hIm
that they had voted against has motion
under a misrepresentation, MI. BeVer-
| idge said he would renew the morlon
at later date.
The wood pulp provision also again
received attention and it was supposed
| il was finally acted upon, until Senator
Clapp taking exception to the retalla-
tory object of the schedule, as
amended stated that he would make
an effort TO have that statement ellmi-
mated before final action should be
taken on the bill, Today's amendments
were in lieu of all previous senate
changes in the schedule. They provide
for the free importation OF mechanl-
cally ground wood pulp except from
countries which place obstacles in the
way of their expectation OF wood or
pulp TO the United States, when upon
proclamation OF the president, duty
of one-twelfth Of one cent pound
NAV be imposed. Retaliation is also
provided against countries exporting
chemical pulp or newspaper print paper
| into the United States No secret Is
made of the fact that these provisions
for retaliation are aimed at Canada
Knock Out Free List.
A motion by Senator Bacon sought
| to place agricultural implements on the
free list, but after much discussion II
was rejected by the decisive vote Of
| 26 to 45.
Other changes made during the day
were as follows:
Increasing TO two and four cents A
pound the duty on hemp; providing for
the free importation until 1912 OF linen
manufacturing machines; increasing 10
the extent of about 10 per cent over
the present law the duties on laces and
embroideries; imposing a duty of 90
per cent on engraved photographic
plates; slightly decreasing the duty on
jute yarns; striking from the free list
the products of petroleum and eliml
mating the house retaliatory provision
regarding wrapper and filler tobacco.
Stone Gets Busy.
When the consideration Of the tariff
bill was resumed in the senate today,
the pending question was the amend
ment offered yesterday by Senator
Bacon, placing agricultural implements
on the free list. Senator Stone of Mis-
souri, Immediately took the floor to
in which he outlined the testimony
taken by the attorney general of Mis-
souri, IN his prosecution of the Inter
national Harvester company. He as
serted that number Of companies had
been merged together to constitute
this trust, declared that it was con
Quoting 80 per cent of the business of
tho country in supplying agricultural
implements, and contended that it was
the denial Of Aldrich. Soon after Mr..
Stone began his speech he was inter
rupted by Senator Davis of Arkansas
with statement that the company had
been driven out of his state by legal
proceedings under the state antitrust
law.
Mr. Stone read statement from At.
torney General Major saying that in
testimony recently given in New York
by George w. Perkins of the firm of
j. P Morgan G. Co., in the Missouri
custer proceedings, Mr.. Perkins had
admitted that through him Morgan d
Co, controlled the entire business of
the company, Mr.. Stone also read
from speech made by former SEN
ferring 10 Mr.. Hansbrough), who
claimed that the International Har-
vester company had attempted TO con-
troll the delegates who were to elect
his successor, with the object of de-
feating him because he had introduced
a resolution in the senate to lnvestl.
gate that corporation.
>'If they were after his scalp,
continued Mr.. Stone, they got it. II
is dangling Mt the monopoly's belt. -
Roast for Attorney General.
"The department. of justice is asleep
or blind, - continued Mr.. Stone, IN re-
ferrirg to the failure Of the attorney
general 60 prosecute the international
Harvester company for violation OF the
Sherman anti trust law. This IS
case in which justice is too blind
blind and dumb and senseless. The
department of justice sits with palsied
hands, but the United States senate at
east should take notice Of this great
criminal corporation
Stating that his inspection Of con.
sular reports had shown that the Inter.
national Harvester company sold lts
products at home cheaper than abroad,
Mr.. Beveridge said this extraordinary
claim led him TO believe it would MOI
be injured by placing agricultural I'M,