The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-23
SENATE WORKS ON
TARIFF MEASURE
Chief Feature of the Day Is Tilt
Between Senator's Bailey
and Aldrich.
Is REPUBLICAN PARTY
KEEPING IT'S PLEDGES?
Ancient, but the Eyer-Living,
North and South" Question
Is Dragged In.

WASHINGTON, April pa fur
tber consideration of The understanding
under which the senate is considering
the tariff bin today resulted in an
agreement by Mr.. Aldrich that at any
time while the measure was being con
sidered for amendment any paragraph
in the bill under consideration might
be reverted to and be subject TO amend
mcnt without the necessity Of resorting
to any formal parliamentary proceed
urc
The bill was taken up soon after the
senate convened.
The consideration Of tho duty ou gas
retoTts caused an oratorcal explosion.
The committee on finance had increased
the rates on these articles from 81, as
provided III the house bill. to 50 per
cent ad yalorcm. The new duty being
on large retorts three times the amount
levied by the house bill and the pres
ent law.
This course was denounced by Mr..
Bailey as evidence of failure Of the
Republican party TO keep faith with
the people in their demand for a re-
vision Of the tariff downward,
Reason for Measure.
Mr.. Aldrich explained that the spc-
cific duty of SO was upon small rctorts,
aud that the practice Of building large
ones had made necessary a change Of
the duty to an ad yalorem rate. He
challenged tho senator from Texas to
show that the Republican party had
been pledged 20 revision Of the tariff
" downward -
>: The Republican party, said Mr..
Aldricb, "agreed TO revise the tariff
on the basis of rates cqualling the diff
feronce in cost Of production in this
country and abroad
Mr.. Bailey insisted there was an uu-
derstanding in the country before the
last election that the Republican party
would revise the tariff downward, 9th.
crwise, he declared, the house would
have become Democratic.
- The people. SAID Mr.. Aldrich,
understood that the Republican party
WIS party of protection bound TO re
wise the tariff from the protective
standpoint. If any paragraph, in this
bill can give protection equal tn the
cost of production | am for IN amend
ment of the bill IN that respect
Mr.. Nelson called attention 10 rec
ords showing that even under tho S3
specific duty in 1907 only 6fty-6vc gas
retortS wcrc imported valued mt $1,000
yielding AN income OF only about Sl60
year.
That. he claimed, showed the old duty
was prohibitivc and hr thought condi-
tionS did not warrant an increase.
Quotes Taft's Views.
Mr.. Bailey read from President
Taft 5 Inauguration address 10 show
that he had favored lowor duties. and
Mr. Aldricb responded that the pending
bin proposed to fulfill that pledge alb
solutelv.
81 went into the Union army before
/ was twcntv-onc. and have been II
Republican ever since" declared Mr
Aldrich. in a colloquy with Mr.. Bailey.
Mr.. Aldrich asserted that practically
none of the Union soldiers north of
Mason aud Dixie s line had boon Dem
ocrats after the war.
Mr.. Bailey replied that great inius-
ticc had been done TO hundreds of thou
sands of Democrats who had come 10
the aid of the north in the struggle OF
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