Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-02

Work Of Congress ;


The senate Saturday covered a null
titulp Of subjects in connection with
the tariff, but made final disposition or
nothing Of importance. Beginning at
10 o'clock the income and corporation
tax questions received attention or
some time and ultimately were post
,rnr3, with the understanding that
they should not be taken up again un'
til after the tariff provisions proper
should be finally settled. Senate AL
drich r1ughl in the committee amend
mpnt to tn wood pulp paragraph,
which pr0"al to be a provision 10Y
doubling the duty on wood pulp coIn
ing from countries which undertake to
prohibit the expectation OF logs 10 thls
country, Senator BevrvidGe presented
ON nmpDlMpnl for the cutting in TWO
of the House ad valorem duty on cash
r,.i.'rrs Mr.. Aldrich also presented
th,, fnanre committees provision FOL
4 duty on hides. All these measures
were brought to the attention OF the
Srnatc. hut so far as action was con
cern,I were left at the close OF the
d,v where they stood at the begin
ming. The House was rot IN SESSION
The am~udment of the Senate com
r,i,tce on finance taking hides lror1
the free lis; and restoring the DING
lev law Of t. per cent ad val0rem WAS
before the Senate all day Monday
Senator Warren Of Wyoming and Sen
- 1HLrt,p. S,ITIknrtni ne
provision and in vigorous language at
tackled the attitude Of the free moe
advocates. while Senator Page OF Yer
mont defended the action OF the House
in placing hides on the free ISL II
slprort of free hides Mr.. Page con
tended that the adoption OF such
polirv would not injure the armers
while at the same time 1t would be q
vast benefit to the leather
turers. He said the beef trust garner
ed all the profits on hides from what
ever source. Awaiting themselves O
the presence of a quorum, the leader
of the House obtained action p
several important matters. Princlpa
among these was the conference repor
on the bill providing for the takln:
of the thirteenth census, n Win re
spect to that measure the debate hing
ed on the Senate amendment reQulrhl;
that applicants for appointment mus
take the examinations in the state
or Territories in which they PROBES
to live and that they must have ma
at least one years actual donlCli
therein previous to such examination
The amendment was c~oncurred IN, ou
all other amendments were disagree
to and the bill was again sent to COL
ference. The Senate resolution PROVO
inc for the continuance of u~nexpende
balances in connection with certal
river and harbor improvements ais
was adopted after lively discussion
At 5:o4 D. m. the House adjourned uI
til Thursday.
Nv a vote of 46 to 80 the Senat
Tuesday took hides from the free lis
where they had been placed by tn
House. and gave them a duty Of Is pc
cent ad valorem, the same as unde
the Dingley law. Just before adjourn
ment for the day at 7 o'clock Senate
Aldrich. on behalf of the finance con
mittee, presented the committees n1
lumber schedule and also a number G
amendments relating to linoleum an
oilcloth. The committee proposed
rate of $3.50 per thousand on save
lumber which is a 50-cent increas
over the House rate. Neither h luH
Der nor linoleum schedule was acte
uDon. The House was not In session
-
The Senate made short shrift OF se'
eral provisions in the tariff bill We(
nesday. An amendment for "dolla
lumber" was defeated, as was a NOV
for free lumber, and the finance con
mittee's proposition for $3.50 a tho'
sand on sawed lumber was adopted
"a to A. The finance committees pr
vision reducing the House rates O
pineapples to the old Dingley c
ule was defeated, and Senator Tall;
ferro's amendment raising the rat
above that in the House bill was adop
ed. Senator Aldrich's committee wo
a fight on their coal rates, which lo7
cred the House rate on b1tum1not
coal from CT to 60 cents q ton an
eliminated the reciprocity clause A
tempts were made to lower h rat
still further and to have coal free. bC
were defeated. The House was not