The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-12
AMENDMENTS
OF COMMITTEE
PASS MUSTER
So Far Senator AldriCh Seems
10 Have the Situation
Well in Hand.
DIFFERENT SCALE OF
ZINC DUTIES COMING
.e SCOTT MAKES A PLEA FOR
The GLASS INDUSTRY AND
EXHIBITS THE GOODS.

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u-sebinqton. May 11.-Substan- =
j. ss1 orogrcss was made in the con- ::
: Iteration Of the tariff bill today, :.
!: he amendments of the committee =
: C1 Ausnce being upheld in the SEN :
A.. sto bv substantial majOrities. ::
. A feature of the session was -
: general discussion concerning the =
=. Great disparity between wholesale =
-. md retail prices. Republican =
q: senator's declared this difference ::
. was so great as to demonstrate -
: mat the duty levied by a protec- :.
- tive tariff had small effect on the =
!. price paid by the consumer.
=. This feature of the discussion -
d. o-ss nrecipftated by Senator Scott, -
;, bir1seif a glass manufacturer. The -
:. schedule covering the products of =
:. lead was passed over upon the sug- -
q: rsstion Of Senator Aldrich, because =
!. he said the finance committee de -
: sired to make some changes in the -
= duties as previously recommended =
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Washington. May u.--As soon as the
.sriT bill was taken up i'm the senate
t1Jsv Nfr. Aldrich stated that the COM
ruittee on finance would submit to the
senate q different scale Of duties on zinc
ore and products Of zinc, and asked
that the schedule as we'll as sections
Enacted on. relating to lead products,
be passed over for the present.
The request was conceded, Mr.. Bris-
Tow announcing that when the white
lead schedule should be reached he
would wish TO be heard on it.
The committees amendment striking
out the house duty OF one-half Of 1 cent
per pound on refined nitrate of salt
peter was agreed to. II is understood
that that product viii be placed on the
free list.
Another Boost Agreed To.
AIr. AIdrich then requested an agree
ulent to the committee amendment in
creasing the duty on all salts of san
tonin from so cents to 81, stating that
the proposed duty was the rate of both
the Dingley and the German bills.
But few senator's were present. and
Nr. Overman suggested the absence of
quorum, a roll call bringing into the
chamber sixty-one senator's The sec
ton relating to salts of santonin was
then agreed to as enacted.
On motion Of Mr.. Aldrich. the section
relating to soap was amended so as to
place a duty of 80 per cent ad valorem
on perfumed soap, which, he said, was
Tor revenue purposes
The house provision on sulphur was
further amended so as to place crude
sulphur on the free list and to provide
for a duty Of 81 a ton on refined sui
phur. the present law and the house bill
providing for a duty Of Sc ton.
Articles Passed over.
The section relating to limestone rock
asphalt was at first amended by reduc-
ing the duty 50 per cent under the pres
e1t law. but later. on motion Of Mr.
Beyeridge, who suggested that perhaps
that article should go on the free list.
the paragraph was temporarily passed
over.
The schedule relating 10 mica was
also passed over. Mr.. Aldrich saying
The committee desired to reconsider
mat paragraph as 1t was not now sat
'S1ed whether the duty should be in
creased or whether the article should
Pc placed on the free list
Chinswsre and Esrthenware.
When the schedules relating TO china
we and carthenw9re were reached
I- CUmmins suggested that tWo-thirds
the ChinaWare was imported while
NJ per cent of the earthenware used
'ts Of domestic manufacture, and
--de1 that he proposed later TO Offer
an amendment % reduce the rate on
t5rihenware. Mr.. Aldrich said that the
TWO articles had been classified togeth-
q. and given the same duty since 1855
even the Wilson bin making nc change
h classification.
As a result OF an understanding
reached after q discussion of the paTlia-
Aentary status of the bill, hereafter the
senate as I'm committee OF the whole
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