The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-30
SENATE BOOSTING
DUTIES CONSIDERED
Taxes on Barley, Hops, Potatoes
and Oysters Are All Set a
Notch Higher.
ACTION OF GERMANY
Is GIVEN A SCORING
Question as to Why Report on
Wages Was Not Made Pub
lie Discussed.

NASII NGTON, May 29.-Durlng
two hours before adjournment today
the senate made moro real progress in
the adoption Of tariff schedules pre-
viously passed than has been usual dur
ing an entire day. Despite protests
voiced by Senators Bevcridge and
Root, the duty on barley was increased
from % cents bushel, as proposed by
the house, TO 30 cents. as recommended
by the committee on finance, The tax
on hops was advanced, The house had
made the duty 10 cents, while the com
mittce on finance had formerly adj
vanced it to Is cents. Today the COM
mittee brought in an additional amend
ment making the rate 20 cents. The
| duty on potatoes was made 30 cents
per busbel, instead Of % cents. and
oysters in the shell were advanced from
q of a cent pound TO % per cent.
The increase in the rate on oysters
was made on motion of Senator Piles,
who has an industry in bivalves to pro-
tect against Canadian competition.
Squabble Over Lemons.
That there should be a duty Of 20
! per cent on raw cotton merely for reve-
| nue. was advocated by Senator Bacon.
| Mr.. Root spoke for the New York
| lemon consumers, insisting that the
rate of liz cents per pound, as hXed
| by the finance committee. was too
! high. Mr.. Flint, speaking for the
lemon growers, supported the advance,
and said the lemon industry of Calltor'
! mia would he wiped out if this duty
| was not levied The schedule was still
under discussion when the senate adj
iourned. Mr.. Flint gave full ac'
count of the California lemon industry.
Germany in the Game.
The report sent by the German gov
! crnment showing wages III Germany
! ,yas the subject of extended debate for
| more than two hours. Mr.. Aidr1ch,
| disayowing any intention to be severe
! in his Characterization, intlmated that
| the statement was 'lmpertlnent;
| After considerable acrimonious debate,
a message from President Iaft enoeo
! the discussion, as it accompanied the
| yerv statement on German wages that
had been discussed. Mr.. Aldrlch say"
! ing he would promptly have II trans
| lated into English, and assurance was
| given that it would soon be printed for
| the information of everyone
Aldrich Roasts Germans.
Senator Aldrich denounced as I'M
ner,inent' the efforts Of the German
Government TO influence American ta-
riff legislation by supplying anonymous
information as to wages Pald GERMAN
workmen. His characterization fol-
lowed a statement by senator Uepe"
intimatinp that German manufacturers
were striving to influence congress
through the German government and
| American importers of German goods.
The reply of the president to re"
quest Of the senate calling for state.
/ ment as TO wages in Germany proved
the signal for this animated discussion
as soon as the senate assembled TO-DAY.
| The president stated in his message that
the document in question had been sent
to the finance committee on Aprll 10;
| Senator Nelson. going TO the desk OF
the vice president, took the president S
brief message. and as he held it in his
hand. asked that the statement referred
to be printed as senate document.
Occasion for Surprise.
81 am surprised said Mr.. Nelson,
that the finance committee has WITH
held that report.
'!E have made some investigation as
to the character of that report, re-
! piled Mr.. Aldrich land find that
II consists of statements by certain
boards of trade of Germany transmit
ting ANONYMOUS testimony or manufac-
turers IN answer to statements made
before n committee Of congress.
81 am willing that this document
should he printed
Mr.. Depcw spoke Of the Importance
of the business before congress, and
asserted that II was purely an AMER,
can question. fct, ne saio, VIC
6nd that foreign governments are en-
tering the senate chamber for the OBJ
strucfion of legislation for which the
president has called an extra session.
Continuing. the New York senator
said:
"EI am told that Prince Won Buelow
has sent to his government an nnony
NOUS statement, so IN detail that II
has ronc even into the question OF
razors Then l am told that il has
been nut up by the German govern
ment into the hands of importers and
they have put il into the hands of
senators with free trade tendencies
The question which arises far above
that Of political party. rs the lnfor-
nation was sent to the, stale depart
ment under the seal of the German
government,
La Toilette S Statement.
Mr.. La Toilette, declaring that the |
senate was entitled TO such lnforma-
ton. said he had been informed that |
tho fact that the report had not been
given to the senate for it's considera. |
fion had been the subject of criticism
and some feeling on the part Of the |
German government, as 1T contained IN
formation in response TO request of !
this government Mr.. La Fo]lctte de-
clared that rs received the statement
concerning wages in Germany had been
signed by the German manufacturers
supplying it, but that the signatures
had been erased
Mr.. Aldrch then explained that the
statement had been transmitted by the
German government on the condition
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