Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-04-23
TARIFF FIGHT
ON IN EARNEST
Attack on MANY
Schedules is An
ticipated.
COMPROMISE ON ZINC ORE
Senator Root Addresses Ar.
bitration Congress...Other
Capital Notes.

washington, w ~. u, - pm -o,-Nedu-
/ ing of the tariff bill Is being resumed
in the Senate today. Numerous re-
| quests were made by both Republic
cans and Democrats for the passing
| over of various schedules although an
| agreement previously made is that
such action Is not necessary in order
/ to permit Senator to enter and OBJ.
tain vote on any amendment. The
| requests made that number of
schedules be passed over and the sug.
gestions of various Senators, indicted
mat more than one-half of the rates
under wood. sugar, tobacco, agricul.
tural and other schedules would come
to exercise his judgment without re-
gard to the claims of either side.
Indications are that an agreement
may be reached whereby ore will be
made dutiable at One-haif cent per
pound and ore containing % per cent
or less, zinc be admitted free.
Fight Over Duty on Zinc.
washington, Apr. 23.-Jophn, Mis-
souri,, zinc producers and representa-
tives of the American smelters are ar
rayed against each other at hearing
today by Senator Smoot to whom the
zinc schedules were referred by the
Senate Finance Committee The
smelters cOntended that the proposi-
ton to transfer zinc ore from the
free list and make it dutiable at
cent per pound, would result in Mexi-
can ore being shipped to Belgium for
smelling and tnat the American mills
would be driven out OF business SO
far as smelling is concerned. Smoot
told the different interests he would
have to exercise his Judgment with
out regard to the claims of either
side. Indications are that an agree
ment may be reached whereby ore
will be made dutiable at one-half
cent per pound and ore containing
20 per cent or less zinc be admitted
free
Pumping Plant for Deming.
Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, Aprl 23.-Under the
bill introduced today by Delegate W.
H. Andrews, the Secretary of the
Treasury is ordered to eXpend $500,
600 for an electrical power plant at
Deming for pumping and irrigation
purposes in the Mlmbres valley. The
purchase of the site and the con-
struction of the plant are to be un-
der the supervision of the director OF
the Reclamation Service The bill
was referred to the committee on IT.
rigatiOn. II
Delegate Cameron of Arizona has
introduced a bill to create another
customs district in Arizona, with
customs house at Nogales. the Gus
toms collector at Nogales to have
a salary of $1,000 year. He also
introduced bill setting aside tract
of land in the San Francisco Forest
Reserve near Flagstaff for observa-
tory purposes.
Restoring Vast Areas of Public Entry.
Washington, April 23.-Secretary
Ballinger of the interior department
issued a statement showing that dur
ing the last two weeks he has re-
stored to public entry and settlement
1,170,920 acres of land which had
been Withdrawn from settlement dur
ing the closing months of the admins
tration of his predecessor. Some Of
the lands SO restored were withdrawn
in connection with government irriga.
ton enterprises, but the bulk of them
We're withdrawn under the so-called
conservation of water resources, on
the recommendation of the conserva-
tion commission. The restoration of
lands withdrawn for conservation of
water resources are enumerated by
Secretary Ballinger as follows:
-Four hundred thirty-nine thousand
acres in connection with Owyhee
river, Oregon; 100000 acres in con-
necyiOn with the Missouri river in
Montana, $1,000 acres in connection
with the Flathead river, Montana;
100000 in connection with the Colo
RADIO river in Utah
In connection with the reclamation
service projects the following restora.
tions OF lands have been made: Sew
enty thousand acres in connection
with the Grand valley project, Utah,
$4,000 acres in connection with the
Yellowstone project, Montana.
The fact that these immense with
drawals Of public lands were made
for conservation Of water resources
occasions considerable surprise, for
until the publication Of their restora-
ton to entry 1t was not publicly OF