The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-19


| Mr. Stone endeayored to show that
the statement made by Mr.. Smoot yes
| teTday regarding the razor industries
was incorrect, and Mr.. Smoot corrected
his statement in some particulars Mr.. /
stone read several kilograms exchanged
| between himself and a cutlery manu- |
facturer which purported &c show that
imported razors costing As cents, retail
in this country for 81. Mr.. Smoot OF /
fered in evidence three razors and in
voice showing that their cost was AZ
cents each to the importer, and that
they were marked to sell at - each al
retail
Republicans Who Voted Nay.
The Republicans voting in the mega
tive with the Democrats on Mr.. Stones
amendment were Beveridge, BristoW'
Brown. Clapp. Crawford. Cummins'
tGamble. LaFollette and Nelson.
on an amendment offered by Mr. Ba-
con reducing the rates on the section re-
lating 10 knives, razors, scissors etc
below the rates of the Dingley Dill.
nearly all the Republicans VINO hau
voted i'm favor of reduction to the lever
of the Dingley rates voted no, the
amendment being rejected by vote OF
% TO 81. Senators Clapp and LaFonette
alone Of the Republicans voting with
the Democrats.
ON table and butcher knives etc, the
committee had reduced the rates OF the
Dingley law about 30 per cent, and Mr.
Bacon sought by amendment still fur-
Their TO reduce them, which secured no
support from low tariff Republicans
being rejected by d vote Of % to 81.
The requirement for making cutlery
with the name Of the foreign manufae-
turer or the importer was by amend
ment made TO go into operation Oct. 1,
1909.
Duty on Wire Nails.
The section levying d duty Of from
One-ouarter to one-half a cent pound
on wire nails was objected 10 by Mr..
Oliver. who said the rates were too low.
Mr.. Aldrich said the finance committee
was considering a further amendment,
. which would be reported later.
The committee had increased the duty
on needles to S1.25 per thousand and %
: Der cent ad valOrem. which Mr.. CALM
ger declared was 50 low that foreign
needles were driving the American arti-
Gle out Of the market. The paragraph
was adopted Mr.. Aldrich said he would
5 look into the need for additional du-
o ties.
An increase of , per cent on the house
[ duty on steel plates. and increases on
! wood screws of various sizes were
! adopted The adoption of committee
amendments without aye and nay votes
being called for. proceeded rapidly un-
til the section relating to umbrella and
5 parasoI ribs and stretehers was reached,
Y and then Mr.. Dolliver objected to any
D increase.
a Opening a package of umbrella
ID frames. Mr. PenTOse stated that one Of
the classes Of frames was sold to the
trade for 4 cents and another for IL
, cents.
L Mr.. Penrose said the Germans would
!, drive the domestic manufactures out Of
:. the market unless greater protection
o was afforded. The committee rates
IS were sustained.
Protection for Antinony.
/ That the duty of cent per pound on
. anthony contained in ore, and Ia
: cents per pound on anthony, as recon-
= mended by the committee, would revive
= d dead mining industry. was declared
by Senator Dixon. who added that the
duty ought to be higher.
- Mr.. Dixon said the anthony market
= was controlled by the trust in London
T and that the United States is dependent
) upon d foreign market for this metal
II which il uses in its ammunition. The
le committee recommendations were
Y adopted.
= Mr. Aldrich moved additional amend
4 ments cutting the rates to 10 instead OF
/ u cents per pound on bronze powder
G etc, as provided by the house bill, to
r instead of 10 cents or tinsel wire, and
to instead of 10 cents per pound OF
p bullion and metal thread.
"a 1.-THE insurgents" and the Democrat,
seemed overjOyed at the tendenc!
"a downward. Then came an amendmen
IL increasing a ia te from 10. as fOrmerl
b recommended by the committee, TO 1
cents per pound. and there was gen
raj laugh at the expense of Chairman
Aldrich, who was called upon TO explain
s. the change of direction OF the rates n
q was reporting.
z Aldrich Explains.
Air. Aldrich said the articles on whic
81 the increase wa proposed were goi
b threads used for ornament. and n
= added that the ate ON tinscl used U
d Christmas trees vas included in IN
articles on which the rate was reduced
Section 1Sl. dealing with metallic min
eral substances in q crude state, va
passed over. MIR. Burton said he want
ed an increase of the rates on the crud
article.
The paragraph relating TO watche
s. was adopted, with an amendment Re
curing the name of the country {
b manufacture and the name of IN
81 maker to be indeliby placed on III
movements. Mr.. Beverage indicate
that the provision would be conteste
q when the bill was considered as
B whole.
Additional amendments were reporte
to the section relating to zinc ore. II
stead of a duty of I cent a pound q
the zinc in the ore without regard
- the percentage of metal obtained.
formerly proposed by the committee
. duty of Il of a cent a pound to 1 cel
a pound, according to the percentage
metal contained in the ore. was pr
posad This SprffOn was adOpfed Wi,