The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-09

Mr. McLaurin placing farmers imple.
ments on the free list, and an amend |
ment by Mr.. Bcveridge, making mop
crative the drawback provision Of the
tariff on tin plate, were successively
lald on the table.
Mr.. Bevcridge explained in champion
ing his amendment, that the Standard
Oil company. during period of twelve
years, had paid 500, 100000 in duties on
tin plate and afterwards upon making
il into oil cans for export had received
that vast amount as drawback.
81 do not offer this amendment be.
cause Of prejudice against the Standard
Oil company, or because OF Its unpopu-
larity." explained Mr.. Beverdge.
He was moved to take this action, he
said. purely as n measure Of protection
TO promote the tin plate industry
E.The United Steel company are the
only people who make tin plate IN the
United States said Mr.. AldrIch, upon
moving to lay the amendment on the
table. Oil was not the only article ex
ported in tin cans, he said. Meats or
the wesi, fish, fruits and vegetables
we're sent abroad that way.
Old Fight Renewed.
a dcluge OF proposed amendments
came from Republicans and Democrats.
the while with automatic regularity.
Mr.. Aldrich caused them to be laid on
the table. 1t appeared that senator's
were practically fighting over in the sen
ate all of the issues that had been con
tested while the bill was in committee
Of the whole.
Efforts of senators were successful in
obtaining increases of duty on sahcylc
acid from ) TO 10 cents a pound; on
steel sheets from 2-10 to $40 OF one
cent pound, and a duty of 30 per
cent ad valorem on nickel sheet strips
and wire Arsenic was taken from the
free list and duty Of two cents
pound was placed upon IT.
Senator Bristow' 5 amendment to elm
mate the color standard in the sugar
schedule was laid on the table, after
he had spoken in its advocacy.
A duty of 21a cents pound was
placed on licoricc; on orange oil, rate
of 81 per cent ad valorem, and on lime,
the present. rate of > cents per one hun
dred pounds was doubled.
Mr. Gore delivered final denuncia-
tion Of the entire system of protection
as exemplified in the bill. He com
pared Mr.. Aldrich 10 the shepherd of
hungry flock, saying that his lambs had
all been tanned until they would eat
out of the hand.
Said he; "Mary had one lamb. and II
followed her to school one day; the
chairman Of the finance committee has
fifty lambs. and they follow him every
day
Suggesting that the president should
promptly veto the tariff bill in fairness
10 his campaign pledge. Mr. Gore sald:
''It might not be so tar reaching IN
prophecy to say that the next president
OF the United States may be an Afri-
can. -
This adroIt reference TO Mr.. Roosc-
welt was received with laughter.
AS to Broken Promises.
The failure of the senate 10 keep the
promise made to the people by the Re,
publican party respecting a revision OF
the tariff downward, was the theme of
Senator Beverldgc as the debate on the
pending bill was drawing to a close.
"Our votes he said, shall be cast
in harmony with our partys pledges as
voiced by our party leader and the ma
tional president.
Suggesting that the insurgents
would cast their votes on tho final pas
sage of the bill in conformity with their
previous action, Mr.. Bevendge said
they would do so. as a notice to the
conferees to bring back a bill in which
there should be decreases of duties.
Mr. Bevcridge was answered by Mr.
Aldrich, who said he had often seen
men interpret their own Judgment as
the Judgment Of their party.
''The Republican party Is party
of maiorities,' - he added. "and the
views of the majority in matters cf leg
islation control party policies. The sell
ator from Indiana does not speak Tor
the Republican party. He has no night
TO call here the name of the president
OF the United States in support OF any
suggestion which he has made.
Mr., Aldrich declared that the pending
bill was fulfllment of the party 5
pledges. If senators wished to vote
against the bill. he said, they should not
attempt to speak for their party.
~ have listened with deep interest TO
the fearful aud prophetic funeral ora
tion,n said Mr.. Stone, from the Demo
cratic side Of the chamber. He de-
clared il reminded him of the old hymn,
s'Hark from the Tomb Doleful
Sound.
Fighting to the Last.
! Mr.. Crawford delivered vigorous
protest against any attempt on the part
Of Chairman Aldrich to prevent RepuD-
lican senators from the exercise of their
| judgment:
! from Rhode Island to read the state of
Minnesota out of the Republican par
tv.' said Mr.. Nelson. amid applause,
which called down the gavel of the vice
president with an announcement that
such expressions were not permitted.
| He said he did not care to be lectured
! by the senator from Rhode Island.
The bill was then put on its passage
and passed, 40 10 81.
Upon motion of Mr.. Aldrich, the vice"