The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-09
REPUBLICANS
OENOUNCE THE
TARIFF BILL
BriStoW of Kansas, Bucket of
Nebraska and Others
Mix in Debate.
SENATOR ALDRICH
DEFENDS THE MEASURE
suooT ALSO GETS IN WHEN oP-
poRTUNITY oFFERS-FA-
VORS COMMISSION.

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washington, May S.-The entire =
. z7--fou of the senate today was =
. Consumed with a debate on the -
: schedule Of duties on pig lead and =
: b.. nr1Iucts. The stout opposition -
: rre-eutcd to the adoption of one =
. smaudment recommended by the -
: committee on finance, making the =
: rates similar to those of the Ding Z"
: lev bill. prevented vote being =
. cached before adjournment =
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washington, May S.-As soon as the
-s-H bin was taken up by the senate
-o5sv and section $50, putting duty
~ Oh cents per pound on pig lead was
,-sd Senator BristOw arose to oppose
- increase from H. cents a pound as
divided in the house bill, bat saying
he increased rate would make it equal
+o the rate of the Dingley bill. Mr..
15-is+ov- read from tariff hearings held
t7- the ways and means committee to
show that il was there cOntended that
this Increase If made would neCesSitate
an increase Of duties on other ingredi-
ants that are used in making paint. He
s~gued that the house had been judi
rf7us ID its action.
eft makes no difference what the
-orse did from time to time" said Mr..
.15rfrH. I'VE are here to do justice to
-ris industry in view of the facts in the
.4ee" He added that Mr.. Leishberger,
from whose testimony Mr.. Bristow read,
was trying to break down the whole
lead schedule.
Important to Get Facts.
.Tre facts stated by this witness are
the important things" interpOsed Mr..
Beveridge, "and it makes no difference
what his personal views are on the tar
if or on the aeroplanes. We are here
10 know the facts. and if Mr. Leishoer-
gers testimony is not true we should
know L."
Mr.. Smoot remarked that Mr.. Leish-
berger was d smelterman and a pur-
chaser of lead. and Nj. Bristow retOrt-
eli by saying
The purchaser Of lead has more right
than most men who have lead for sale
lIr. Bristow cOntended that the differ
entail provided by the duty recon-
mended by the committee on finance on
pig lead was greater than the cost Of
smelling, and unwarranted.
smoot Takes Part.
The reading Of the testimony Of Mr..
Brush Of the American Smelling < Re
frfrg company provoked collOquies
among senator's. during which Senators
Smoot and Smith of Michigan suggested
thar he was influenced by his Mexican
interests and by the interests Of his
business so that his testimony should
not be taken as satisfactory.
lIr. SmOOt declared that he knew Mr..
Brush. and had every confidence, he
said. in anything he might say. He
vas liable TO be affected in his views, he
said. and in his opinions by his inter-
--t~ as all men are, but, he added,
whatever ne says. whether on not I'M
Ger oath, I am certain he says what he
honestly believes
Method Condemned.
Dir. Burkztt condemned the method
ur which the committee on finance pre-
pared its bill without hearings
Business men," he said. have had
'7 come here chasing senators up and
down these corridors in an effort to get
hearing
Senator's may think the people are
not Watching this bill But you cannot
ZOO. them on these scheduleS-On lum-
Ger. wire. nails, steel and iron. They
.U." about these things, ana II we are
fu g. out and defend the bill it seems
-' me- we ought 70 have in print the
evidence of men who do know about
these things, and ought not TO be left
90 crop" about in the darkness as we
have had TO DO"
Ha declared that sometimes not even
quorum of the committee was on
hand DO the senate to give information.
am. insisted that whenever he should
-.-. justified he would vote to lower the
Duties nu articles that appeared to De
t1o high
There are whole lot Of people he
sid. "wl0 are more interested in hav-
E this bin made right than i'm having
finished i'm a hurry, and ], for one,
am willing 20 stay here all summer TO
MAKE it absolutely right"
Aldrieh Replies.
Replying to Mr. Burkett. Mr.. Aldrich
said with great earucstness that If the
senate stayed in session until al the
lrf7re understood every schedule IN
Bib they would not only be here
summer. but for ten years.
The Republican members Of the com
i'.1 an finance. Mr.. Aldrich said, had
worked sixteen or eighteen hours daily
. framing their amendments 10 the
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