The sun., 1909-06-27
TARIFF DEBATE is ENDING
SENATE HAS ONLY A FEW FAC
lends LEFT TO CONSIDER.
Pablishers win Their Wood Pulp Fight
NO Free Admission for Agricul-
tural Implements-Cash ReEisters
Duty Not Reduced Free List Entries.

buDiuuCtu VoOu Etbti
NO Free Admission for Asricul
turai Impi iements-Cash Register
Duty Not Reiuced-Free List Entries
wAsHNoToN June 2e.-The oonsidera
practically completed when the Senat
adjourned at o'clock this afternoon
Some OF the paragraphs already disposed
Of are subject to reconsideration in cas-
any Senator desires to reopen them.
Mr.. Aldrich announced that the onl!
schedules which remained unsettled ar
those relating to cotton bagging, cottol
ties. binding twine and structural iron
These will probably be disposed Of withou
much debate on Monday. AS soon a
they are out Of the way the consideration
Of the corporation tax amendment viii
be begun.
The first three hours of to-day's session
was devoted to oratory. Senator Stone
Of Missouri made n plea for free agri
cultural implements and denounced the
harvester trust Senator Davis de
nounoed the tariff bill. condemned tt
author, Senator Aldrich. and also took q
ehot at his Democratic colleagues who
repudiated the Democrat platform
But then the Senate got down 10 business
and worked hard for four hours in spite
Of the intense heat.
The first vote came on an amendment by
Senator Bacon proposing the free admis-
sion Of agricultural implements, 1t was
voted down, 20 ayes to As noes, and the
paragraph imposing a 10 per cent. ad
valorem duty on farm implements was
adopted. The provision Of the House bill
allowing the free importation of agri-
cultural implemen nts. from countries which
do not tax like articles imported from the
United States was stricken out.
Wood pulp was the next subject taken
up and two amendments offered by
Senator Brown Of Nebraska were adopted.
Mr.. Brown has BEEN the leader in the fight
for free wood pulp and print paper during
tho present session. His amendments,
which were agreed to by Mr.. Aldrich,
were adopted without much debate.
The first. fixing the rates. was as follows,
the notifications being Insertions Of the
words which appear Ia parentheses:
pChemical wood pulp. ttnblepohed, one
siHth of one cent per pound. dry weight;
blsached. one-fourth So6 one cent per
pound, dry wright. Mechanically ground
wood pulp shall be- admitted free of
duty, provided that;sn the President
shall (ascertain and) make proclamation
(to that effect) thst'l any country. de-
pendency. province or any subdivision
thereof. has unduly Disseminated against
tho United States by the imposition OF
an export duty or other export charge
OF any kind whatsoever upon any pulp
wood. wood fpulpYor printing paper ex-
ported into the United States. or has
forbidden or unfairly restricted the
expectation thereof in any WY, either
directly or indirectly. thereupon and
thereafter there shah" be imposed upon
all mechanically ground wood pulp a
duty Of one-twelfth Of one cent per pound.
dry weight; an additional duty upon
chemical wood pulp. unbleached. OF one
sixth q one cent per pound dry weight;
and upon chemical wood pulp. bleached.
Of one-fourth Of one cent per pound. dry
weight. when imported from such coun-
try, dependency, province or any sub
division thereof into the United States"
The second amendment is retaliatory
In Its nature and was designed to prevent
Canada or any province OF Canada
from prohibiting or restricting in any
way the exportaton OF puiD wood or
wood PULP to the United S.etes. 1t read;
Provided that II the President shall
ascertain and) make proclamation ito
province or any sub division thereof,
has unduly Disseminated against the
United States by the imposition OF an
export duty or other export charge of
any kind whatsoever upon any pulp wood,
wood pulp or printing paper exported
into the United States, or has forbidden
or funsairlyi restricted the expectation
thereof into the United States in anv way,
thereupon and thereafter there shall be
imposed upon all printing paper valued
at three cents per pound or less an ad-
ditionel duty equal to the rate imposed
by tiie section upon such paDer when inn
ported from such country. dependency,
province or any subdivision thereof
'nte the United States. ..-..-
John Norris OF New York. who has
been at the head Of the fight led by the
announced this afternoon
before leaving Washington after learning
that the Brown amendments had been
adopted that the publishers had won
svesythins Tor which they had been oon-
Of the duty on print paper.
We will get that before we are through
said he. .for confidently believe the con-
ference committee will reduce the rate
from 81, as fixed in the Senate bill. to 50
As given by the House bill
An amendment offered by Senator
Beveridge to reduce the duty on cash
registers from 30 per cent. to Is per cent.
ad valorem provoked lively debate.
Mr.. Beveridge attacked the National
Cash Register Company. on the ground
for the same size and style machine In
thu country than was charged In England.
Senators Burton and Dick defended the
company, which is an Ohio corporation.
Mr.. Burton declared that Senator
Beveridge received the information In
his speech Of last Saturday attacking
the cash register company from a well
known lawyer who was attorney for q
competing cash register concern. Sena-
tor Beveridge replied that Mr.. Burton
knew the source Of his information and
and reputable man. Mr.. Burton ad-
mit*ed that Mr.. Beveridge's informant
was . reputable attorney, but insisted
thst his business relations with a COM
peting cash register company were such
a. 10 bias his Judgment for the National
Cash Register Company.
Senator Burton said the name would
como out but he did not care to make any
statement further than to say that he
but as politician. Mr.. McLaurin wanted
to know whether the lawyer-politician
was a Democrat or Republican. The
person referred to- II Is understood, was
Arthur l. Vorys. former political man
ager for President Taft. Mr.. Beveridg dge's