Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24

Nv expectedly short order the SEN
~ ate today DISPOSED of the lum-
Der schedule and then agreed on the
rates of duty on pineapples.
Mr.. Aldrioh asked that the lumber
schedule receive first attention. He
had no sooner taken his seat than
Senator McCumber. who had been d
persistent advocate of free lumber pre-
sented an amendment reducing the
finance committees rates of $l,5O per
1000 feet on sawed lumber to the mouse
rate of 81 per 1000 feet.
This generally was recognized as
lest proposition. as sawed lumber mas s
been the bone of contention from the
beginning.
The result was against him, and was
another triumph for the Aldrich rates,
the vote standing "a for and A against
house rates.
Another test came on the proposition
to make a rate of S125 per thousand
on lumber with a general change IN the
differentials and on this vote tne
finance committee was also hberaHy
supported.
ductions of about % per cent from the
present rates and increasing the house
rates of the pending bill to about the
same extent was then adopted.
Duty on PineapPles
The house had fixed duty, of
cents per cubic foot on pineapples N
barrels and Of IS per thousand, Dnt tie
senate finance committee reduced thls
rate to cents and 81, respectively
thus restoring the provisions OF the
Dingley law.
Mr.. Taliaferro Of Florida presented
an amendment restoring the house rate,
b,It changing other portions Of sched-
ules so as to require the payment OF
half a cent a pound for pineapples IN
bulk.
Senators smith and Rayner of Mary
land. in whose state there are
large pineapple canning establishments,
made a strenuous fight against the m
crease of the duty. Mr.. Rayner charged
the Republican party with bad 1dlln
in promising to lower tariff duties
After a debate. lasing four hours, the
Taliaferro amendment was adopted, "a
to 80. This was defeat for the nnance
committee, but the amendment was not
strenuously resisted by the cornnltlee,
and several of its members voted
for it.
II had been expected that the coal
schedule would be debated at great
length, but it was passed after niue
more than an hours discussion.
A new. schedule was presented by Mr.
Alirlch, as chairman of the hnahee
committee reducing the house rate on
bituminous coal from 67 cents per ton
to 80 cents and eliminating the house
recip pfocity clause.
Make No Speeches
Without a speech the senate began
voting early on the lumber schedule as
soon as a quorum had been procured.
Whether due to the hot weather or TO
exhaustion of the orators from other
causes, the change was accepted as
good omen by those who are anxious To
crowd the tariff bill to final action and
have the session come to an end.
The first vote was on an amendment
bv Senator McCumber proposing the
rate of 81 a thousand on sawed logs,
instead Of the rate decided on by the
finance committee. which was sl.5O per
thousand The committee was sus-
tanned, "A to "a.
From the beginning of the session
there has been a decided contest over
the lumber rate, and one of the hard
est fights made by the northwestern
senators had been for free lumber The
majority vote against reduction, as
shown by todays test, indicates not
only that the committees schedule Will
remain unchanged from the senate, but
that the sentiment for a protective duty
is so strong there that it will be diff
ficult to change the senate rates in
conference.
When the senate convened at 10
o'clock Mr.. McCumber took the floor
and presented his amendment. To the
surprise of all. no one rose TO speak.
and Senator Frye, always especially
prompt in the chair, Immediately put
the question to a vote.
Vote on Lumber
OF the affirmative votes only ten
were cast by Democrats, as follows:
Bankhead, Clay Davis, Gore, Hughes,
Johnston, McLaurin, Oyerman, Painter
and Tillman.
Mr.. McCumber offered an amend
ment reducing the differentials on
planed or finished lumber 80 1-3 per
cent and reducing the duty on sawed
lumber to $1.25 a thousand feet. He
claimed that modern methods had re-
duced the cost of planning when more
than one side of a board is planed so
that by a single operation and at
nearly the same expense both sides
could be finished
Mr.. Aldrich read a letter from a
Vermont sawmill owner showing that
mills charged four times as much to
tongue and groove and plane a board
on four sides as to plane it on one
side.
Senator Tilman denied that such
difference of cost could exist. He vo-
ciferously chided the Rhode Island
senator, who, he insisted, was 'the
whole senate for not promptly pass
ing the tariff bill.
AS Mr.. Aldrich protested that he
wished to vote IS soon as possible the
South Carolinan added:
when the senator makes state
ment like that / cannot sit here like
an ass as IL / agreed with it when
| 1 know it is not true"
Amendment Rejected
Mr.. McCumber's amendment was re-
Jected 30 to 40.
This WIS a gain of seven. hut as