Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON

TO 50, the recommendation of its
hnance committee by declining to re-
duce by quarter Of cent a pound
the duty on t'pig lead," thereby In
dicating the majority's voting
strength on important tariff schedules.
Export duties on certain articles
are provided for revenue raising pur-
poses in the Philippine tarin bill,
which was reported to the House by
the ways and means committee.
A commission Of lunacy probably
viii be asked for by the defense, it
was announced, to inquire into the
sanity Of ]. C. Davis, the Washington
lawyer, who with his brother. NJ. C.
Davis, was arrested here on Saturday
on charges Of swindIing, involving
nearly q quarter Of million dollars.
President Taft continues to follow
his avowed policy Of selecting those
he considers to be the best men to
I'LL Important Fedesa1 offices. ire
speatite Of their political faith, III
sending to the Senate tie nonainaion
Of Hehry Groves Go1nor, Democrat,
to be United States Judge for the east
ern district Of North Carolina.
After several hours spent in the
Senate Wednesday in discussing the
window glass schedule Of the tariff
bill, Senator Aldrich asked that that
paragraph be passed over. Some 9TH
er sections relating to glass manufac-
tured articles, that previously had
been passe dover, were agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to tho consid-
ersti0n of passed over SECTIONS until
I the iron ore paragraph was reached,
| when Senator Crawford spoke at
length upon the lack Of wisdom Of
any tariff that encouraged the ex-
haustion Of natural resources, which
could not readily be reproduced. He
insisted that there should be no tariff
on iron ore, oil, lumber and coal.
| Early in the session, Senator Payn-
ter spoke at length in favor of the
removal of the duty Of six cents a
pound upon leaf tobacco as means
for freeing the tobacco growers from
the control Of the tobacco trust.
Senator Simmons offered an amend
ment to the window glass schedule of
the tariff bill, reducing the rates be-
low those suggested by Senaor Cum
Minis in his amendment to the same
paragraph Tuesday.
"The rates proposed by you are the
rates Of the Wilson bill, are the,
not 90 inquired Mr.. Aldrich, address
ing the Senator from North Carolina
"Well," replied Mr.. Simmons
smiling and hesitating, "that shoule
not be an argument against them.
think If that is the case it would
: rather be a commendation.
Substantial progress was made il
the consideration of the tariff Tues
: day, the amendments of the com
mittee on finance being upheld by th'
Senate by substantial maiorities.
A feature of the days session wa
a general discussion concerning tn
great disparity between wholesal
and retail prices Of commodities. Re
publican Senators declared that thi
difference was so great as to demon
strate that the duty levied by a pro
( tective tariff had small effect on tn
price paid by Zoe consumer.
This feature of the discussion wa
precipitated by Senator Scott, him
self glass manufacturer.
The schedule covering the product
Of lead was passed over on the sue
gestion of Senator Aldrich because
f he said, the finance committee desire
n to make some changes in the dutie
i as previously recommended.
e On motion of Mr.. Aldrich the sex
$ tion relating to soap was amended S
J as to place duty of SO per cent a
: xalorem on perfumed soap.
e The House provision on sulphu
q was further amended so as to plae
t crude sulphur on the free list and I
$, provide for duty Of 81 ton on n
fined sulphur.
e. Speaking in favor Of reduction {
v the duties on stone and earthenWa1
4, as a means Of giving the people gel
n erally cheaper goods Of that kin
It Mr.. Bacon offered an amendment r
f ducing the rate from 60 to 35 p'
1t cent ad valorem. e.
L Mr.. Bacon's s amendment was d
IS feated by vote Of 25 to "a, Senate
= LaFonette being the only Republics
who voted in the affirmative with Il
Democrats.