The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-23
WORK OF CONGRESS-
~ THE SENATE ooMsasrrEE.
The House Returns to . Censaaeraffon
 of the Conference Report . of the Census D1zl.

Washington. April 1S--Independent oil reffners and producers were given hearing by senate committee on fi- nance today in support of resolution adopted by them asking congress to place an ad valorem rate of 50 cents on crude petroleum and all products thereof and also asking that these pro- ducts be excepted from the drawback clause of the Payne tarin bill The oil men were introduced by Represen- tative vreeland of New York The principal speakers were W. W. Tarbell, of Philadelphia. brother of Ida M Tarbell. the magazine writer.
 Mir Franchot asserted that the Stan- dard oil Company produces only eleven percent of the crude petroleum pro duced in the United States while the men represented in the delegation be- fore the committee produced ss percent Mir Chamberlain said the Standard oil Co. refines s2.s percent of all the oil refined in this country. Mir Tarbell emphasized the fact that every other country levied duty upon oil from the United States. He recited in great detail the history of the contest being waged between the Standard Oil Con- pany and the independent producers.
 All of the speakers were questioned by Senators Aldrich. Hale. Shoot and Lodge and the interrogakions were df- rected to an effort to show that it would be In the interest of the Stand petroleum from Mexico free of duty as possible.
 At the conclusion of the hearing the delegation was requested to submit briefs.
 Report on Census Bill.
 The house of representatives today returned to the confederation of the conference report on the census bill but owing to the absepce of . quorum brought before the house by motion of Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana. chair man of the committee on ceusus. who moved that the house insist on dis agreeing to the senate amendments Declaring that he merely desired to learn the opinion of the. house with regard to them, Mir. Sims. of Tennessee moved that the house concur in the senate amendments which require ap- plicants for civil service positions te take their examinations in the State in which they claim residence and the applicant must have been actually dom. iciled in the state for one year priol to the time of the examination. During the debate on the Sims mo. tion. Mr. Wallace. of Arkansas raised the point that no quorum was present Speaker Cannon counted 141 members not sufficient for quorum. and Mir Payne, of New York, immediately moved that the house adjourn. The motion carried and the house at 12:40 p. m. adjourned until Monday. Working for Antf-Graln Btil. Although 1t Is not probable that the anti grain speculation bill. introduced by Representative Scott, will be con- sidered by the house during the present session. the author of the measure Is not relaxing hts efforts to promote ear- iy attention to the measure.
 For a time MT Scott has been under the impression that the placing of wheat on the free list until the Patten corner has been broken would offer remedy for the situation. but upon investigation he has found that the price of wheat in Canada is practically the same as In this country and there would be no inducement for the Cana dian shippers to send their product 10 this country.
 Mir. Scott's bill proposes to reduce grain speculation to the minimum by preventing the use of the malls and tel egraph companies for the purpose of dealing in grain futures
 Consider Tariff. A further consideration of the under standing under which the senate ia canxidertuE atiaesg tariff bill today re- suIted in an agreement by MT. Aidrich that at any time while the measure is being considered for amendment any paragraph in the bill under consioera- tlon may be reverted to ana pc sup fact to any formal parliamentary pro cedure.
 Tha bill was again taken up soon af- fer the senate convened and the read- 1 ing of the measure by paragraphs was continued.