The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

After considering the maximum rate
features OF the pending tarin BIZ for
i've hours yesterday. the Senate. by a
vote OF IS 70 IS. adopted the report Of the
Finance Committee recommending an ad-
ditional duty Of . per cent on every
I product OF a country which Disseminated
against the United states
| Various unsuccessful attempts TO amend
the committee paragraph were made. but
/ none Of them was successful except n
so far as the proposals were agreeabls
10 Chairman AIdrich. The most iHpor-
I tant amendment was that knocking our
the proposed duty OF cents a pound on
coffee and 10 cents a pound on tea.
1 Senator Poot opposed the retention %
I those duties he talked eloquently %
the cordial relations that existed between
+ the United States and Brazil. which hs
hoped would not be disturbed. As Bra
III IS the principal exporter of coffee 70
the United States. the proposed duty
seemed aimed specially az that republic.
Mr.. Root said.
Other Senators opposed the proposed tax
and Senator Aidr.ch was OF the point OF
modifying the committee amendment 70
strike ont the coffee and tea tax. when
Senator Daniel OF Virginia. called atsen-
ton % the fact that he had an amend
ment pending striking out the words.
-hereupoa The motion was put 20 the
Senate on NJ. Daniels amendment ana
II was adopted by unanimous vote
Business Gains PoInt.
Another important amendment. sus.
gesfed by Senator Hepburn. OF Idaho.
and accepted by Senator Aldrich. allowed
ninety days 70 elapse after the Issuance
of the Presidents proclamation extending
the benefits of the minimum tariS BEFORE
the rates should take effect This amend
ment was agreed 10 for the purpose OF
swing business a chance 10 adjust Itself
70 the change. There vas little CT 10
opposition TO L.
One OF the closest votes OF the ent5=S
tarif bin consideration occurred on a.
amendment proposed by Senator Dollivs-
creating q tariff commission OF five
The amendment was defeated BY I've
majority, the vote being . % 8.
AS the maximum tariff sections were
finally adopted. the President has au-
thOrity 70 appoint any number Of tzrir
experts without any limit as 70 the salary
10 be paid. and the appointments viii not
require the advice and consent OF the
Senate. This feature OF the tariI bin
was agreed 10 after some controversy.
and was acceptable 20 the business In
terests of the country. which have been
cOntendlng for ta-in commission
Debate on Maximum.
There vas an exciting debate over ths
operation Of the proposed maximum tariff.
Senator Bacon declared that Il made the
general ta-iF . per cent higher than the
rates which appear n the bIll. an6 was
inordinate-
Senator Shively. Of Indiana made a
long speech condemning the measure. and
Senator Hughes. OF Colorado. declared
b that the United States had BY the
passage Of such a measure invited com
merciaI war with the nations of the
earth Senator Root. who drew the maxi
mum tariff provision. declared that il
, afforded the only effective means Of com
peling fair trade recognition for the
b United States
Senator Aldrich said that there wers
/. only two countries that would be az
q fected by it-France, which now practi-
cauy EXCLUDED all American exports. and
Germany. which excluded most OF them
He predicted that before the maximum
tariff went into effect next March under
the terms of the bin, both Germany and
France would make the necessary con-
cessions, and that there would be no occa-
sion 10 impose a retaliatOry duty. or
. maximum tariff. against any country
The maximum tariff as Il passed tbs
4 Senate imposes a = per cent ad valorem
81 duty additional on su OF the duties car
$ ried by the bill. with a condition that this
B additional maximum may be suspended by
. the President whenever in his judgment
any country refrains from discriminating
against the products OF the United states
Il also authorizes the appointment OF the
tariff experts
CuIbersOn Loses
/. After Senator Shirley and Senator
Bacon had opposed the maximum tariff
vote was taken on the amendment Of
fered BY Senator CuIberson limiting the
number OF experts 10 seven. making their
r salaries $500 a year. and providing not
over four should belong 10 the same pO-
= ntical party The amendment was re-
, jected- Ayes. Il: noes. 4 Only one Re-
publican, NIr- La Toilette, voted for f.
, An amendment was then offered by Sen
atOr Gore substituting and re-enacting the
d. reciprocity feature Of the Dingley laE
for the maximum tariff II was rejected.
Z Is ayes and 50 noes. Three Republicans.
q La Toilette. Bristow. and Clapp. voted
'aye"
? Mr Gore then offered the Dingiey law
q reciprocity section as an additional sec
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