The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-26
AMENDMENT LOST
BY VOTE OF "a TO 40
Party Lines We're Broken 10
Negative Votes Being Cast
BY Republicans

Washington June 20. Yesterday
was another of the senate's active
working days and BY the time the
session closed al o'clock SO many
schedules had been considered and
disposed Of that Senator Aldrlch
freely predicted that by tonight all
0f them wnuld be ont Of the way,
leaving the Senate free TO begin CON
siderati0n OF the corporation tax and
income TAX amendments al the com
mencement of the proceedings next
week and 70 follow llhese with The
administration features Of the bill.
Beginning the Sfs's session with
an increase OF tl,u 8 per cent over
dhe house rate uf ab per cent al Va.
loren OH harness, the Senate march.
cd steadily along thr0ugh0ut the nine
hours Of Its sitting indulglng IN ne
Ne spcech making and acting upon
mans Important provisions.
Senat0v penrose proposed an
amendment placing duty OF ono.
4alf 81 one cent gallon upon crude
oil lie said this rate had been fin.
ally a. ed upon by independent Oh
producers of the United States. rep
resentlng 50 per cent OF the total
crude petroleum production Of the
country anti aAsH alsstss saslsits Ii ~ tit independent
refiners Of tile country FOR the repre-
senting Of some ~ per cent Of that
part Of the business,
Senator Bailey aasd hia opposition
10 duty on oil rested upon the fact
that Ii was nm article OF universal
nse and haeanae the government had
never received mure than $4,000 as
d duty on 0ll In any year Of lis ex'
istenee.
senator penroae said the finance
committee had aeen d vast number
Of oil producers Of the United States
100 Of them being present on one
day There we're he said from 50,
0HH to 100000 independent oil pro
tlucefs IN The United States. many o.
them being his constituents Of Penn
sylrauia who had sHne To Oklahoma
te lHdlan Territory. California. ant
West Virginia to develop oil prop
critics.
owau's Contentious.
Senator Oven declaring that las
year Oklahoma had 8 larger output
al crude oil than the remainder ol
lhe United States. insisted that lht
price Bf crude OH did moi reguIalt
the price OF refined oil
Owen called attention 40 oil ae
velapment III Oklahoma. which hat
grown ffUn nuthina 70 ha,0a09at
barrels per annum today. He de-
elared tiaf he spoke on behalf Of ihg
oil consumers Of the United States
and In his opinion lie believed II chs
Standard controlled the Mexican
field. It would be but q question d
a short time until they would cease
purchasing American oil.
Ele sald he believed 1t was better
for the consumer 10 have competition
and emrhalcally declared It was The
desire Of the people Of OklaAoma
that a dutg be imposed on oil.
5sHetor Gore naaerees.
Dlsagreeing with hia colleague.
Senator Gore spoke against the
amendment. He had wished. he
said, 10 conflne the duty % oil from
Mexiea but had heen told that Il
waa III eunlllcf with treaty relations
with that country. iie spoke uf the
Mexican oil fields ak d myth.
II he believed. Senator Gore said
that the STANDARD OH company con.
lrullad the Mexican field aud would
import OIL and crush and destroy the
independent producers and reiinera
Of the United States. he would cast
hts vote to shield the American OIL
producer and ilae American c0nsum'
er. He spoke Of The Standard oil
company as serpent whose en-
brace Ii death.
Referrin6 to the oil producers Of
hls state as his personal friends
Senator Gore said:
Il wish that this cup had been
passed from my lips
The amendment fixing q duty was
defeated by "a To 40.
Party lines were broken an this
vote. OF the 20 negative votes ~
we're cast by Republicans. or the
n for tire tluty two wern cast by
MeItnery and Owen.
Senator Owen sought o present
III an amendment provision prohib
ting The Standard OIL company
lg8m cruhhlng competitors. but Il wax
-ulaa out dA4Fnuini eH DFder af gnul |
sefnane to the tariff.
Ifnnn Strung nhlaeiinn hv Mr. DOLL