Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-24
The Senate Supported Recon-
mendation Of the Finance
Committee.
MANY AMENDMENTS LOST
sen. McCumber Chamrioned Duty on
Hides and Sen. Page Opposed It
Lumber Schedule Reported-
Committee Proposes Duty
of S1.5O on Lumber.

Washington. June 22-Late to-day
tho Senate reached the voting stage on
the hide schedule and after several
amendments had been DEFEATED the
amendment of the finance committee
fixing a duty OF IL per cent, ad valor-
en- on hides was agreed to by vote
Of 46 to 80
This Ia the rate OF the present law,
but under the rulings Of the treasury
department Is applicable only to hides
weighing more than 25 pounds.
The House placed all hides on tn.
free list, but the committee restored
the DinSley policy by adding them to
the non dutiable list. The senate sus-
tanned It's committee.
Senator McIaurin undertook to have
the provision amended so as to make
the duty applicable to hides weighing
less than 25 pounds. but failed. his
amendment being voted down 81 to
As. An amendment by Mr. stone plac-
ing not only hides, but many Of their
products on the free list was also lost.
Just before adjournment for the day
at o'clock senator Aldrich on be-
half of the finance committee present
ed the committees new lumber sched-
ule and also number of amendments
relating to linolcum and oNcloth. Tho
com!nittec proposed a rate OF $3.50 Per
thousand on sawed lumber. which is
80 cent increase over tho House rate.
Neither the lumber nor linoleum
schedules were acted upon.
Previous to the balloting more than
six hours was devoted to speechmak
ing. beginning at 10 o'clock with an
argument by Mr.. MCCumber for = duty
on hides. In which he was sustained
by Messrs. Gamble and Hepburn.
They took the position that the effort
to make hides free was solely In the
interest Of the manufacturers and Mr..
McCumber contended that this was n
monstrous injustice growing out Of
the protective system. Mr. Burton,
and incidentally Mr.. Page supported
the free hide policy, the former In II
speech Of some length
one Of the features Of the day was
speech by Senator Bob" Taylor Of
. Tennessee, which attracted much fav.
orable attention and established good
nature. Mr. Taylor pleaded for n tariff
for revenue and took a decided posi-
tion against free raw material.
PAGE AND M'CI'MBER
I mo more striking Illustration of the
ingratitude could ne imagined than that
which has been shown by the manufac.
turers of leather and leather goods who
seek to deprive the stockman and farmer
of the little remnants of protection left
to him on hides" said Senator McCum-
Der of North Dakota defending the pro-
posed duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem on
hides McCumber stated frankly that he
wanted 9 per cent. on hides. little
/ boasting Of the relative amount of 9evo-
ton to republican policies on the part Of
North Dakota and Vermont ushcred In
a trite coloquy between Mcssre McCum-
her and Page. The Vermont senator
thought his State was q little more simon
pure republican than North Dakota aud
twitted MCCumhcr with the suggestion
that North Dakota elected democratic
governor two years ago.
ooh, yes" responded McCumhor with
evident reference ia the distribution of
protective duties, "the State Of Vermont
has little more TO encourage her .cvo-
tion to the republican cause"
Senator Clark OF Wyoming interrupt
ing, declared tNHt MT rage III aONocdt-
| ing free hides wanted the government to
go into partnership with the leather
trust to beat the beef trust and all at
| the expense Of the farmers"
| PAGE VOTED AGAINST IT.
| The vote on tho finance committee's
! amendment re-enacting the Dingley
| rate Of fifteen per cent. nd alorem and
thus renewing hides from the free list
where they were placed by the House
was 46 to 30.
The democrats voting with the ma
jority were: Bailey, Culhcrson, Fetch
er, Foster, Hughes. Mccnery. New
lands Smith of Maryland; Stone. Tall
aferro. The republicans who voted
against the amendment were: Briggs
Rurnham. Rarrows. Burton Clapp
Collum. Dupont, Frye, Johnston, La
Toilette Lodge. Nelson, Page, Root
and Smith of Michigan.