The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-11
THE SENATE HAS
ADOPTED THE
LEAD SCHEDULE
Interesting Debate on This
Feature of the Senate Tar
iff Measure
SENATOR kcCUMBER STANDS 81
BY The COMMITTEES REPORT
Beyeridge Clasled With Aldrich Over
the Reduction Of the Diferential
Onc-Quarter Of a Cent, Making the
Rate Two Cents on Pig Lead.

Onc.Quarter of a Cent, Making the
Rate Two Cents on Pig Lead.
Washington, May 1.-THE senate
today resumed the debate ON the gen.
eral tariff bill. The lead schedule has
been disposed of, and as that involved
i'll large measure, the question of
paints. it is believed that faster work
will be done on other schedules. The
debate on the lead schedule was an
interesting and important one in which
number of senators, including Brad
ley of Kentucky. Stone of Missouri,
Cummins of Iowa, Beveridge of In
diana. Burkett of Nebraska, ATcCum-
Der OF North Dakota and Aldrich of
Rhode Island participated.
AS soon as the bill was taken up to-
! day Senator Aldrich stated that the
committee on finance would submit
to the senate different scale of du-
ties of zinc ore and the products of
zinc. and asked that the schedule, as
| we'll as the sections unacted upon re-
lating to lead products, be passed
over for the present. The request
was granted. Senator Brislow an
nounced that when the white lead
schedule should be reached he desir-
ed to be heard OH it. The commit
tees amendments striking out the
house duty of one-half of one cent per
pound on refined nitrate of salt peter
was agreed to. 1t is understood that
the products will be placed on the
| free list.
In a brief speech Mr.. Bradley of
Kentucky favored sustaining the COM
mittee on finance in its recommends
ton in relation to the lead schedule.
Mr.. Stone favored retaining the
duties fixed in the lead schedule by
the house.
MIR. Cummins' amendment reducing
the duty on pig lead from 21-9 to
IS cents pound and the differen-
tlal from o-S cents as recommended
by the committee on finance to 3-S
cents per pound was lost by a vote
!, of 35 to "A.
! There was much interest in the vote
as it was considered test of the
strength of the Republican insurgents.
Of the thirtyfive votes cast for the
amendment. eleven were cast by Re-
publican senators. but they were not
sufficient. The committee won with
four votes to spare. The Republicans
voting for the reduction were:
Beveridge. Burton. Brown, Burkett,
| Clapp, Crawford. Cummins, Dolliver,
Gamble, LaFollette and Nelson.
Senators Hughes of Colorado and
McEnery (Democrats) voted against
the amendment.
After the result was announced Mr..
Beveridge moved to reduce the differ
ential a quarter of cent. making the
rate on pig lead two cents, and the
differential half a cent pound He
spoke at length in support of his pro-
vision.
Mr. Beveridge declared that the
regulations of Speaker Cannon and
other Republican members of the
house as protectionists were sufficient
to defend senators voting for the
amendments from the charge of being
Indifferent to the protective needs of
this industry as the house had de-
clined to allow any differential OH pig
lead.
Replying. Mr.. Aldrich referred to
the senator from Indiana as one of
the progressive senator's and de-
clared that if five-eighths of a cent
Ia pound on pig lead was necessary
to protect that product as was de-
clared by all senators who seemed to
know anything about the industry,
then one-half a cent was too little
and not protective.
Mr.. Aldrich declared that if the sem
ate did not intend to turn this indus
try over to foreigners. proper pro-
lection was necessary to keep it at
home.
Mr.. Beveridge vehemently replied
that the senator from Rhode Island
would have to invent some new argu-
ment' III place of the argument that
the industry would he turned over to
foreigners. Mr.. Beveridge asked
whether Republicans of the house of
representatives wanted to turn the
lead producing interest over to for
eigners.
"Forty-four of them voted against
the house provision" declared Mr..
Aldrich.
That old argument of turning the
industry over to the foreigners" con-
tinued Mr.. Beveridge. comes like
photographic report of an ancient
campaign. and ask again whether a
Republican house attempted to strike
that industry down."
McCumber Stands by Committee.
Mr. McCumber declared himself in
favor of the committees recommen-
datiOns for differential of five
eighths of cent per pound on pig
lead.
Senator Burkett criticised MIR. Nc
Cumber for saying that he would be
influenced in casting his vote on the
lead schedule by the senators from
the lead producing states.