The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-07-09
|: Work Of Congress

BY n vote Of IS to 80 the Senate
Tuesday took hides from The free list
where they had been placed b. the
House. and gave them n duty OF IL per
cent ad valorem. the same as under
the Dingley Law. Just before adjourn
ment for the day at I o'clock Senator
Aldrich. on behalf OF the finance ON
mittee. presented the committees new
lumber schedule aud also a number OF
amendments relating 10 llnoleum and
oilcloth. The committee proposed Q
rate of si.50 per thousand on snwec
lumber, which Is a 50-cent increase
over the House rate. Neither the ium
Der nor linoleum schedule was acteo
p Tno House was moi In session
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The Senate made short shrlft OF sew
pral provisions in the tariff bill Wed
nesday. An amendment for dcilaf
lumber" was defeated, as was a move
for free lumber. and the finance com
mittee's proposition for Sf.3O q thou
sand on sawed lumber was adopted
~ ~ ii. i it hb
vision reducing the House rates OIL
pineapples to the old Dingley sehed
ule was defeated. and Senator T2lia
| ferro's amendment raising the rate
above that in the House bill was adopt
ed. Senator Aldrich's committee won
a fight on their coal rates, which iow
cred the House rate on bituntnou'
coal from 81 TO so cents a ton and
eliminated the reciprocity clause. Az
tempts were made TO lower the rate
still further and 70 have coal free, buI
were defeated. The House was not IL
session.
The Senate Thursday adopted
amendments to the tariff bill lncreas
ing the duty on shoes from ID to q
per cent ad valorem and on sole leath
err from 5 to 10 per e The greater
part Of the session was devoted II
speech making. Senator Beveridga
advocating his amendment in regard
to the size of tobacco packages, de
clared the tobacco trust was making
lHllliollS ny hCCPAhS luNhoSS9 'S"
war time sizes Notwithstanding the
war tax was long ago removed. Mr.
Bailey and Mr.. Newlands discussed
the tariff at length. On the eve OF thu
expiration of the current fiscal veal
the House authorized an emergency
appropriation of SO. 900. 900 for de
fraying the expenses of the thirteenth
d~ecennial census. In presenting the
bill for that purpose Mr.. Tawney
chairman OF the committee IN appro
priations, explained the situation with
respect to the permanent census meas
ure still in conference and announced
that unless the money was forthcom
ing the census bureau would be com
PEELED to suspend all business Wed
nesday. To get the members for thi;
vote the sergeant-at-arms and his dep
uties secured the capitol under orders
of Speaker Cannon. Members reached
the chamber in droves. About eighty
Of them were found comfortably seat
ed in the Senate listening to the tarit
debate. Adjournment Was taken I'M
til Monday.
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The Senate Friday raised the duty
on scrap iron from 50 cents. as fixed
in the House bill, to $3.50 a ton, in
creased the duty on wire nails II
quarter of a cen a pound and substl
tuted specific for ad yalorem rates or
files, rasps, etc. The duty on harvest
was raised from 35 to 40 per cent. The
increase on scrap ron called forth Wig
orous protests from several WesterT
Senators, but was ordered by a vote OF
- to %. Senator Penrose's amend
ment for a duty of one-half cent a gal
Ion on crude Gil was voted down. Thu