Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-18
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, June Is.
SENATE.

bkNAIEs
Senator Larimer, of Illinois, was
sworn in today as q member Of the
Senate.
A protts. against any reduction in
the tariff on print paper and wood pulp
was made by Mr., Gallinger. Snch
action, he said, would result 10 the
destruction of the print-psper-msking
industry in this country, and place
publishers at the mercy of Canadian
manufacturers.
Mr.. GalliDger said that IL the tariff
on print-paper WAS reduced or wiped
out then similsr action should be taken
with regard to duties On agricultural
products.
Mr.. BristOw answered there would
be no objection to that if the tariff on
manufactured products was made TO
represent simply the difference In labor
cost in this country and abroad.
Senator Brown, calling attention to
the fact that the Senate would vote 10
darkness on the printing paper question
80 far SO any information from the
finance committee was concerned, pro-
posed to withdraw his amendment to put
paper on the free list and urged that the
Senate stand by the bill and the COM
mittee's report of the House. This
taxes printing paper at g per ton,
while the finance committees suggestion
il to in .reese that rate to 81 a ton, the
existing duty being Sc Mr.. Aldrich
objected to the withdraw of Mr.. Browns
amendment and the yeas and nays we're
ordered.
Mr.. Bailey then took opportunity to
call attention to the fact that even re-
publican, as he put it, would admit that
tariff was a tax when he wanted to
take it of, Mr.. Brown having main
tanned that the price Of payer would be
reduced II the tariff was taken of.
Senator Browns motion to put print
ing paper on the free list was defeated
BY a vote of So to 2S The following re-
2ublicaus voted for it: Beverage, Bris-
tow. Brown and Burkett.
Mr.. Bailey OF the democrats, voted
against the proposition. Mr.. LOrimer
cast bis first vote 10 the Senate on THE
motion, voting with the organization.
Senator Stone then offered an amend
ment to put both wool pulp and pint
paper on the free list.
Senator Bailey said that the adoption
of Senator Stones amendment would
deprive the government OF customs rev
enne to the amount of $3.50, 600. The
benefit would be conferred upon only
small class of people. He would rather
vote for free rough lumber, which would
benefit many people, rather for free
wood pulp. He declared he would not
be bound by the plank on wood pulp
and print paper in the democratic plat
form. and in that connection said that
the story of that convention WAS known
to him. bat need not be told. The plat
form had been the work of one man,
even those who we're opposed to his
nomination being agreed that he should
write the platform. There had been a
plank for free logs in order to carry sew
eral northwestern states, but they were
not carried. The plank WAS an absurd
ty, because logs were already on the
free list.
Sc ator B ,iley started political dis
cussloD by severely crtlcisiOg that part
of the democratic platform which recon E
mended putting upon the free list all ar
ticles controlled by trust. He said
that t was a wholly impracticable plsu.
Senator Newlands referring to the
fact that Congressman John E. Lamb,
| of Indiana had criticized him as o men,
Der of The platform committee, declared
that he did not value either Mr.. Lamb g
good or bad opinion. In the platform
committee be had opposed the plank re-
gsrding trust controlled goods.
Senator hughes criticized President
Taft for having declared in his speech
of acceptance, that a constitutional
amendment was not necessary to secure
an income tax while in his message yes
terdsy, he urged that there should be
an amendment to the constitution.