The Washington herald., 1909-06-08

Whea the Senate adjourned shortly
after 10 O'Clock last night the eonsidera-
ton OF the cotton schedule OF the tartf
bin had been completed.
Just before adjournment Nlr. Aldrich.
chairman OF the Finance COMMITTEES. an
nounced that the wooIen schelude VIII
be taken up this morning. Rapid progress
was made al the night session. At the
suggestion OF Senator Douiver. The sched-
ule relating 10 Jacquard figured goods
used In uphOlstering was modified so that
such goods valued az less than 81 a yard
shall be assessed at % per cent ad
valorem. and above 81 a yard shau be
dutiahle al % per cent ad valorem.
The Senate amendments 10 the cotton
schedule restoring the Dingley rates On
hosiery. which the House bin substantial
y increased, were adopted after uro-
test by Senator's GaHinger. Penross. and
Scott 1ir. Scott read q letter from en-
pioyes Of hosiery mills in West virzinia
requesting an Increase OF duty in order
10 maintain The present rate OF wages
GaIlinger Protests.
In New Hampshire, Mr.. Caulaee- SAD.
one hosiery factory is now working on
half time and one other min has been
closed up because OF the fierce foreign
competition in this article 1Ir. Penrose
said the rates on hosiery were not
increased there would be a reduction Of
. per cent in the wages paid 20 employees
Of these mills. The Dingely rates. he
said. were not sufficiently protective. He
urged The Increases made IN the House
bill
The only ron call Of the sight session
was demanded or al -aneadmsat oaered
: b. senator Lodge providing a rare of 55
per cent ad valo-em on gloves valued a.
more than $ g dozen pairs. and 45 Per
cent ad valorem and 50 cents per pair
{ Il valued under $ a dozen. which was
adopted by a vote OF a 10 "a
Senator DoIliver wanted n know Why
cotton duck had been transferred by the
Senate committee from its usual place
in paragraph . TO the countabIe provision
OF the cotton schedule He was especially
interested in ascertaininE whether OF. not
L
Of duty. Senator Aldrlch explained that
cotton duck was shifted 10 prevent under
valuation in the Importation OF fabric for
the manufacture Of automobile and bi-
+ cycle tires. which is the principal impor-
Jation under the cotton duck schedule
I The transfer. he said would probably re-
suit IN reduction Of duty on the lower
grade Of cotton duck. and an Increase IN
/ the finer grades.
+ The main features OF the cotton sched-
ule were completed at the day session.
/ on tWO record votes Senator Alfrich
again demonstrated that he had the
situation wen IN hand.
On the first vote. an amendment by Mr.
DOlliver. Of Iowa, relating 70 the pro-
B posed duty on window shades" was re-
. jccted, after an animated debate, by a
vote of A 20 26 On the next vote. an
other amendment offered by Senator Dol
liver was rejected by vote Of IS 70 g.
On this vote Senator Jones. Of Washing
ton. Joined the insurgents.
The other amendments were accepted
without the f0rmality Of a roll call
Senator DoIliver recognized the hopeless
ness OF any further opposition 10 the pro-
gramme by cOnceding publicly that ne
realized Mr.. Aldrich had the votes and
that whatever he proposed would be ac-
cepted by the Senate
Hinged on Amendment.
Much OF the debate related 10 an
amendment offered by Senator Deliver
70 strike out the proposed addition OF a
duty Of 1 cent per square yard on ali
cotton cloths subjected 70 a process OF
mercerizatioa, in addition 70 the regular
duties. The senator from Iowa submitted
the testimony Of experts that the cost OF
mercerizatiou was only Is cent a yard.
and that the cost Of mercerization in
the United States was less than II was
abroad
An important amendment submitted on
behalf OF the Finance Committee 20 para
graph SIS struck out certain words OF the
senate amendment as reported in the
biH. and substituted for 81 the following:
In the ascertainment cf any OF al the
particular descriptions upon which the
duties depend, the entire fabric and all
parts thereof and threads shall be IN
cluded"
This amendment was adopted without a
division. Paragraphs 21s and so were
promptly agreed to- But when paragraph
~ was reached the debate on the mer-
cerizaton additional duty was precipIiat-
ed which threatened 20 delay fnaI action
on that paragraph for some time
Before the controversy was over Sens-
tor Cummins felt called on 10 make his
justification. He declared the charge OF
being Democrat no longer frightened
him He had heard Il for eight years.
He was severe on the leaders in the sen
ate. and said they had not properly in
terpreted the party declaration AZ Chi
coEo or 1ere purposely disobeying Il.
He warned them that another party
might win the next election. and woul6
do 50 unless the tendencies IN the partv
were arrested Senator Hepburn GOT
into the debate and had a lively coIloouy
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