The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
SENATE [AbORS ON
COTTON ALL DAY
LaFOIIette Concludes His Long
Speech and Hands Senator
PenrOse Hot Roast.
SAYS PENNSYLVANIA
SHOULD WATCH HIMSELF
Aldrich Defends Course of Com
mittee in Increasing Duty
on Certain Cloths.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Through |
forenoon, afternoon and evening ses
sions the senate today labored on the
cotton schedule.
Mr.. LA Toilette completed his long
speech. attacking changes in the Ding
ley rates recommended by the senate
finance committee, and replied to Sena
| tor Penrosc s charge last night that he
was shamming sickness as an excuse
for his absence from the night session.
! He said he was not i'll, but was very
| tired and was resting to be in shape
I to continue his speech today. lie de-
! clared Mr.. Penrosc might perform
| greater service for the country and his
state if he would account for his own
time when not in the senate.
AT the night session, Chairman Aid
rich replied To Mr.. La Toilette s as
saults upon the work of the finance
committee and made a general defense
Of amendments, which, he asserted, were
| necessary.
Too Hot for Comfort.
Throughout the day the temperature
! in the chamber was swelteripg. it is
said another effort will be made to
| obtain a vote on the cotton schedule to-
morrow. Mr.. Aldrich told the senator's
that he proposed TO make a statement
! explaining tho committee S amend
ments, 'faDd TO correct any mlsappre-
hension instilled in their minds by
torrent of misinformation and misrepre-
| scntation.'
"The amendments suggested apply TO
but small proportion of the commit.
tee on schedule P said Mr.. AIdrlch. LII
one would have listened 10 the debate
| one would suppose the amendments
applied to the whole schedule and that
three fourths of the rate of the Dlngley
law would have been increased But
only 10 per cent of tho schedule IS af'
fected.''
Mr.. Aldrich reviewed the history Of
the cotton schedule, saying that IN no
tariff act have there been fixed rates
so low as in the schedule pertaining
TO the cotton cloth and cotton manutac-
tures generally. He said cloths valued
at from to 20 cents now pay specihc
rates and these have NOT been changed
by the senate bill.
Defense by Aldrich.
"These cloths cover % per cent OF
all the cloths imported and 81 or 9S
per cent of all the cloth manufac-
tured in the United States,' he added.
nIt will be seen, therefore, that the
suggested changes apply to small pro-
portion of The schedule.
Reviewing various court decisions IN
reference to the schedule, Mr.. Aldrlch
declared that the government has pa'd
out as much as 81 900 900 year as re-
funds of duties on account of decisions
resulting from ambiguity in the Dlngley
law. He said a recent decision OF the
supreme conrt would require the gov
ernment 10 make refund of $780,
600.
lie said the government has been
sl al vs. 1I1t a "a
throucht the fact that the same attor-
news could not be had TO look after
the government & interests in the lower
and higher courts. He declared that
nearly every man who showed great
ability in this service of the govern
mcnt had been employed by importers
to prosecute cases against the govern
ment .
The existing cotton schedule, he said,
did not remedy the method of meet
ing such conditions and he added that
the committee in another paragraph
would attempt 10 deal with thc sub
icct. He had reference TO an amend
meut intended to prevent under.
valuations. which the senate has not
taken un.
Mr.. Aldrich said that estimates of ad
valorem equivalents OF specific rates
could not be accurately figured when
tho value Of the goods ranged from
! seven 10 thirty cents square yard.
He said the committee rates were
lower than those intended by the Dlng-
lev law. although they might be higher
than those under which certain goods
are now admitted because of mlsrep-
resentatiOn in the courts.
He declared that nobody but import
ers have protested against the senate
bill rates as being too high. He read
n letter from an appraiser IN tne New
| Sto
affected by the decision. placing certain
cotton cloths under the paragraphs Tor
cloths assessed according to the count
Of threads. amounted to 10 to II per
cent Of importations.
The Menace of Japan.
Declaring that the menace TO the
American cotton goods industry will be
the manufacture OF those goods by
Japan. Mr.. Aldrirh said that Japan TO-
das, has four large cotton manufactures
in operation and that it would he hard
10 say what would be the result if i'll
the next ten years Japan should 90 OK
tensiyely into the manufacture Of cot
ton. He called attention TO the SIX
cents n dav labor in Japan and to the
! ability Of japanese IN decorative work.
He predicted. however that The United
States would become the greatest pro
ducer and manufacturer of cotton goods
! in the world if its interests were prop
crly protected.
lie reviewed the progress of the
southern states in the manufacture of
cotton goods, declaring that South Caro-
| lima has become second only to Massa-
chusetts, that North Carolina is third
and Georgia fourth.
He predicted that when another bill
| is drafted, the south would have three
! fourths of the cotton mills.
Mr.. Aldrich appealed directly to
southern senators to meet the question |
fairly.
81 appeal to YOU directly he said |
s'uot to vote for this bill, for I know |
that this YOU will not do while ] am in |
the senate but to look al this question as !
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