El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-27
LAF GILLETTE WINS
WITH AID Of
DEMOCRATS
Continued from Page II


necticut: Briggs, New Jersey; Burn
ham, New Hampshire; Burton, Ohio;
Clark and Warren. Wyoming; Crane
and Lodge. Massachusetts; Cullom and
Lorimer, Illinois; Curtis, Kansas; Dix
on, Montana; Gamble, South Dakota;
Guggenheim, Colorado; Jones, Wash
ington; Lippit and Wetmore, Rhode
Island; Nixon, Nevada ;Oliver and Pen
rose Pennsylvania; Page. Vermont;
Perkins, California; Richards, Della
ware; Root, New York; Smith and
Townsend, Michigan; Smoot Utah,
Stephenson, Wisconsin.
Absent-Dupont, Delaware; D. Frye,
Maine; Gailinger, New Hampshire; Lea,
Tennessee; Percy, Mississippi; Suther-
land, Utah; TiIlman, South Carolina.
Present and not voting: because
paired with absentees.) Culberson,
Texas; Dillingham;, Vermont. Rayner,
Maryland.
The La Toilette amendment to the
Underwood bill was the first thing
proposed when the votes began. Only
IA Republican insurgents supported 1t.
Following its defeat came the votes
on the Underwood bill With the sin
gle exception of senator Brown, Ne
braska. all Republican insurgents and
regulars Joined in opposing the IN
derwood bill and it was defeated "A
to &c.
Appeared to Be Understanding.
Senator La Toilette at once moved
to reconsider and senator Martin, the
Democratic leader, endorsed the mo-
ton This made it appear that an
understanding had been reached be-
tween Democrats and insurgents and
the motion to reconsider was carried,
40 to 81.
La FolIette's Amendments.
In offering amendments proposing
reductions in the duties on wooden
goods. senator La Toilette OF Wilson,
sin, in a speech before the senate today
took the position that these reductions,
If amended, would compensate the farm
ers at least in part for the losses they
will suffer as a result of free trade
in agricultural products with Canada.
''They WILL the speaker continued.
"in some measure, relieve all of the
people of the United States who have
been made to pay tribute to the wooden
trust, long the pampered favorite of
the tariff law. Two years ago at the
time we We're considering the present
tariff act, which left schedule z prac-
tically unchanged, I proposed certain
amendments.
Amendments Are Modified,
These amendments I have modified
and offer as an amendment to the pend
ing bill 1 believe that the duties pro-
posed by me on manufactured WOODEN
cloth are greater than are necessary TO
protect American manufacturers from
European competition. However. bear
Ing in mind that this is but q temper
AIRY measure 70 be followed, as I hope,
BY more thorough revision, ana with
the purpose Of meeting the views Of
majority Of the senate to the end that
some reduction may be promptly Sc
cured, 1 shall offer for present consid-
grafton changes in the wooden SEIZED
lle
Changes In Schedule X.
f'The effect Of the amendments TO |
schedule X, which 1 now propose are |
rs follows: Duty on clothing woods 40 |
percent; carpet woods, 10 percent, tops |
10 percent; yard so percent; carpets 40 |
percent; on cloth and all other manu- |
actures composed entirely Of wool or |
having wool as the component ma |
erial Of chief value, so percent.
The present average duty on raw |
WOOL as shown by the report on COM
nerce and navigation Of the bureau OF |
statistics for 1910 is a fraction less |
han 40 percent. In proposing duty /
f 40 percent ad valorem, I make no |
vide departure from the duties paid 1
I
will do away. however, with the gross
inequalities and Determinations under
hitch the users Of the cheaper woods,
which go to make up the poor mans |
lothing, have to labor under the pres
mt specific duties.
"A straight ad valorem duty OF 40
ercent will do away with prohibitive
ates and win reduce the rates on
FOOLS which manufacturers of wooden
foods need today for the purpose Of
lending with our own woods.
VIII Do Away With Injustice
The ad valorem duty viii also do
Getting woods that contain three-fourths
f their weight in grease and dirt to |
he same duty as the fine, expensive
roofs, with a shrinkage OF say 20 per-
emit
Passing now to the proposed duties
n intermediate and finished products,
he principle underlying them is tina,
! all cases compensating duty equiv
lent to the duty on raw wool shall be
imposed IN addition to a protective duty
hich is to cover the difference in the
ost Of production at home and abroad
! the manufactured article.
Means SO Percent Reduction.
Senator LIE. Toilette said that the
a
facturers of wool would result in
eduction from S9.5s percent ad va
rem under the presents law, to $500
ercent or more than $3.50 percent ad
alorem and more than 81 percent be-
w the present rate. The change for
lie wool schedule as a whole would |
spresent reduction from an average !
valorem of 61.74 percent under the
resent law to 1924 percent or a re-
action of $3.50 percent ad valorem and |
ore than S6 percent below the present ,
tie
Speaking of the effect these reduc-
ons would have upon the revenue the !
,eaker said:
"A reduction of duty may result in |
/ increase Of Importation which will !
IT only offset the reduction In rate
1t bring in a larger revenue than the ,
d higher rate did. OF course. this Is !
1T always the case, since the manu-
cturers should reduce their price re
e consumer and thereby prevent in .
eased importatiOns from abroad. What .
'ually happens and what would prob
'ly happen If the proposed amend
ents were adopted. would be a com i.
nation of both conditions and II IS .
possible to foretell what the ultt- .