Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-28

and Mclean Comm, Briggs IN. -, Burn
rem CNyo), Crane and Lodge (Mass), Gull
lom and Lorimer qll1 Curtis (kanl'
Dixon IMont), Gamble g. %, Guggendi
Wetmore (3- ID, Nixon (Nev), oliver ana
Penrose CPa). Page (Ntl, Perkins CALI,
Richardson (Del), Root IN. ~, Smlth ana
Townsend (Mich). smoot CUtsh)' Stephen
Absent: Dupont Del), Frye CMe.l, Gal
linger IN. H., Lea STennl' Percy tMiss''
Present and not voting because paired
with absentees. Culbertson CTeN), Dllnng-
ham (Vt), Rayner (Md).
The La Toilette amendment to the Under
wood bill was the rrst thing proposed
when the voting began. Only fourteen in
surgents supported It. Following it's defeat
came the vote on the Underwood bill. With
the single exception Of Senator Brown of
Nebraska, all republicans, insurgent and
regular. Joined in opposing the Under
wood bill and it was defeated, forty-four
TO thirty-six.
Senator La Toilette at once moved to
reconsider and Senator Martin, the demo-
cratic leader, endorsed the motion. This
made It appear that an understanding had
been reached between the democrat. and
the insurgents, and the motion to recon
slider was carried forty-nine to thirty-one'
Senator La Toilette in offering his sub
stltute said II fixed the raw wool duty at
35 per cent and reduced all manufactured
wooden rates correspondingly These rates
are still high above the rates proposed in
the Underwood bill, especially on wool,
which was placed at 20 per cent ad
valorem.
BIZ Must Go to Conference.
The La Toilette substitute was adopted,
IS to 81 and Immediately afterwards the
bill thus amended was passed by the same
vote. AS It passed the senate the bill diff
fered In every particular from the house
bill. This will throw every paragraph of
the two bills into conference.
Under the usual order OF procedure Sen
ators Penrose and Cullom, the first two
republican members of the finance COM
mittee, and Senator Bailey, the ranking
democratic member, would represent the
senate. in conference. Under the circum-
stances the regulars cannot afford. to go
into the conference" said Senator's Penrose
and smoot in unison. less than five minutes
after the action of the senate was an
nounced. at Is combination bill, in which
we have. had no part and we shall decline
to be in any respect parties to the nego-
tiations with the house."
In view OF the attitude OF the regulars
it is believed the senate conferees will con-
sist OF Senator La Toilette. insurgent re-
publican. and Senators Bailey and SIM
mons. democrats.
Leading republican members OF the
finance committee predicted today that the
senate bill would have no chance in con-
ference and that the democrats would in
sist on the house measure.
IS La Toilette Alleges Deal.
Senator La Toilette startled the senate
today when he declared he had heard
there was to 'be, a little performance
today to defeat all real tariff legislation"
that a number OF high protection repub-
leans had agreed TO vote for the demo-
cratic house wool bill, sure that its excess
sive low duties would justify veto by the
president.
Senator La Toilette also arraigned the
present operation of the tariff board
charging that influences had been at work
in the board TO suppress certain facts in
regard to manufacture OF print paper in
this country. r4
He said he believed, there were men on
the tariff board who were working for
the high purpose OF serving the public"
but that the report ON the paper making
industry showed that somewhere there had
been influences exerted to leave the re-
port in confusion, so that the print paper
manufacturers could go on getting excess
sive benefits. assessing the buyers of
print paper for their own shortcomings"
Tariff Tables Are Not True.
He said the tables prepared by the taEiff
board did not show the true relation be-
tween the paper manufacturers and the
timber holding companies.
The paper business thought 1t had its
business SO hedged that the tariff board
could not find out the facts. and 1t threw
its doors wide open 20 the Investigators.
According to the books the paper makers
were losing money. By accident the in
vestigators got the fun information re-
garding the paper making industry"
senator La Toilette did not attempt &c
place the blame for the confusion in the
commissions report. but said he was in.
vestigating the matter"
Hosopposed holding back the wool tariff
revision until the tariff board reported or
the industry. saying that It "behooves con
gress not TO expect too much from the
tariff board" Though the work is don,
conscientlousiy, he said, the commission hai
not power enough to compel American
manufacturers to disclose all the facts re
garding their cost OF production.
Several Amendments Presented.
The various amendments 10 the Under
wood tariff bill were presented in the sen
ate at the opening of the early session
today, f-
Senator smoot denounced the various, at
tacks on the wool tariff as unjustified b!
facts. He said that schedule X had beel
made the scapegoat" OF the tariff agita
ton. Senator MARITIME OF New Jersey pro
dueed q circular showing that the Prov
wooden mills. OF which Senator Smoot 1
an officer had not been in operation 70
several years.
III the Payne-Aldrich wooden tariff won
keep your mills runnin. in heavens nam
what do you wantT' asked Senator MAJ
tine. SAX.
The mills have been closed beeaus
there Is democratic house." retorted Ser
ator smoot. and the whole industry
demOralized by threat OF free trade"
The Underwood bill provided genera
reduction OF so per cent in the tariff o
raw wool and woolens. Senator la Fo
lette's amendments imposed a much highe
duty ON raw WOOL but reduced the dutis
eA woolens about IS per cent and eorrecte