Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-16
BILL is MADE UNFINISHED BUSi-
NESS AND SESSIONS ARE
CALLED EARLIER.
WILL MEET AT NOON HEREAFTER
McCumber and Curtis Speak in Op-
position to the Measure-Rer-
ger Makes Maiden.
Speech.

washington, June 15.-ln the con-
sideration of the Canadian reciprocity
bill the senate listened to speeches
by Senators Curtis of Kansas and Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, in opposi-
ton to the measure. The senate made
the bill the unfinished business on
the calendar and without opposition
changed one regular daily hour of
meeting to ~ o'clock noon, which
. is expected to materially assist in
dispOsing of the speeches.
Senator Penrose, in charge Of the
bill, expressed satisfaction at the out
look, saying he believed there will
be general cooperation in bringing the
discussion to close as speedily as
possible.
Senator BristOw introduced an amend
ment regulating the sugar duty. His
amendment would strike out the Dutch
standard provision of the present law
and remove the differential between
raw and refined sugar, SO that the
duty would be 95 cents per hundred
on sugar testing rs degrees and 31a
cents for each additional degree. Mr.
Bristow expressed confidence that the
amendment would receive a consider
able vote.
Senator Gore asked and obtained
leave for the printing of speech
made in the Canadian parliment by ].
A. Sexsmith, member, in opposition
to the reciprocity agreement. He
m Gnvcy0jfh nd
that he painted an especially dark
picture for Canada as the result of
the ratification of the convention. For
himself, Mr.. Core said he occupied
middle ground, believing that ruin
would come to neither"
Democrats Stick to the Tariff.
An attempt to extend the legislative
program of the Democratic majority
in the house at this extra session of
congress failed at caucus of the
Democratic representatives. The re-
suit is a reinforced determination of
the Democrats to confine their legis-
Iative efforts at this session to the
tariff. ii
Among the matters which the eau
Gus turned down were the bill provid
ing for change from three to five
years as the enlistment period in the
army and other reorganization bills
introduced by Chairman Hay, of the
committee on military affairs. Bills
which the committee on naval affairs
wishes to have passed at this session
measures were denied consideration.
Socialist Makes Maiden Speech.
The maiden speech of Representa-
tive Victor Berger of Wisconsin, the
only Socialist member of congress,
was the feature of an otherwise dull
general debate in the house on the
bill for the revision of the wooden
schedule. Mr.. Berger supported the
bill on the ground that it would break
down international barriers. Repre-
sentatives Kahn, of California, and
Moore, of Pennsylvania, spoke against
the bill, Representatives Howard, Of
Georgia, and Cooke, of Ohio, in favor
of it.
pending Underwood wool bill Mr.. Ber-
ger, in his speech, declared there is no
such thing as protection to labor in
tariff bills and that any such pretense
was because working men have votes.
He said the measure was of small
immediate concern to the working
class, meant no material changes in
their conditions, but he would support
the bill because it is in line with So
cial and political evolution, tends to
destroy the old tariff superstitions and
to bring into closer relation the peo-
pies Of the world" He traced the
history of the tariff to show that at all
times it was subsidy to the manu-
facturers and declared that the high
tariff does not protect the workingman.