The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26

me tariff on yarns, Senator Cummins
40 Pc cent, the actual reduction de-
pending upon the varying conditions
~ the market: In the same way the
uulles on wool tops would be reduced
from 50 per cent to so per cent.
Penrose Explains.
IN spite Of these very considerable
leduct!ons." said Senator Penrose. 1T
IS pelleVed it will still afford adequate
piotectlon to the two great industries.
ana that if it should be enacted into
Jaw 1t would enable the farmers and
l!e m~anufacturer and wage-earner
n this industry to continue to
oeIlVe their livelihood from these nur-
SUITS, n at the same time would meet
the man on the part of
LOT a revision Of the wooden schedule,
ms Dill is an attempt to make the
auties on wool and wooden gods con-
LTD forna as nearly as possible. to the in
iorfnatlon on that subject which has
oeen furnished in the recent port of
the tariff board"
ne 1urther explained that the re-
auctions in the bill ran from 10 ner
cent on some of the higher priced
WOODEN goods to as much as a hundred
twenty-five per cent on the lower
anu cheaper grades
senator Penrose also said that while
tne repu1hcans had at first believed it
impossible to get together on q bill
that could be passed, they had finally
agreed, after numerous conferences.
that the new measure might unite ali
republicans in its support, and thus
make possible an immediate reduction
OF the wooden tariff if the house and
the president would accept it.
n appearance Of the republican
measure came after nearly . seven
hours debate on the wooden schedule.
The democratic bill passed by the
house. which cut raw wool to a dilfv
OF 20 per cent ad valorem and made
sweeping reductions in all wooden tar
IN rates, was supported by Senators
summons and Stone, but the PRINCIPAL
debate came upon the substitute meas
ure offered by Mr.. Cummins. He de-
clared that his bill followed closely the
recommendations of the tariff board in
us report. He said the democratic bill
MADE an average reduction of about
So per cent on the entire wooden
schedule of the existing law, and that
ne believed his measure was, on the
average. about 10 per cent higher than
the democratic bill,
Senator Stone assaulted Mr.. Cunmins
fo1 asserting the attitude he had for
merly taken in favor Of ad valorem
wooden rates. In his new bill. Sen
ator stone said, Mr.. Cummins adhered
10 the plan of specific duty, a system
which the democrats believed afforded
Opportunities for undervaluations and
evasions of the tariff.
Senator Poindexter of Washington.
a progressive. in a speech supporting
the Cummins measure, attacked the
finance committee of the senate for
standing pat" on the wooden tariff.
He declared that for five sessions of
congress after the people had voted in
favor OF a reduction of the tariff the
finance committee had successfully re-
sisted n real revision.
Target for Democrats.
Senator Penrose was the target for
democratic assault as Don as he in
troduced n compromise bill. Sena-
tor Williams of Mississippi declared
the appearance Of Mr.. Penrose in the
role Of a tariff reformer is so novel
and sudden that I want further in
formation as to the republican atti-
tude."
He asked how long the republican
bill had been prepared.
Not until this morning" Senator
Penrose said, did I get the consent
Of my colleagues to present the bill. 80
it could not be introduced before this
time. l am not posing as a tariff re-
former. AMI l trust the senator from
Mississippi will from his
shock"
Senator Williams declared the
chairman of the finance committee
was being driven and coerced" by the
democratic party. with the people be-
hind them.
Senator Penrose began an explana-
ton of the bill and was interrupted by
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota. who had
! voted for the Cummins measure,