Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-27
Fight Over Reciprocity.


The chief fight, aside from that, CEN
tering about Senator Borah's income tax
measure came upon the Canadian recip-
rocity amendment offered by Senator
Gronna of North Dakota The amend
ment, adopted by the Senate, 81 to 26,
provides for the complete repeal of the
reciprocity law, and for the establish
ment of a rate of 81 per ton on print pa
per imported from Canada in place of
the present duty of s37s. The text of the
provision fixing a new tariff ON paper
is as follows
That from and after the passage of this
act the duty on chemical WOOD pulp shall
be one-twelfth of one cent per pound,
dry weight if unbeached. and one-eighth
of one cent per pound if bleached; and
the duty on printing paper as described
in paragraph 400 of the act approved,
Aug. 5, 1909 dhe Payne-Aldrich tariff
law shall be one-tenth of one cent per
pound If valued at not above cents per
pound; two-tenths of one cent per pound
If valued above three cents and not
above five cents per pound, and u per
cent advalorem if valued above five
cents per pound"
The portion of the reciprocity law now
in effect which admits paper free from
Canadian provinces which do not dis
crminate against the United States was
defended by Senators Williams, Bacon.
Smith of Georgia and other Democrats
They declared the free paper provision of
the reciprocity law should be allowed
to remain in effect and said under such
an arrangement they would be glad to
ri n IF balance nj t1a
law. Senator Bacon finally offered an
amendment to repeal all of the reciproc-
ity law except the free paper section. 1t
was defeated. 81 to q, Bristow, Clapp
Poindexter and Works being the only
Progressives who voted for 1t. The Gron-
ma amendment was then adopted. The
Senate adopted an amendment by Sem
ator Fletcher which changed the excise
bill so that the tax would not apply to
labor organization. agricultural associa-
tions or fraternal organizations of an
insurance character. A plan to check
the tobacco monopoly by special excise
tax on production above a certain amount
offered by Senator Hitchcock, was de-
feated.
Sugar Bill. Friday.
The third of the Democratic tariff
measures, the sugar bill, will come upt
tomorrow, under the agreement in the
Senate 1t is believed, tonight, that the
combination of Democrats and Progress
sives will be continued through the third
day of the tariff program, so that a
sweeping reduction in the sugar tariff
viii have been approved by the Senate
before the end of tomorrow's session.
The Democrats have determined to sup
port Senator Williams bill, introduced
today, providing a one-third cut in all
sugar tariffs and a cut of 40 per cent.
on the molasses tariff. The House bill
provides basis of free sugar but this
will not be endorsed by the Democrats.
1t Is expected that a compromise meas
ure will be offered by the Republican
leaders reducing the existing duty of
sl93 on refined sugar by from 20 to 40
cents a hundred pounds.
This compromise may be adopted by
the Senate, but it is expected in the end
it will give way, as the compromise wool
bill did. to progressive bill still further
reducing the duty.