The Washington herald., 1913-07-25
SENATE BUSY ON
TARIFF DETAILS
Most Of Time Spent IN Consid-
Grafton Of Rates
on Gum.
SOME MINOR BRUSHES
Senator Bristow Reads from Book to
Prove that Amber Is Produced
IN New Jersey.
SOME MINOR BRUSHES

Little progress was made yesterday
with the rates in the tariff bill. The
Senate devoted about two hours to the
consideration of paragraphs in the bill
that had been amended by the Finance
Committee. A motion by Senator Burton
of Ohio to place nutgalls and Persian
berries on the free list. where the
House bill put them. was voted down by
a. party vote. The Senate COMMITTEES
placed a duty OF three-eighths of a cen,
per pound on these extracts, on the
theory that they are used only for dye
ing. The House had put them on the
free list under the impression that they
were used in tanning.
After Senator Burton's amendment had
been voted down, Senator Brandegee ask
ed that the paragraph be passed over,
and will offer a substitute for 1t later.
The second test of strength came on
paragraph 30. Senator Smoot moved
20 make saffron and sashower and their
extracts, and saffron cake. free of duty,
as they are in the Payne-Aldrich law.
The Democrats have placed a revenue
duty of 10 per cent on them. The roll was
called, and twenty-seven Republicans
voted to put the articles on the free list
and forty Democrats voted to make them
dutiable at 10 per cent.
The next struggle came over Tornado
hyde solution and formaline. These are
taxed % per cent under the Payne-Ald-
rich law. The Democrats changed the
duty to specific at / cent a pound. which
is the equivalent of 3.73 per cent. Sena-
tor Gronna Of North Dakota declared in
favor of the lower duty on the ground
that formaldehyde was used by the farm
ers OF the Northwest to spray grain
and fruit trees and to preserve milk. The
paragraph was not disposed Of, Senator
Smoot having reserved the right to offer
a substitute later. The Senate took up
and disposed of in rapid succession. by
adopting them. the paragraphs relating
to fusel oil. gelatin. glue, and their man.
ufactures, Of isinglass. and of glycerin.
Senator Bristow Reads.
he chief discussion Of the afternoon
turned upon paragraph 81. Included in
this paragraph are amber. camphor
chicle. dextrine. and arabic gums.
Senator Bristow discovered that the
Democrats had placed q duty on raw
amber of 10 per cent. He suggested that
amber was produced in New Jersey and
Massachusetts. and he looked straight
at Senator Hughes of New Jersey. who
is a member OF the Finance Committee.
Senator Hughes rose and declared that If
amber was produced in New Jersey he
had never known 1t. and Senator Mar
tine declared that he was certain II had
never been produced in New Jersey. be-
cause no had been to see him about
having the duty retained on 1t.
Senator Bristow sent out and brought
in a volume from which he read tina,
most of the amber was gathered in the
Baltic Sea, hut that some Of It was pro-
duced in New Jersey and Massachu-
sets. Thereupon Senator Lodge felt
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State. He declared that II amber had
Eeen produced in Massachusetts, at any
time he had never known II, but he thor
oughly approved placing a protective
dLty on it IL 1t was Massachusetts in
Gustry. Amber has been on the free
list heretofore. The Pay me Aldrich law
makes crude amber free, but taxes smok-
ing materials manufactured from amber
1t 60 per cent. The Democrats reduced
this tax on smoking materials from 60
to so per cent.
Senator Hughes justified the duty or