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Show TARIFF REVISIBI wmam North Carolina Senator Shows Up Increase of Buties on the Necessaries of Life. SENATOR HALE QUESTIONS WISDOM OF DECISIONS Roast Handed to' Beveridge in Connection With Agitation for Tariff Commission. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. When the senate met today, Senator Simmons (IS". C.) took up the tariff report. Citing numerous instances of duties on the necessaries of life, Mr. Simmons declared de-clared that' the rates were higher on the grades of goods used by the common com-mon people than on those used by the rich. Whatever any ono may think of this' tariff bill," said Mr. Beveridge, "it is certain this is the last tariff measure that will be enacted by tho method ' or lack of method that has characterized this revision." Mr. Beveridge said ho had re-introduced his bill creating a tariff commission, commis-sion, so that if for any reasou the president should be unable to exercise tho power contemplated it could be pressed for passage. No One Can Toll. Whether the tariff bill about to be enacted, said Mr. Hale, would be accepted ac-cepted by the American -eoplo as satisfactory satis-factory and will be followed bv prosperity, pros-perity, no one could tell. But. whatever what-ever "the result should be, he was satisfied satis-fied that for ten years people would look with marked impatience and frown upon anv proiect or plan or tribunal that would be likoly to disturb condi- Peplying to Mr. Nowlands, Mr. JTale declared Ihe president; would have nothing noth-ing to do with investigating the cost of production at home aud abroad. Mr. Beveridge then explained that he had been inclined to the same views, but that Mr. Aldrich, having expressed a different opinion, he would hesitate, to press his tariff commission bill until it could be known what the fact would prove to be. "The scnaior will admit," said .Mr. Beveridge, "that the language was reassuring re-assuring to those of us who favored the tnriff commission." "Too much so," replied Mr. Hale. Hale Has Evidence n Mr. Halo then sent to the desk a circular letter from the committee of 100 appointed at tho national tariff convontion held in Indianapolis last spring for the purpose of promoting tariff commisson legislation. It announced an-nounced that. $25,000 would be required to get a bill throueh congress and requested re-quested the recipients of the eircular to sec that, their newspapers were filled with iuterviows and editorials Lavor-able Lavor-able to a tariff commission. "That is your high-toned agitation, remarked Air. Hale, bowing to Mr. Bev-eridfe Bev-eridfe and then taking his seat. "T never heard of such a thing before, be-fore, but 1 do not see anything improper in that letter." replied Mr. Beveridge. Senator Gamble spoke at length upon the bill. While objecting to some of its features, he said that as it had met the approval of the ".resident and was the work of the mnioritv parly in congress, con-gress, he would vote" for it. Tho Night Session. Some difficulty was encountered, in "oiling a quorum at the night session. Finally at S:40 the sergeant-at-arms was instructed to bring 111 the -absences. . For more than half an hour sen ate employes had been telephoning lo residences of senators io induce Ihvir attendance, but with small success. In several instances the only information 1 hat could bo obtained was to the el-feet el-feet that senators' telephones had been "temporarily detached." Senator 1-odge. entering the chamber, made a ouorum. , . Senator Cummins of Iowa was the first speaker at the evening session. He attacked the various schedules of tho measure as affording 110 relief to the American consumer. Challenging Mr. Cunimiuij's siai;e-incnl siai;e-incnl that there had been no substantial substan-tial reduction in the bili, Air. Aldrich declared Mint, there had been 500 reductions reduc-tions of rales. It would be impossible, he said, lo show that these rales were above a rrusonabk protective poinr. Bailey Springs a Joko. Mr. Cummins, having invited the Rhode Island senator to visit him in Iowa to help him convince the people thai, these rates were only high enough to be protective. Mr. Bailey suggested that when these two senators "pertorin in double harness" he wished to receive re-ceive an invitation lo witness the event. Drifting into a discussion of polit.es, Senators Cummins. Aldrich. Bailey. Dick. Beveridge and Smith (Mich.) entered en-tered upon an experience meeting cou- 'oriurig the political issues 01 iii.m. Mr. Aldrich insisted that the misrepresentations misrep-resentations of the McKinloy tariff bill first caused the defeat of the Republican Repub-lican party and then resulted in the nomination anil election of McKinloy. "It was the money question thai, controlled con-trolled tho campaig'n," suggested Mr. Beveridge. "It was Ihe absence of money that controlled it," facetiously suggested Mr. Smith of Michigan. "On our side," interposed Mr. Bailey. Concluding his remarks Mr. Cummins roileralcd that ho would vote against the conference report. Senator Daniel renewed his complaint that ho and other Democratic members of the finance commit tec had been excluded ex-cluded from a fair participation in the consideration of the bill. He reiterated th'it he tind his colleagues hnd been premised "a day" in which to cast their vote against the report and had been denied it by Mr. Aldrich. Mr. Daniel concluded with :i general denunciation of tho bill and warned the liop'iblicans that should the right man arise to lead tho Duinqcrney, victory Continued on Page 2wne. TARIFF REVISION T0T DOAVNWARD Continued from Page One woulvi be assured to tho Democrats. At .11:42 the fienato adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. |