Show i NEW RATES ON ZINC ARE PROPOSED Aldrich Announces Senate Committee Is Considering Consider Consider- in ing Tariff on Metal SENATORS NEAR IN INCASE INCASE INCASE CASE OF EMERGENCY Dont Don't f Listen to Any Discussion Discussion Discus Discus- sion but Are Ready to Vote on Signal WASHINGTON May 11 As ll-As As soon as tho the tariff bill was taken up by the senate senate sen son ate today Mr Aldrich stated that the committee oon finance would submit to the senate a different scale of duties on zinc ore and products of zinc and asked that the schedule as well as sections un un- un- un acted on relating to lead products be passed over for br the present The request was conceded Mr Bristow Bristow Bris- Bris tow tov announcing that w when en the white lead schedule should be reached ho he would wish to to be heard on it Tho The committees committee's amendment striking out the Muse house duty of on one half half of 1 cent centa a pound on 01 refined nitrate of saltpeter was agreed t to It is understood that l that at product will wiIl be placed on the free list Mr fr Aldrich then requested an agreement agree aree- ment meat to the committee amendment increasing in increasing in- in in crea creasing the tho duty on all salts of santo santo- nin fin from 50 cents to 1 stating that the proposed duty ditty was the rate of both the Dingley and the tho Gorman German bills Come in to Vote But few senators were present and amI Mr Mi- r. r Overman suggested the absence of ofa a It quorum a roll call brin bringing ing into the tho chamber sixty-one sixty senators The section section sec see tion relating to salts of was then a agreed reed to as enacted On motion of Mr r. r Aldrich the section section sec see tion relating to soap was amended so as to place a duty of 50 per cent ad va va- I lorem on perfumed soap which ho he said was for revenue purposes Lower Sulphur Duties The house provision on sulphur was further amended so as to place crude I sulphur on the tho free list and to provide pro for a duty of 4 a a. ton tou on refined sul- sul the present law and the house bill providing providing- for a dut duty of 6 a a. ton The Tho section relating to limestone rock asphalt was at first amended by reducing reducing ing the time duty 50 per cent under the time present law but later on motion of Mr Beveridge e. e who suggested that perhaps that article should go on the thc free freo list I I tho the paragraph was was temporarily passed over Tho Timo schedule relating to mica was also passed over Mr Aldrich saying saing the tho committee desired to reconsider that para paragraph raph as it was not now satisfied satis satis- fied lied whether the duty should be in in- Continued on page 4 NEW V RATES 1 S Continued from page palE 1 i creased or er whether tho the article should be placed on ot tho the free list cs hin the schedules relating to te chinaware chinaware china- china ware are and earthenware Mr Cummins su suggested that thirds two of the chinaware was imported while SO SOI SOper SOper I per cent Int of the o was of domestic domestic do do- manufacture and added that ho pre proposed posed later to offer aa all amendment to reduce the tho rate rato op OJ earthenware Mr A Aldrich Id rich said sain that th two two o articles articlE's had been ben classified te together Ether and given the same sarno duty ditty y since 1883 even en the Wilson Vilson bill making no change chane in classification To Hasten Work As At a 8 result of ot an understanding S reached after a discussion of the parliamentary par par- status of the birl hili hereafter the senate as in committee of the whole will finally finaU- adopt adept each para paragraph of th the bill as reached unless pas passed d dover over b by agreement and no further opportunity op ep op- op will be had lied to amend the tho measure until it has reached the parliamentary parliamentary parlia perils status of being before the tho sen sen- a ate atc S Speaking in favor faver of a reduction on tb the d dories daines' ties ties' on sh steel el and earthenware Mr lb Bacon Bacon- o offered an amendment rc- rc S re-S the rate from 60 to 3 5 per cent ad em m. m S Mr ir AM Aldrich rich said aid that the revenue received received re reo re- re from the china and earthenware schedules was the importation Imports Imports- importation tion amounting to Wout Cheapen Crockery amendment defeated defeat deleat Mr Bacons Bacon's was ed dby by a vote of 25 to 54 54 Senator La ra LaFollette Follette being beiDa the only Republican who voted in the tho affirmative e with tho the Dem Dem- I Explain Explaining nt that he be M desired red a rate ate of ot duty op Oil common which would reduce its cost to the consumer Mr 1 Bacon offered aa n amendment to re- re duce dace the rate from rom 55 per PCT rant au ad valorem valorem va TA va- va lorem as it stood MoM in the bill to 40 per par cent After t considerable debate the ame amendment Clment was voted Toted down 50 30 to 27 21 I |