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Show Brislow, of Kansas, and Smoot, of Utah, Disagree Washington, June 17. Immediately upon taking up the tariff bill today, the senate agreed to amendments previously pre-viously offered by Mr. Aldrich, relating relat-ing to flint glazed and other surface-coated surface-coated papers and calendars. . cigar bands, etc., composed of lithograph paper. I The duty on writing and typewriting typewrit-ing paper, etc., as recommended by the committee, provoked a dispute between be-tween Senators Bristowr and Smoot, as to whether it raised or lowered the ' rates of the Dlngley law. The Utah i senator icor-JteUded that it lowered, j and the Kansas senator that It increased, in-creased, the duty. An amendment was , offered by Mr. Bristow, lowering from 3 to 2 cents a pound and 15 per cent ad valorem the duty on this class of paper. The amendment was voted down, 27 to 35. By a viva voce vote, the senate agreed to the committee amendment, fixing the duty on illustrated postcards post-cards at 15 cents per pound, and 25 per cent ad valorem. As stated by Mr. Smoot, this very great increase was made necessary on account of the Intense German competition, which was supplying the domestic market with postcards, showing American Am-erican views. Bv a viva voce vote, the senate sus- tained the finance committee in Its proposed reduction of duties on win- , dow glass, below; the house bill and the Dlngley law rates, after rejecting, reject-ing, by a vote of 25 to 52, an amendment, amend-ment, offered by Senator Bacon, for still lower rates. " The senate began the consideration of the print paper and wood pulp provisions pro-visions in the tariff bill, when Senator Sen-ator Aldrich proposed an amendment lo reduce the duty on print paper from .1-10 to 2-10 of a cent per pound, which he said equalled $4 a ton. The Dlngley Dlng-ley law placed the duty at $6 a ton, and the house reduced It to $2 a ton. Senator Brown of Nebraska discussed the subject. Offering an amendment to placo print paper on the free list. Mr. Brown declared the industry did not need the protection of a duty, "At the risk of creating a panic." he said he would read from President Roosevelt's message to congress, In 1 response to which the house had undertaken un-dertaken to investigate the wood pulp ' and paper business. He then proceeded proceed-ed to read from the message, and when he had concluded, Mr. Tillman bald: "These very papers that are asking : for free paper, are the very headlights of protection,- and they give mo the : opportunity to buy this coat or these frhoes (illustrating by pointing to the ! articles of ls attire) but they want, I free paper." i Looking about the senate with a deep scowl, Mr. Tillman brought his - foot down on the velvet carpet with a resounding effect, as he added: i "They are humbugs." Then he look his teat. |