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Show HEYBURN RESUMES SPEECH ON LUMBER SCHEDULES Washington, May 24. Senator Hey-burn Hey-burn resumed his speech on the lumber lum-ber schedules in the senate today, and submitted a large amount of evidence concerning the cost of prodii finished fin-ished lumber and the need for a differential dif-ferential duty Senator Heyburn Inquired how much it was proposed by the advocates advo-cates of reduced lumber rates to cut the wages of laborers In the lumber camps. He wanted to know whether it was the mills In tho West or South that it was proposed to close. Only a dozen senators Were, on the floor. "The circulation of the Congressional Con-gressional Record is so limited and the Interest of the press In this question so small, that I prefer to speak to those who must vote on this question," ques-tion," said the Idaho senator. He then questioned the presence of a quorum and tho roll was called. A quorum responded and Mr. Heyburn repeated his questions. The silence which followed was broken by the senator sen-ator declaring: "If you don't answer those questions here, you will answer them when election day comes around and you want to hold up to the people peo-ple the fruits of the Republican party." In the meantime many senators had again left the chamber and a quorum had to be brought in by another roll-call. roll-call. A clash between Senators Heyburn and Clapp followed the former's assertion asser-tion that the promise of tariff revision revis-ion was made by the few Republicans at tho Chicago convention, "in the hour of their fright." Senator Clapp asked If the Idaho senator did not want to withdraw that statement. "No, I am not afraid of ghosts, wherever I meet them," replied Mr. Heyburn. "The people knew the Republican Re-publican party could be trusted to do the right thing, although inadvertantly inadvert-antly a ba4 promise crept into the platform." Senator Burkett followed Senator Heyburn by defending a reduction of the lumber rates. An extended plea for a differential duty on dressed lumber was made by Senator Root, who cited the various lumber interests along the Canadian border, and gave reasons why they should be accorded a protective tariff. tar-iff. ' "Canada," he said, "offers to every planing mill which will move across the border a remission of taxes for from fifteen to twenty-five years. So that the duty which we aro imposing. If we adopt the committee report on dressed lumber, merely balances the tax that Is Imposed upon the property of our mills for the support of 6tato and municipal governments." Mr. Hale Inquired whether, the senator sen-ator from New York believed the DIngley rate shoAId be retained. Senator Sen-ator Root answered in the affirmative, and added: "I do not think there can be a reduction re-duction in these differentials that will not transfer a large portion of the planing business to Cannda." Mr. Root read a communication I from the Amalgamated Woodworkers of America, favoring the retention of the Dingley duties. |