The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-26

duce the bounty to be paid Hawaiian
sugar producers to a reasonable sum
and the committee will present ar
amendment looking in that direction
at an early day.
There should be no difficulty in Sc
curing, through the treaty making
powers, such rnodifica tons of the treaty
as Will be satisfactory to both coun-
tries. without injury TO either. It GER
tainly cannot be expected that the
United States will continue for any
length of time to pay bonus of seven
or eight millions of dollars per annum
as an 1nducement to any foreign cOun-
try TO trade with us. l assume there
viii be no difficulty in securing proper
notifications of the treaty so that il
will not be necessary for the govern
ment of the United States 10 give the
one years notice of abrogaticn OF
treaty as provided for by it's terms.
Important changes have been made
in schedule K, both in the rates on
wool and on manufactured woolens.
In dealing with the wool schedule
the committee have suggested more
liberal rates to domestic wool grow
ers than it has recommended for the
producer of any manufactured article
in the schedules. 1t has also suggested
for him a more effective protection
than it has ever received under any
tariff law of the United States at the
time of its enactment The wool grow
ers are given the benefit of a specific
duty upon all classes of wool. Under
| the operation of this fixed specific
duty, the amount of protection afford
ed Will increase with each new de-
cline in the foreign value of this raw
| material
The committee has aimed to give the
woolgrowers a rate of duty which will
average from 10 per cent to 20 per cent
higher than the rates of earlier tariffs.
In doing this it is giving a higher
upon the. manufactured product in
every case.
Very careful consideration has been
given to the compensatory duty on
wooden goods. with the result of reduc-
ing the compensatory rates on low
grade goods, into whose manufacture
more or less of other materials than
wool enter. On the high-grad goods
the compensatory duties are fixed on
the same basis that has obtained in all
previous tariffs.
The house bill rate of 80 per cent on
carpet woods costing less than IS cents
pound has created more agitation
and opposition than any other feature
| of the wool schedule 1t is alleged by
the woolgTowers that this low rate of
duty on carpet woods destroys the eff
fectiveness of the protection afforded
upon the higher grades of wool by rea-
son of the temptation it offers to i'm
port these. low woods to be used in
cheviots, golf suitings and other popu-
lar fabrics which do not require fine
| woods. Without undertaking to affirm
the correctness of these allegations re-
| garding the extensive use of these car
pet woods for clothing purposes, the
committee recognized the fact that
there is some such use made of them
To remove all possible ground for COM
plant on this score they have fixed
the duties on class woods at 4 cents
a pound under 10 cents in value and at
z cents a pound over that valuation.
Under these duties the ad valorem
equivalents will range on the various
clips from 35 per cent up to so per cent,
and in some instances 20 per. cent, and
they are higher than in any previous
law. 1t is certain that under these
duties foreign carpet woods cannot be
imported to take the place of domestic
woods in the cloth manufacture.
Taking this feature of the wool
schedule into account, 1t is a fact
definitely demonstrated by the market
reports that the protection given the
American woolgrower under the senate
bill is greater and more effective than
he has ever before received in an
American tariff.
Under this schedule, wool growing
should become, in time. one of the most
profitable branches of American ag-
ricueture.
Many changes are made in schedule
n. The one which will attract most
attention is the placing of duty upon
hides of cattle Representatives of the
western states in which cattle are
raised have been for many years in
sisting that a duty on hides should find
a place in a tariff bill which was in
tended TO protect all American inter
ests. This contention has been resisted
by the tanners of the country, who be-
lieved that il would place an unneces-
sary burden upon their important in
dustr-
L shall not attempt TO enter in de-
tail into the reasons which led the COM
mittee TO suggest the imposition of the
duty Speaking for myself, 1 believe
that the fears which have been so en-
phaticalay expressed to the injurious
effects CT the duty have been largely
over-estimated, and that no very seri-
Gus burden Will be placed upon either
the tanning, the leather or the boot and
shoe industry if the amendment should
be adopted.
MANY changes are suggested in the
free list. Among the more notable Of
these is. a recomm endation to return
to the liberal provisions of existing law
with regard to the free importation of
books, works of art, ETC., under certain
conditions
"At the time the bill was reported
from the committee it stated in their
belief that an amendment looking to
the more rapid development and ex-
tension of reciprocal trade with foreign
countries would be reported from the
committee at a later day. The commit
tee has not yet found the opportunity
to prepare such an amendment. 1t
seemed TO them that the provisions of
the house bill in this respect would not
prove effective. II is the purpose of
the committee to prepare a provision
which VIII enable the government of
the United States, within certain fixed
limits and without further legislative
action, to enter upon arrangements or
to negotiate reciprocity treaties looking
TO an extension of our foreign trade
I'm suggesting the striking out of
the house provision, that committee
had no purpose of abandoning the
American reciprocity policy. They
hope to be able to suggest such pro-
visions as will enable our government
to greatly extend that policy and make
its adcrfion permanent.
THE committee also hope before the
bill passes from the consideration Of
the senate to be able to present GER
tain needed amendments to the
customs administration law"
In conclusion, Mr.. Aldrich said
THE industrial system of the United
States is growing more and more COM
pick every year. 1t is becoming more
difficult every year to satisfy in n
revision conflicting claims of sections,
or to so adjust rates as to do no in
justice to any of the varied interests
of fl1iS great country The riviSion f