The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-10
TARIFF AND SUBSIDY
CONGRESSMAN PAYNE OFFERS A
BILL TO GOVERN REVENUES 4
OF PHILIPPINES
TWO BASIC PROPOSITIONS
Embodying Application of Both the
DingIey Law and the Philippine
Commissions TariH-Frye's
Subsidy Bill Introduced.


WASHINGTON, Dee 9. = Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means commit
tee, today presented isto his Republican
colleagues of the committee a revenue
tariff bill for the Philippines, which he
had drawn to meet the conditions of the
recent supreme court decision. The meet
ing was executive and was preliminary
to a meeting of the full committee to-
morrow morning when the Philippine
tariff bill will be submitted to the Demo
cratic members and be voted upon.
The Payne bill is quite brief, with two
mean features, viz: Applying the Ding
this country, and applying the Philippine
commissions tariff schedule to goods en-
tering the Philippines. A further section
grants a rebate Of customs tariffs on
goods which have paid all internal rev.
enue tax in this country. There Is no
provision in the measure that 1t shall be
temporary, so that the rates. if imposed,
would be applicable until congress other
wise acted.
An extended discussion followed on the
several features involved. During the de-
bate it developed that Mr.. Russell Conn
and some other Republican members
strongly favored the proviso to the bill
offered by Mr.. Payne by which the tariff
rates would be scaled down from Is to 90
per cent on goods passing between the
United States and the Philippines.
Root Given a Hearing.
Secretary Root, accompanied by Col.
Edwards, chief of the insular division
of the war department, was with the
Republican members of the committee
throughout the afternoon, going over the
Philippines tariff situation. Mr.. Root en-
phasized the fact that the new tariff of
the Philippines commission went into
effect only a few weeks ago, on Nov. Is,
and he favored a continuance by con-
gress of the rates established by the COM
mission. s4Est
Representa- tive Russell tlereupon deter
mined not to further urge the proposition
he had put forward for Is per cent
preference to American goods. The COM
mittee took no final faction, adjourning
until tomorrow, when a measure may be
agreed upon.
After the meeting the members stated
that, while no conclusions had been
reached and no votes taken, the discus
sions and the hearing of Mr.. Root had
practically determined that the Taft tariff
rates of Nov. 10 would be applied against
goods entering the Philippines, and the
Dingley rates against goods entering the
United States from the Philippines. The
proposal to grant a rebate of tax on
goods paying an internal revenue tax is
still under discussion, with the prospect
of it's being incorporated in the final draft
of the bill.
Senator Frye today introduced the new
ship subsidy bill. 1t differs from the sub
sidy bill of the, past two sessions and is
divided into four titles and fifteen sec
tons.
The sections under the title Ocean
G q a ms hiraS'' cd 10 and
ments to the ocean mail act of 1891.
Inc postmaster general is required to
consider the national defense and the
maritime interests of the United States
as well as postal interests in providing
for the transportation of American ocean
mails. The present limit of ocean con-
tracts, ten years, is increased to fifteen
years. y lssfr
The Frye bill provides seven distinct
classes with ratei0of IS to twenty
knot steamers increasing to 5000 to 10000
the minimum size: So for sixteen knot
steamers provided the size is increased
from 5000 tons; the present minimum, to
5000 tons, The proposed ma ximup1 mail
rates per gross ton per hundred nautical
miles are: Over 10000 tons, twenty knots
az cents; nineteen knots, rs cents Over
5000 tons, Is knots, 2.3 cents; seventeen
knots, 81 cents; sixteen knots, I9ocents,
n1teen KNOTS, l-1secentS.t over Z,0O0 TONS
fourteen knots, 1.5 cents.
The second title, General Subsidy"
contains the general subsidy for all YES
sells, steam or sail. which are not under
mail contracts. This general subsidy is
uniform, one cent per gross ton per 100
nautical miles for not exceeding sixteen
entries in one year. To promote the
building of new ocean vessels, an auai-
tional allowance of one-fourth OF cent
per gross ton is made for five years.
Any vessel to receive the general sub
sidy must carry mails, il required and
must train in seamanship- or engineering
one American youth for each 1000 tons,
the vessel to be at the service O.; the
government If required for defense. Any
vessel to receive subsidy must be class Al
and at least one-fourth of the crew must
be Americans.
J. he bill provides an annual bounty CT
So a ton for deep sea fishing vessels and
81 month for American citizens when
engaged in deep sea fisheries; that YES
sci shall receive only one form. Of subsidy
and that vessel which has received a
subsidy shall not be sold to foreigner
except by consent of the secretary of the
treasury.
The bill does not provide American
registry fol-. foreign ships owned by
Americans.