The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-10
TWO TARIFFS FOR
THE PHILIPPINES
DingIey Bill for Exports and Taft
Rates for Imports.
SECRETARY ROOT INTERESTED
MEETS REPUBLICANS OF WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE.

washington, D. c., Dec. 9.-Chairman
Payne of the ways and means commit
tee today presented to his Republican
colleagues of the committee a tariff
bill for the Philippines which he had
drawn to meet the conditions Of the
recent supreme court decision. The Re
publican members of the committee
met at 1890 to continue the discussion
Of the subject The meeting was exec
utive and was preliminary to a meet
ing of the full committee tomorrow,
WREN a Philippine tariff measure will
be submitted to the Democratic mem
bers and voted upon.
The Payne bill is quite brief, with
two main features: Applying the
Dingley law as against Philippine ex-
ports TO this country and applying the
Philippine committees tariff schedule
to goods entering the Philippines. A
further section grants a rebate of Gus
toms tax on goods which have paid an
internal revenue tax in this country.
There is no prOvisO in the measure
that it shall be temporary, so that the
rates if imposed would be applicable
until congress otherwise acted.
AS soon as the committee assembled
Mr.. Payne offered his bill and it
opened an extended discussion on the
several features involved. The meet
ing lasted until noon, at which time
no final action had been taken, and the
committee adjourned until p. m. to
hear Secretary Root on the require
ments of the situation.
Scale Rates Down.
During the morning discussion it de-
veloped that Mr.. Russell of Connecti-
cut and some other Republican mem
beers strongly favored a prOviso to the
bill offered by Mr.. Payne by which the
tariff rates would be scaled down from
Is to 20 per. cent on goods passing be
tween the United States and the Phil
ippines. This was urged on the ground
that Great Britain now had 40 per cent
of the trade of the Philippines and Ger
many and other European countries
held a certain percentage, while the
United States had but per cent of the
trade.
For this reason it was urged by Mr..
Russell that the United States should
have some concessions as against for
eigR countries in order to gain a fair
percentage of the Philippine trade for
the American trade.
Secretary Root is preparing a bill
which he expects to submit to congress
in day or two, fixing duties for the
Philippines to meet the supreme
courts decision. The latest phase re-
curing consideration is the applica-
ton Of the drawback laws TO trade be-
tween the Philippines and the United
States. It is expected that any tariff
arrangement made will include a pro-
vision for the payment Of drawbacks
on any goods imported into the United
States and exported to the Philippines.
It Is also the purpose to provide for
the remission of internal revenue taxes
on goods otherwise liable to such tax,
but exported to the Philippines
Opposed to New Schedule.
The Official opinion at the war de
partment is strongly adverse to the
proposition which has been preached
by some Republican members of con-
gress to frame new tariff schedule
for the Philippines.
Secretary Root, accompanied by
Colonel Edwards. chief of the insular
division of the war department, was
with the Republican members Of the
committee through the afternoon. go
ing over the Philippine tariff situation.
Mr.. Root emphasized the fact that the
new tariff of the Philippine commits
sion had gone into effect only few
weeks ago, on Nov. Is, and he favored
q continuance by congress of the rates
established by the commission.
Representative Russell thereupon de-
teTmined not to further urge the propo-
sition he had put forward earlier in the
day for a Is per cent preference to
American goods. The committee came
to no final action, adjourning until to-
morrow, when a measure may be
agreed upon.
After the meeting the members
stated that the discussions and the
hearing of Mr.. Root had practically
determined that the Taft tariff rates
ce 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 on taxes
on goods paying AN internal revenue
tax is still under discussion.