The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-11
PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL.
Republicans Of Ways and Means Committee
Agree on Dingley Rates.
(By the Associated Press }


Washington, Dec. 1O--The Republican
members of the Ways and Means Com
, mittee today agreed upon Philippine
| tariff bill. 1t is designated as tenlDor-
| airy measure and provides that the tariff
laws of the Philippine Commission shall
| have full force and effect After enact
| ing the Philippine tariff the bill goes 10
on to provide:
| Section 2.-That on and after the pas
! sage of this act there shall be levied, col
| lected and paid upon all articles import
ed into the United States from the
/ Philippine archipelago the rates of duty
which are required to be levied, collect
| ed and paid upon like articles imported
| from foreign countries.
Section 3.-That on and after the pas
sage of this act the same tonnage tavaS
j shall be levied collected and paid upon
all vessels coming into the United states
from the Philippine archipelago, which
are required by law to be levied, col
lected and paid upon vessels coming
into the United States from foreign coIn
tries until the first day of January 1865
| Provided, however, that the provisions
/ of law restricting to vessels of the United
States the transportation of passengers
and merchandise directly or indirectly
| from one port of the United States to
another port of the United States shall
not be applicable to foreign vessels en-
gaging in trade between the Philippine
archipelago and the United States.
Section 4.-That the duties and taxes
collected in the Philippine archipelago
in pursuance of this act less the cost
of collecting the same, and the gross
amount of all collections of duties and
| taxes in the United States upon articles
imported from the Philippine archipela-
go, and upon vessels coming therefrom.
shall not be covered into the general
fund of the treasury of the United States.
but shall be held as a separate fund and
paid into the treasury of the Philippine
Islands to be used and expended for the
Government and benefit of said islands
Section 5.-That when duties preScrib-
ed by this act are based upon the weight
of merchandise deposited in any public
or private bonded warehouse said du-
ties shall be levied and collected upon
the weight of such merchandise at the
time of its entry.
Section 6-That all articles manu-
factured in bonded manufacturing ware
houses in whole or in part of imported
materials, or of materials subject to
internal revenue tax and intended for
expectation from the United States to
the philippines, shall, when exported.
under such restrictions as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe, be ex-
empt from internal revenue tax, and
shall not be charged with duty except
the duty levied under this act upon i'm
ports into the Philippine Islands,"
The Democratic members were furnish
ed with copies of the Payne Philippines
bill and were advised of the programme
for considering this measure. It will be
taken up at a meeting of the committee
tomorrow, reported to the House on Fri
day next. and will be taken ND i'll the
House next Tuesday. The debate in the
House will be brief, probably not eX-
ceeding day with special rule pro-
vding for bringing the question to a
final vote probably on Tuesday evening.
The Cuban Commission, through
Chairman Payne, asked for bearing,
but were advised that no hearing would
be given until after the holidays the
object being to postpone the eonsidera-
tion of Cuban reciprocity until action
had been matured on the Philippines
Inc committee was formally organized
and ub-committees appointed
The Democratic members OF the WAYS
and Means Committee held a meeting
today in anticipation of the committee
discussion of the Philippines tariff bill.
and with a view of formulating some
line of action. Considerable difference
OF opinion prevailed, and after two
hours of general discussion the meeting
adjourned without an agreement as to
the course TO be pursued.