The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-04
'CLEARY FRAMES
STAND.PAI SPEECH
Mankato Congressman to Make
the Effort of His Life for
...-
High Tariff.
By w. w. Jermane.

washington, Jan. 4.-The Philippine
tariff bill is to have right of way in
the house, with no rule limiting debate,
until the committee on territories ID
ready to report the statehood plll,
day. Then it will be temporarily set
aside in order that statehood may, be
considered, when it will again be taken
IN and debated until the rate bill IS
ready to come out of the committee
on Interstate and foreign commerce;
Much Of the campaign maternal Iort
bate on the Philippine bill, The demo-
Gratis will use it as an. excuse TO gal
vanize the tariff issue into life, it be
ing their intention to make revision
their chief issue next year.
The republican standpatters will re-
spond in carefully prepared speeches.
: One of these kill be delivered by Rep
recently went on the ways and means g
committee, which considers all tariff
It will be Mr.. McCleary's most i'm
portant utterance in public life. since
his famous gold-standard speech IN the
middle ninetieg. and it is being thought
speech. he viii take the stand against
revision, and argue for his maximum
and minimum idea, with the present
law as the minimum. He has been 60
ing over the tariff history Of this and
other countries for the purpose Of re-
freshing his memory, and his speech
will pro badly be several hours in be1ng
delivered. .
There are other maximum and mini.
mum tariff bills before the house, but
they differ from McCleary's in that
they make the present law the maxi
mum and not the minimum. Mr.. Nc
CIeary will expect to make his cam.
paign for denomination in the second
= Minnesota district next year largely on
the tariff debateS Of the present ses'
sion.
tied it's squabble today over the com
: mittee reference Of the insurance ques
ton. Mr.. Payne withdrew the amend
ment which had caused the seven days
of discussion before the holiday recess
and Mr.. Hepburn at once submitted an
amendment referring the whole ques
tion Of the control Of corporations Other
tee, with instructions "to report fully
at an early day their views as to thu
power Of the federal government legis
lature to regulate or control said cor
porations in the management or con
: troll Of their business and business mat
= GeTB, anu IL bdAu power cA1SIS, Guou Gu'
extent Of such power and under wha
provisions Of the constitution it is con
ferred upon congress-
This amendment was agreed to with
out objection, and as there was no dis
cussion Of other items, the refernec
Of the entire message was made accord
ing to the terms Of the resolution.
=. The Philippine Bill.
The Philippine tariff bill was the
taken up for consideration. Mr.. Payn
explained the bill. He particularly en-
phasized the ''benefcent purposes 0
the measure. The revenue collected III
der it, he said, was needed in the Phi
ippines for schools and internal in
provements. In brief, the bill provide
for the admission to the United State
Of articles wholly the growth and pro-
uct Of the Philippines free from dut
except sugar and tobacco, on which
tariff Of rs per cent Of the Dingley raj
shall be collected. In consideration (
this reduction of duty on sugar an
q tobacco, the product of the Unite
States is to be admitted into the Phi
ippines free of duty. After April l
1909, the bill provides absolute fire
trade between the two countries.
Mr.. Payne went into some detail
explaining the industries Of the Phili
pines.