The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-08
Ii May Be Forced Before
Congress
THE GERMAN AGREEMENT
Strongly Opposed by Importers : Sup,
port Sought by Commission Abroad
The Existing Duty on Wood
Pulp May Be Removed.

Washington, oct. Sit may be i'm.
possible after an 60 hold down the tariI
question At the coming session Of Con.
gress. Il Is well known. Of course. that
the leaders Of the Republican party have
decided not To take up tariff revision
until after The presidential election. II
Is unlikely that any revision programme
can be expected 70 20 through Congress
In the meantime Doubtless there viii
be some extremely interesting phases Of
Oh tariff question cropping out next win.
ter, and u i only natural that these
should arouse 40 much discussion as to
make it difficult for the House leaders
20 keep the whole tariff revision ques.
ton from bcing threshed out on the door
Of the House contingency that would
prove exceedingly embarrassing TO the
dominant party. not only because 4
would he III conflict with the programme
adopted and practically announced By
the administration. but hecausc Il would
parade before the country the very wide
division IN the party on this question.
Great opposition has been aroused
among importers by the German tariff
arrangement. or rather among those Inn
porfers who do not profit by the provi
sions. The American Protective Tariff
league i lighting Il tooth and nail This
tight Is certain 70 be taken TO Congress.
where the opposition will attempt 70
arouse sympathy for their cause by
charging that the executive branch 81
the government has exceeded its author
iiy in the making 81 this arrangement,
and has usurned power rightly belong
ing TO the House.
Another disturbing element in The tar.
IN situation Is The Philippine tariff leg.
islation SO earnestly sought BY secre.
tary Taft. When ne returns from the
Philippines the secretary intends 10
work harder than eva for legislation
lowering the duties on articles imported
into this country from the ialands. In
the removal Of duty ON wood pulp, for
which newspaper publishers are conduct
ing an energetic campaign, II 10 h. found
another troublesome phase Of the tariff
situation This light has been stirred
up anew BY the extremely high price
Of print paper.
lutk II NChfN mere 10 tNt tHtrb tlah
Speaker Cannon viii not oppose the fe.
moval Of the duty on wood pulp and
that this question viii be promptly han
died in order 20 give rs little cause as
possible for stirring up general debate
and discussion on the tariff. The stand
patters apparently believei Il to be the
better plan ia throw this sop 10 the
newspaper publisher Of the country. in
the hope that the question Of general
revision Of the tariff will'not be stirred
up until after the next presidential elee-
ton. But the questions growing out Of
the German trade arrangement and The
Philippine tariff bill cannot be disposed
OF so easily.
What the high pretectionists are seek
ing at the hands Of the Congress is an
expression Of disapproval, through reso
luton or otherwise of the assessment
OF duties on the basis Of the export price
instead Of the home market price. Il
is held the effect of the agreement with
Grmany 20 permit customs duties on
export priceq uotations is TO lower du
ties and that this can under the consti
tuition be done only by the House and
Senate, the House initiating the legis
lation.