Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
TARIFF TRAINERS At WORK
Revenue Feature Of the Bill Claim
ing Attention of Committee.
FIGHT Is EXPECTED IN SENATE
strong Effort VIII He Made 20 Get
Measure Through Upper House
without Any Important
Changes.

WASHINGTON. Dec. A.-The tariff
trainers met again today to continue the
work OF preparing a tariff bill. While
protection afforded to industries, which
must compete with cheap labor abroad,
will be the keynote of the revised tariff,
much consideration will be given to the
questions of raising sufficient revenue
for the government.
The revenue feature involves more diff
cult problems than either the protective
or other phases of the tariff revision ques-
ton. 1t is claimed by some that the gov
ernment has been deprived of millions of
dollars of revenue during the operation
of the Dingley tariff, because of the nu-
merous changes made in the bill after 1t
passed the house Of representatives. These
changes were made principally in the
wording of the bill rather than in the
rates of duty. 1t is freely said that numer-
Gus large interests that will be affected
by the new tariff law as It will be reported
to the house, will make a strong fight
when the bill reaches the senate.
In this case, It is understood, that Presi-
dent-elect Taft will exert every influence
to have the bill go through the senate
as 1t comes from the house. 1t Is even
said that Mr.. Taft will veto the bill II the
senate makes too many changes tending
to increase the rates of duty. One case
in point where the senate amended the
Dingley bill as reported from the house
in 1907, was brought out in a humorous in
cident during the hearings several weeks
ago. Senator Hale of Maine, appeared to
ask that tapioca starch, now on the free
list should pay a rate of ~ cents a pound.
The chairman called Mr.. Hale's attention
to the fact that tapioca was made dutiable
at that rate in the Dingley bill as II left
the house and the senate struck out the
paragraph and left tapioca as 1t appears in
the law, on the free list
Remarkable Freight TarIn.
BY special permission of the Interstate
Commerce commission the Chicago g.
Eastern Illinois Railroad company, for It.
self and for the Rock Island and Frisco
lines. will file with the commission in
few days one of the most remarkable
freight tariffs ever constructed by an
interstate carrier. The proposed tariff will
be compilation of local, joint and pro-
portional rates on lumber and lumber
products, in car loads, from various points
| in the middle west and south to other
points in the middle west and the east and
Canada. For some time the Interstate
Commerce commission has had its experts
proposed tariff and the commission has d.
rected that the tariff shall contain the
following note:
las an assistance in reaching more
simplicity and clearness IN tariff legislation
and contemplating eventual statements of
rates in specific form. the Interstate Com
merce commission has by its special
authority of December IL, 1903 No. 1850 to
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad COM
pany, granted temporarily and subject to
revocation by the commission, permission
to issue this tariff and to include this rule
therein"
Contained in the tariff is a note by the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, which indicates
a purpose by the carriers interested in the
tariff to aid shippers In It's use. The note
follows;
In the publication of this tariff it is the
desire of these companies to place in the
hands of their shippers and connections
clear and complete information TO
lumber rates, not only from the gateways
from which these companies operate, but in
a special section which provide rates to
particular gateways that the persons
using this issue will have in one tariff COM
plete information concerning rates from the
point of origin of the lumber to the final
destination of the consignment.
Special willingness to cooperate with the
shipping public is shown by the carriers in
an address contained in the tariff addressed
ito our patrons"
Cooperation of Shippers Asked.
The note explains concisely the scope and
purposes OF the tariff and gives examples
to assure thorough understanding of the
document. Cooperation with the shippers
is invited in the following paragraph:
1t has been the aim to show this informa.
tion In as comprehensive manner as pos
sible, and to maintain this issue on a correct
basis we wish to urge upon you freely tc
, communicate with the undersigned IF. c
Reilly, general freight agenD, calling at
tention to any correction, omission or in
! consistency which may appeal to you. Ii
other words we invite suggestions or critic
. isms which will tend toward making tn,
tariff a most perfect or complete issue, anC
one which will in every way fulfill your re
! quirements.
In the entire history of the Interstat,
, Commerce commission no such tariff al
= this has been filed. 1t is regarded as uniqu,
4 and is regarded as showing disposition ol
} the part OF the carriers to come into close
relations with shippers in order that tn
interest OF both may better be subserved.