Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-12
Northwest NOT IN /.
Not Represented in Makeup OF
Committee Formulating
Tariff Bill
AND DALzELL SURVIVE
Only Members Serving on Ways and
Means Committee That Helped Form
uIate DinsIey BilI-senate Commit
tee Also chaneed-specuIaton as to
What Will Be Done.

Washington, Nov. 12.-How many
farmers. and other large consumers of
lumber, iron, steel and hardware are
coming on to Washington to attend
Chairman Payne's hearings on the tar
if schedules before the ways and
means committee?
For years they have been advocat-
ing removal of the tWo-dollar tax
on sawed or manufactured lumber, but
thus far nobody representing the farm
ers has asked for time in which to
present his views on Friday, Nov. 20
Payne for considering the lumber
schedules.
The farmers might do double duty
by coming down to Mr.. Payne's meet
ings; for there is strong effort to be
made by eastern manufacturers for the
removal of the duty on hides and pelts,
so that raw material can be imported
to the big factories Of New England
Should the duty on lumber be de-
creased, the committee might recon-
mend that there. also be a removal on
hides and pelts, which would mean
great loss to the western farmers more.
perhaps. than the two dollar duty on
lumber imposes.
Mr. Paynes hearings are now on
and, as usual. there is much hustle and
action around the new. spacious rooms
of the committee on ways and means
in the new congressional office build
ing on Capitol hill.
For the first time in quarter Of
century. the great northwest, which is
intensely interested in the lumber, iron
and steel. flax and fibers. glass. agri-
cultural and metal schedules is I'M
represented on the house ways and
means committee.
Tawney and M. N. johnson.
Twelve years ago this winter. just as
the new republican administration Of
Mckinley was coming in, Minnesota,
member Of the committee, viz, James
A. Tawney, NJ. N. Johnson and ]. p.
Dolliver. Tawney proved to be a VAL
liable member, and really accomplished
something when he secured the pas
sage Of the bill prohibiting the adul-
iteration of flour, the tax on oleomar-
garine and the filled cheese bill.
Dolliver was promoted to the senate,
but did not become a member of the
finance committee, which has to do
with the tariff. This was because of the
fact that his colleague, the late Sen
ator William B. Allison was men,
Der and chairman of that committee.
Martin N. johnson, of North Dakota.
after decade. of retirement, now looms
again in the political limelight as a
possible United States senator from
North Dakota but if elected he will
not become member of the finance
committee to succeed Mr.. Hansbrough
To show how the mutations of politics
work in the short space of ten years, 1T
is interesting to note that the only two
members of the present ways and
means committee which gave hearings
and framed the outlines of the present
Dingley tariff law are: Serenno p.
Payne and John Dalzell, who are
known as the original "standpatters."
Of the old committee Chairman
Nelson Dingley, Charles A. Russell of
Connecticut; Joseph Wheeler. of Ala
bama, and S. B. NJ. Robertson, of Lou
isiana, have passed beyond.
Hopkins of Illinois, Dolliver, of Iowa,
and Bailey, of Texas, have gone to the
United States senate, and M. N. john
son hopes soon to land there. Hopkins
and Bailey are members of the senate
finance committee, which has to deal
with the tariff. Grosvenor. of Ohio,
more familiarly known as "Old Fig
gers by reason of his accurate polit-
ical predictions. was retired two years
ago and his old district, the Twelfth
Ohio, came. near voting democratic.
George w. Steele, of Indiana, who was
defeated by young Fred Lands, has
1een permanently left out and the
district is now democratic: Walter
Evans is federal judge in Kentucky.
is promoted ITO chairman OF
in the house; McMillen,
of Tennessee, has been governor twice,
Swanson is now governor of Virginia,
and McClennan is mayor of New York
Of the present committee j. E. Wat
son, Bourke Cochran, d. l.. d. Granger
and F. w. Boynage have been retired
at the recent election.
Senate Committee Also Changed.
The great west will miss the val
liable services of William B. Allison,
of Iowa, on the senate finance COM
mittee. For years he stood by that
section of the country and held his own
with Aldrich, of Rhode Island; Hale,
Of Maine, and Tom Platt. of New York
The latter will retire March 4 and will
therefore have nothing to do with the
new tariff bill in the next session.
of North Dakota, is also
slated TO retire, and also Teller, of Col
orado. This will leave the committee
composed of the following: Nelson w
Aldrich, Rhode Island. chairman;
Julius C. Burrows, Michigan; Boise