Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-11-12
FOR HIGHER TARIFF
Democratic COngressmen Want Raise
in Duty on Barytes.
SAY PROTECTION NEEDED
Republicans Seek to dvanCe
is Not Justift :
ARGUMENTS ON OTHER A s
Interested Industries All Gene
Against Any Change. "
SPIRITS AND WINES TODAY
Representative OF These Trades VIII
ne Heard by the Committee
DesinninE This Morn
Ing.
SPIRITS AND WINES TODAY

t.HlJNGTON, Nov. 1.-THE democratic
members Of the house ways and means
committee favoring an increase In the rate
OF duty and the republican members assum-
ing an attitude against an advance rate on
''barytes" sn article listed in schedule A
OF the tariff, was the unusual situation
which developed at today's hearing before
the committee. Former Representative M
Il. Rhodes A. @, Nulson and s. NJ. Evans
OF North Carolina and Charles ]. Staples
OF Buffalo, N. Y, spoke i'm favor of in
creasing the duty on crude barytes, and
when Mr.. Evans took UP the argument,
speaking OF the barytes deposits in North
Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee,
the democratic members OF the ways and
means committee came intsres ed. Repre-
sentative Pou of North Carolina, demo-
crat told Mr.. Evans that IL he could show
that the mining OF barytes was made un-
profitable because of the prevailing tariff
he would have the support of the minority
members OF the committee in the recon-
mendatEon for an increase in duties. De-
spite the assertion by Mr.. Rhodes. that
Missouri wac carried in the last election
for William II. Taft because of the belief
that a higher protective tariff would be
enacted, the republican members of the
committee, led by Chairman Payne and
Representatives Longworth and Boutellc,
apparently desired to briag out the fact
that no higher duty was necessary on
barytes.
The hearing on the proposed revision as
affecting the schedule on chemicals, oils
and paints was completed at o'clock and
tomorrow the hearing on the schedule of
the tariff covering spirits. wines and other
beverages will begin.
summary of Arguments.
The arguments presented today were in
the main technical and in favor of the
retention OF the present rates of duty. The
prevailing attitude with regard to schedule
A is epitomized in the following words of
Eugene Merze, paint and color manufac-
turer Of New York, who submitted brief:
1T will be seem that the duty at present
Is bit moderate ard is necessary to equaIize
European and American conditions. and we
respectfully submit that the present rate of
duty on our products should be left undis-
turbed" Ei
When James E. Davis of Detroit. Mich,
speaking on alcoholic perfumes. prepara-
tions for the hair, teeth. mouth or skin.
said that his trade stands for the things
as they are" Chairman Payne asked:
Would you stand for a reduction?"
None whatever" was the quick re-
joinder.
Some Changes suRReHted.
The committee has been requested to
make a few changes either higher or
lower. In the rates of duty for articles
coming under schedule A, but many sug-
Eestions have been made for revision of
the phrasing in certain paragraphs. The
suggestions were worked out during the
recess of congress by Major Herbert M.
Lord. a tariff expert, and Thomas j.
Doherty, assistant counsel for the Treas
ury department, under the direction of the
clerk of the committee, William X. Payne,
The tariff bill which will be presented TO
congress at a special session in March
probably will contain the suggested
changes. These will make more clear the
Interpretation of the law and be of great
assistance to the custom officers and i'm
porters.
Today Allen A. Claflin of Boston urged
a special rate of duty on various quail
ties OF Tactic acid. NJ. B. Snevely of New
York. representing the importers and con-
sumsrs of olive oil for manufacturing
purposes, told OF the difficulty in secur-
ing the free entry of olive oil for this
use. Theodore Ricksecker OF New York,
for the Manufacturing Perfumers' asso-
clation, told the committee that the
schedule OF rates affecting their products,
which have applied during the last ten
years, are very satisfactory and should
be retained. Albert Clark of Boston
asked that no reduction be made In the
present rates on indigo products and
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