The Washington times., 1908-11-11
MISSOURI EXPECTS
INCREASED TARIFF
Former Representative Is
Before the Ways and
Means Committee.

The Ways and Means Committee had
it squarely put up 10 1t today, that Mis-
souri, had been carried Tor Judge Ts L
by promising that American industries
would be protected by tariff revision.
NJ. T. RJades, of St Louis. formerly a
member OF Congress from that State,
made the statement and ne plainly inti-
mated that it was up TO Congress 10
make good Its campaign pledges.
Mr.. ROades' remark followed his state
ment that mining operations for barytes
in Missouri had been suspended since No
vember, 1907. Mr.. Payne. chairman OF
the committee, attempted TO show that
the suspension of operations was due
to local conditions and expenditures for
repairs, whereupOn Mr. Roades said that
while that was a contributing cause. It
was up TO Congress to protect the indus
try by increasing the tariff. He asked
that the tariff be put at S. a ton The
product is unlimited. and opens up a
great field, he said, if the ruinous com
petition from abroad is ended.
Duty on Colors.
Complaint against the methods OF i'm
porters. made possible under the Ding
ley tariff act, was again the feature
Of the hearing.
Under the present tariff schedule. Il
was stated. German color manufactur-
ers can pay duty of 80 per cent on
certain coIors and yet sell at a great
profit. In many cases, these importers
underseu the American manufacture.
Frederick 8. ScghoeIIkopf, a member
of the firm Of SchoeIlkopf Hartford.
Hanna Company, of Buffalo y. Y, said
tnat IF the Germans We're compelled
10 manufacture their goods in this
feared. The present duty Of 80 per cent
he said, was inadequate and he asked
that the tarin be made 40 per cent.
Sell at Loss.
Many c0lors. he said. were sold at
an actual loss because the importers
cut prices. In other instances. import
ers bought the American colors, Ia
beled them as a German product. an
sold them at a greater price than the
American manufacturer can command.
Arthur Somers, OF Brooklyn, n. Y,
representing majority OF the dry-cOlOr
manufacturers of the United States,
said the less the committee did TO the
schedules i'm which he was interested
present law made a legitimate profit pos
sirle, ne said and with this the Amer
lean manufacturers are content
Barytes' Tariff.
Mr.. Roades. the next speaker, SAID
the tariff ON barytes. used IN the manu-
facture of paint. placed the mining OF
that mineral i'm the United States on
starvation basis. The importer can get
a ton of the mineral to New York for
Sc a ton, while the freight rate from
Missouri to the same point is about 81.
TO say nothing of tine cost Of produc-
tion. He said that there might az well
be no duty at all as 20 charge only 70
cents. To prove his point, he said that
his mines had been closed since Novem-
Der, 1877, because barytes could not be
sold at a profit by the American pro-
GUcer lie said that this proved con-
clusively that the tariff should be in
creased. After the cost OF production
and shipment had been met, he said.
there was "a royalty of less than 80 cents
left for the producers.
Evans Is Heard.
$. NJ Evans, of North Carolina, also
advocated the 50 duty on the crude ba-
rytes. Miners OF barytes, he said. could
sell their product after it had been man
u1actured. on the crude ore, however,
it was impossible to compe.a with the
German importations, on which the duty
was only % cents a ton. Mr. = rans said
that for rye years he had been trying to
break in on the market for crude ore
to compete with Germany. During that
time, he said, HC had been able TO sell
but one carload and that he practically
had to give away.