The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-06
REDUCTION IN
TARIFF RATES
is DEMANDED
House Ways and Means Com
mfttee Listens to Manufac-
turer From Wisconsin.
PRICES COMPARED
WITH COST OF LABOR
CHAIRMAN PAYNE ON NETTLEs
WHILE THE WITNESS SCORED
ANY NUMBER OF TRUSTS.


:. to over a dozen trusts in his argu-
:. rnents for tariff reduction. HERBERT -
:. 7 Miles of Racine. Wis. chairman :.
:. of the tariff committee of the Ma
:. tional Association of Manufactur-
:, ers. was the principal witness De-
:. fore the house ways and means =
:. committee today He was on the -
:. stand five hours, and will again =
:. appear next Tuesday. He vas Sc =
:. verely questioned by Republicans =
:. and Democrats alike, and his re- -
:. marks caused considerable discus -
:. sion OF the attitude of the pohtlcaI .
:. parties in respect 10 tariff revision. y
:. He compared the percentage of the =
:. prices of certain articles which -
:. renresented the labor cost with the =
:. Dercentage of protection afforded -
:. those articles by the tariff Chair ::
:. man Payne repeatedly told MI. ::
:. Miles that the committee would =
:, like 10 have a detailed statement of -
:: his comparative figures. He con- =
:. tended that the oil, steel, brass -
:, goods car builders. locomotive, -
:. farming tool. linseed oil, sugar. to- -
:. baccO. glucose, chemical, meat, -
:, rubber goods. leather and lumber :.
{. so-called trusts receive protection -
:. that is much too great in COMPARE =
:. products. :.
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Washington. Dec. 5.-The house ways
and means committee today held the
first tariff hearing supplementary to
the original program. Former Judge
Samuel H. Cowan of Fort Worth, Tex,
representing the American Livestock
J,o BOT
ers' association, asked that the duty be
retained on cattle hides, claiming that
It had net been shown that free hides
would cheaper the cost of manufac-
tured leather articles TO the ultimate
consumer. He claimed that the farmer
was getting his share of the benefit of
the 15-cent duty obtained from hides,
and that it was not going TO the pack
ers, as had been asserted.
Would Lower Prices.
Representative Bouteu of Illinois read
4 letter from c. H Jones of Boston,
representing the Shoe and Leather as
ISOLATION. replying to Mr.. Boutelrs
question as 10 what reduction would re-
suit in the retail prices of 81. IS. 80 and
IS shoes with free hides and free leath-
er. and with free hides, leather and
shoes
Mr.. Jones said there would be in each
case reduction of % cents with the
exception Of the price with free hides,
leather and shoes, in which case he said
there would be a reduction of so cents
With free hides and leather, he said
the price would depend on trust con-
troll. He did not say what reduction
would be made in the prices of IS shoes.
Packers Control Leather Business.
Champ Clark of Missouri asked Judge
Cowan if he knew of the beef trust.
Most people believe there is a COM
bination Of packers to fix the price of
beef" replied the witness. He told
what he knew about the packers meth
DDS of purchasing cattle, and said that
they did not fix the price Of cattle ex-
cept when there was an OversupDly in
the market.
Bourke Cochran of New York asked
Judge Cowan if the packers had any
interest in the tanning business.
I've heard replied the witness.
mat the packers control the leather
business"
Witness With the Facts.
Although he is chairman of the tariff
committee of the National Association
N---NAeNN tuAtISr n. T.. Mics OF Ra-
V'Ae, Wis, a manufacturer of agricul-
euIa4 implements, wagons and car
d.dses' made it plain that he was not
"Ppearlng for the association. He
canned TO address the committee las
oHe OF the million consumers, as one of
we 4oUoOO TO $4,000 manufacturing
So,,su1nerS. as an employer who pays
--Ii million dollars annually in wages,
a.lu as an independent, non-trustified
manufacturer"
= stone labeled as bread" is what he
T@ld the farmer is given through the
Dingiey tariff.
nj Niles said the Standard Oil COM
p,Hy oenehted most from the duty ON
vi. Inc Standards wage cost Is 6 per
tgu' Oh the price to the consumer. and
INC tariff offers a protection of 9 per
cent Of the price.
Rates in Excess ofAWage Cost.
me tariff rates on steel and its prod-
Us ne said. are all in excess of the
cost. He declared that . per cent
Inc - inc steel output is controlled by the
S'lleu states Steel company. Jones &
--ausIllln' the Republic Iron & Steel
ooiupany. the Colorado Fuel & Iron
''paily and the Lackawanna & Penn
Continued From Pace 2.