The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
MANY SUGGESTIONS
DETERRENT IDEAS IN A REVISED
 TARIFF BILL.
House Ways ana Means Cesnmtftee Which is Changed With Duty
 of Framing Blll Receives
 Many Offers of Aid.

Wast sngton, Dec. 29.-The house ways and means committee, which is charged with the duty of framing a revised tariff bill, has received numer- ous suggestions and plans in connec-
 tion with its work.
 These have come from manufactur- CTS. importers and others who are in- terested in the tarlr and who have either appeared before the committee In person at the hearings or have nl- ed briefs with the tariff framers.
 Requests for changes from ad vaio- rem duties. to spectfic rates and vice
 versa are most numerous. These are
 made for the most part under the claim that the tarin would be simplifi- ed and the work of the customs au-
 thorities would not be as dificult as
 at present. A suggestion made by one of the witnesses who appeared before
 the committee was to the effect that a
 way out of the tariff difficulty could
 be found by copying the law recently
 enacted in Great Britain which makes
 it necessary for all patented articles
 for consumption there to be manufac-
 tured in that country. As the revenue
 feature will be one of the most im-
 poFtant considerations In connection
 with the framing of the new tariff
 bill, a suggestion Submitted to the
 committee proposing an export tax on
 cotton and cotton goods is interesting
 This is not likely to receive considera-
 ton at this time.
 Claiming that reduction in the duty
 on laees from the present rate of sixty
 per cent ad yalorem to 20 per cent
 would greatly increase the revenue to
 the government. I. A. Jahey and Sons, of New York, suggested novel me-
 thod by which this reduction could be made SO that holders of stocks here
 VunfIlH rn4 fnfv !. prppose that the duty be reduced per cent sefni-annually. A proposition signed by nearly .wenty manufacturers of women's and children's garments in which faces and embroidery are used, ashing for reduction in the duty on those articles. has been filed. @
 Free coar' and "fFeo hidesp are among the changes for which there has been the greatest demand. There pros mises. in fact, to be a lively discussion between the members of the subEcona~ msttee that is working on the new bill when tne coal and hides schedules are reached. 4 West Virginia coal eompa- ny has entered a strong protest, against the free entry of coal unless similar concession is obtained from Canada, claiming that Canada derives i've times as much revenue from its importa- tioDs of American bitaminous coal as that received by this country from it's importattons of Canadian coal, a1- though 1t is claimed there were i've times as much American coal sold in Canada as there was Canadian coal sold in this country during the year 1907.
 There has been a persistent rumor ' around the committee room to thef effeet that the new biiI put hides on the. free list and provide for a substan- tial reduction in the duties on shoes and leather products. Several manu- lecturers have testified that they could stand a slight reduction In the tarih on their products. R. H. Long, a shoe of South Birmingham. Mass, has written to the committee admitting that a duty Of 20 per cent would serve to protect the American industry on condition that hides are put on the free list. He protested. however. agaInst the placing of shoes on the free list. claiming that it would be necessary for the American manu- sacturer to establish factories abroad | In order to get the advantage of the | cheaper cost of labor.