The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29

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y Washington. Nov. 2S.-4ides re =
= turned TO the free list and duty on =
4 leather goods, betting and shoes ma =
y terially reduced
y This is expected to be the result of '
y the united appeal of the tanners and =
y the shoe and leather and betting man y
y ufacturers for the free entry of hides. y
y made before the house ways and y
y means committee today.
There were numerous charges made =
= today that there IS q monopoly In 4
y control of Americas production Of r.
y hides. Important admissions also y
y were made by the leather people re-
y garding the amount Of protection re- y
y Quired by their industries.
Washington, Nov. 2S.-When today's
hearings before the house ways and
means committee for the consideration
Of the schedule OF the tariff covering
sundries began. ii was expected that il
would develop the most radical tariff
reduction testimony that has yet been
presented at the hearings. This atti-
fu6e was expected to be assumed more
particularly with regard TO hides and
leather. coal. agricultural implements
and works of art. The suudries sched-
ule Is Of greater general interest than
any other of the tariff.
Shoe and leather manufacturers from
every part of the United States were
scheduled to appear before the commit
tee today to make a strong fight to have
hides again placed on the free list. The
Republican members Of the committee
are said TO look favOrably upon a re-
ductiOn on the duty on hides, especially
as it has been the policy of the Roose-
veit administration to take every possi-
bic means to increase the trade rela-
lions between the United States and
South America. whence most of the
hides are imported.
Profit for the Packers.
Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, and the. other Democratic MEM
bers of the committee. probably will
seize the opportunity TO probe the So
called beef trust" and testimony in
this connection will prove interesting. as
those who favor free entry of hides con-
tend that the large packers are the only
ones who derive any benefit from the !
present 10 per cent ad valorem duty on |
hides. They claim that the farmer, who |
is supposed to be protected by the pres |
ent duty, does not get any benefit from |
the tariff, because the packers fix their /
own prices for the animals they pur- |
chase from the farmers. There also will |
be many requests for free entry of coal |
Educational and art institutions |
throughout the country have urged the |
committee to recommend favorably the |
placing of works of art on the free list |
The tariff for revenue" members of the |
committee will argue against such ac-
ton, and the arguments in favor of |
such will prove interesting in view of |
Andrew Carnegie's remarks regarding
the free admission of articles. Those |
favoring the free entry of works of art |
claim that it would be in the interest of |
education TO encourage the importation |
of art objects.
Tanners Opened the Ball.
The tanners started the contest in
hvely fashion today by asking the COM
mittee to restore hides to the free list.
Fred NoSel. jr., of Milwaukee, declared
that the tariff of Is per cent on cattle
hides did not protect stock raisers. and
added that the domestic consumption of
h'des and skins was inadequate and was
not increased or stimulated by the
tariff.
When David p Leas a Philadelphia |
manufactures of leather, stated that the
chicago packers had a MONOPOLY on |
macs TO which every man, woman and /,
child paid tribute, Representative Rou-
ten suggested that the way to break /
mp that monopoly was to put not only |,
hides. but shoes, on the free list.
IF necessary. we tanners are willing H
Mr.. Leas
Drop out that qualification. and we
VIII be getting together" interrupted
Representative Clark
There was so much applause over a
suggestion by Elisha Cobb of Boston to
pace hides on the free list, that Chair
man Payne found difficulty in MAIN
tanning order.
Telegram From Shoe Men.
Chairman Payne made public the fol-
lowing telegram from A. +. Little &,
Co. shoe manufacturers of Lynn.
2ass.:
AS probably the largest manufacture
ers OF MOmen's fine shoes in the world
we desire to go oh record as declarjner
the present tariff on such shoes as we
manufacture wholly unnecessary to our
state. ana distinct injustice To the
consuming public. We favor the COM
piete abolition of this tariff in weIcorn-
ing the competition OF the world. We
should be glad at the convenience of the
ways and means committee to present
arguments for the removal of the duty .
on boots and shoes like those of our oU;,
Can Beat the World. \
Put hides on the free list and the |
American tanner will beat the world. -
noS LIE statement that Elisha Cobb of /
Boston, another manufacturer of leath- |
er, made to the committee, as a result
OF the questions by Representative /
Gaines, Mr.. Cobb was led to say that |
the tariff on hides added to the cost of
the upper leather in a shoe. TO the con- |
sumner, only cents.
SO this tribute of cents a shoe that
every man, woman and child is paving |
10 the huge monopoly is not so heavy
after all?' observed Mr.. BouteU
Mr. Cobb qualified his previous an
sWer by saying that the upper leather
vas not all the leather that went into :
a shoe.
Edward p Alexander of New York
representing leather betting manufac- 4
turers. asked for free hides, and aid NOT
OBJECT 20 the putting of betting on the /
-ree list, provided hides were free.
Duty Rank Injustice.
h M. Hill Of Cleveland, REPRESENTING
thirty tanners making enameled leath- 4
ar, declared that the tariff of Is per cent
On hides was rank injustice to everv-
body except the packers"
The duty on hides was denounced as