The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-25
DEBATE ON THE
PAYNE TARIFF
MONSTROSITY
Crumpacker, Republican of In
diana, in Favor of Free
Raw Materials.
DEMOCRATS ATTACK
THE OIL SCHEDULE
CoUNTERVAILING DUTY is DE-
Tended BY VREELAND
AND OTHERS.

Washington, March 25.-A voluntary ad-
mission by Mr.. Vreeland of New York
that he was TO some extent responsible
for retaining in the Payne tariff bin the
countervailing duty on oil was the eli
max of tOdays tariff discussion in the
house.
Mr.. Vreeland had sat for some time
ana heard various insinuations that the
DUTY. Whlcn some have characterized as
Joker, was to be levied solely in the
interest of the Standard Oil company.
This he denied, and explained that his
action was in response to requests from
thousands of Oil-prOducing men and in
behalf of 10000 men engaged in the same
business. The debate on the oil sched-
ule called forth some bitter criticism of
the Standard Oil company by FISHERMAN
of Wisconsin and others.
Numerous speeches were made. The
Democratic arguments were for ia
riff for revenue, while the Republicans
attacked such schedules as those on wool
wood pulp and print paper and crude pc
trOleum.
At 6:G5 p. m the house adjourned until
tomorrow, when, according to general IN
Outstanding, a decision viii be reached
TO meet thereafter at 10 o'clock and re-
main in session until p. m, when a re-
cess will be taken until S D. m. The
debate TO continue three hours at night.
Galleries Crowded.
a heavy wind and rainstorm today did
not have any appreciate effect on the
attendance In the galleries of the house,
where the tariff was being considered.
The bill was called I'D by Representa-
tive Payne Immediately after the body
convened and the debate was opened BY
Mr., Underwood of Alabama, who spoke
at length in opposition to the bill.
Declaring that the chief commendatory
feature of the Payne tariff bill is the
placing of certain crude, raw materials
used In manufacture. on the free list
Representative Crumpacker of Indiana,
the most pronounced downward revision
list among the Republican members of
the ways and means committee. iu
speech in the house todav discussed at
great length the protection ideas. and
some of the most important schedules in
the new bill He said thzts tgrfsf oils
are peculiarly the result of compromises,
SxG said that he had no doubt that the
fsyne bill is great improvement over
the Dingley act.
Trusts and the Tariff.
The object of protection" said Mr.
Crumpacker. is TO stimulate domestic
industries along natural lines where the
resources of the country are capable of
supplying the entire domestic demand.
thereby creating home competition and
securing to the people the comforts and
accessories of life at stable and reason
able prices.
Protective duties should not be I'M
necessarily high. 1t is often charged
mat a protective tariff creates trusts.
Trusts are combinations growing out of
the passion of avariCe. and they are Gre
sted TO stifle competition and increase
profits. All combinations are not trusts
Trusts exist i'm free trade countries as
we'll as in countries that maintain prOtec-
tive tariffs. The chief difference is that
In a free trade country there is no ia
riff behind which combination can find
shelter in increasing prices unjustly and
imposing upon the people. while in pro-
lection country, if the tariff is higher
than is necessary to cover the difference
in the cost Of production, combinations
may degenerate into trusts and raise
prices clear to the top of the protection
wall with entire safety,
Free Raw Material.
The theory of the free raw material
doctrine is that it promotes the great
est develo pment of industries, and gives
the greatest opportunities for the employ
ment of capital and labor. Duties upon
raw materials are handicap upon the
American manufacturer for the export
trade. They operate to protect his com
petitor in the neutral markets by seTi-
ously increasing his cost Of production
There is no great producing country in
the world, except the United States, that
does not give its manufacturers the bene-
fit OF free raw materials
MI Crumpacker made a lengthy ar
gument in favor of free hides. asserting
that the duty on hides has increased the
has not created any demand for addi-
tional capital nor created employment for
q single additional laborer. He said the
average farmer will derive more benefit
in the decreased cost of boots. shoes har-
ness and other leather products than he
now derives from the tariff on cattle
hides
The Drawback Provision.
He proposed, as means Of expanding
our trade with South America. that raw
materials from that continent be admit
ted free to be made into finished pro-
ducts in the United States and sold back
20 the South American countries. lie
said that the drawback provision Of the
Payne bill viii tend largely to increase
export trade
Attacking the tariff for revenue only
policy OF the Democratic party, Mr.. Crum-
packer declared that this was a sham and
a. fraud. He discussed the maximum and
a$,1imum provisions of the Payne bill
and\ declared them 10 be wise provisions |
I predict for this bill, said Mr.. |
Crumpacker. that II It shall be enact !
ed it will have the sincere approval of all |
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