Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-19
PAYNE BILL OPPOSED
COUNTRY DIVIDED ALONG GEO.
GRAPHICAL LINES OVER
TARIFF CHANGES.
MIDDLE WEST OBJECTS
TO SEVERAL SCHEDULES
Placing of Hides on Free List Asitates
Cattle Growing ections--californi
Pleased Because Tariffs on Fruits
and Wines Are Undsturted-co coffee
Trade EIated.

Trade Elated.
Washington, March 19.-Whereyer q
i little group of men gathered today, the
one topic under discussion was the
Payne tariff bill. One might expect to
hear the bill discussed from the poin,
OF view of partisan politics, but this is
not the case. Geography seems to be
the chief consideration in fixing tariff
opinions.
On the whole the men from the south
seem to be reasonably we'll pleased. but
this does not hold good as to Texas
The delegation from that state feels
that revision of the tariff that places
hides on the free list is an attack upon
them. The Texans have lost sight OF
every provision of the bill except that
which proposes to remove the II per
cent on raw hides which is, they as
sert Manufacture or grown ma
terlal in their state.
California is Delighted.
Cal1fornians are delighted with the
Dill The reduction of lumber duty
does not hurt them, and they are happy
to know that the duties on fruits, wines
and other products of their state re-
main practically unchanged They are
pleased also that the countervailing
duty on crude petroleum is to be con-
tlnued, for they fear competition with
extensive oil production just south of
| them in Mexico.
| The Oregon and Washington men are
fairly well satisfied. They will fight
for the retention of the present lumber
duty. and will seek some pro-ection for
bituminous coal
From Idaho, Montana and wyoming
protest against the removal of the duty
on hides is loud and insistent. 1t
means ruin of the cattle industry,
these westerners say.
Middle West Disappointed.
In prairie states of the west there
is dissatisfaction with the action of the
committee respecting hides and lumber.
The representatives from the Dakotas,
Kansas and Nebraska think the COM
mittee went too far in placing hides on
the free list and not far enough in cut
ting in half the tariff on lumber.
Representatives form the middle
western states like Wisconsin,, Mime
sofa and Iowa are not greatly con-
cerned about having hides on the free
list. They are opposed, however, to
having the tax on barley reduced from
80 cents to 10 cents Il bushe1, and the
tax on barley malt from 45 cents to %
cents a bushel. They allege that this
is a concession to the maltsters of New
England and a direct blow to agricul-
tural interests of the Mississippi valley.
1t means, they say. that all barley for
New England trade will come from
Canada, and that farmers of Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and adjoining states will
have to abandon the raising Of barley.
The Wisconsin and Michigan repre-
sentatives are apparently reasonably
satisfied with the action of The COM
mittee in reducing the duty OH lumber
from so to 81 a thousand. They admit
this may hurt the lumber industry in
Washington and Oregon but say it will
states.
Minnesota and Dakota members are
not satisfied with the provision taking
flax straw from the dutiable list at So
per ton and admitting it free.
Fight on Lead and Zinc.
The placing of bituminous coal on
the free list is the basis of complaints
made by representatives from West
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
There seems to be fair satisfaction
with the bill among the New England
delegation, altho they are opposed to
the inheritance tax. Representatives
from New York state are not voicing
any loud protests.
The principal complaint of Mis-
sourians is directed against the pro-
posed reduction in duties on lead and
zinc In the Joplin district THE demo-
cratic candidate for congress was
forced to pledge himself to support the
protection policy in its application to
home industry The Missourians say
they have developed a big industry in
low grade ores and the margin of
profit is so small that the industry
will be wiped out if lead and zinc
duties are lowered, and the state will
be lost to the republican party. The
lead and zinc men are trying to enlist |
Champ Clark, minority leader, to as
sist them in their fight. Secretary Ma
gel of the department of commerce
and labor is familiar with the lead and
zinc industry in his state. He had !
much to do with the spread of repub-
lean doctrine in Missouri, and lead
md zinc men are delighted to know
he is to be one of President Taft's 1
advisers while the tariff bill is being
framed.
Coffee Trade Eiated.
The coffee trade of the east is elated
over the failure of the tariff bill to pro-
vide for a tax on that article. A lead
ng member of the New York. Coffee 4
Exchange, speaking today, said that in
his opinion, no great amount of coffee II
had been brought into this country re-
.ently to avoid possible duty. He 4
believed, however, he said, that millions