Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-30
Members of the House Talk
Until Late Last Night.
SESSION ENDS AT 1890 Pm.
Debate of the Day Consumes Ten
and One-Half Hours.
SAYS BILL IS ARTFULLY DRAWN
Mr.. Hull Asserts There Will Not
Be an Honest Revision Ex-
cept by Democrats.

The debate on the tariff bill consumed
| ten and one-half hours in the House yes
| terday, continuing until 1890 O'Clock PM
Claiming that the provision of the Ding
| ley bill for the free entry of material
and equipment entering into the construc-
| ton and repair of vessels built In Amer
| lea to be employed in foreign trade has
not had any effect in increasing the
American merchant marine. Mr.. Jones
| (Virginia) opposed the re-enactment of
| these provisions.
Mr. Scott of Kansas declared that lum-
| Der ought to be put upon the free list,
and contended that the duty on hides
ought to be restored. that the duty on
tea should be removed, and that an ad-
| ditional internal revenue tax should be
| levied upon beer. He also opposed the
enactment of a federal law taxing in
heritances. Mr.. Scott argued that the
rate of duty on zinc ore as carried in
| the Payne bill taken In conjunction with
the duty on spelter would inevitably close
| the Kansas shelters. He commended that
| either the duty on ore should be reduced
or the duty on spelter increased.
Pig and Scrap Iron.
Claiming that not a single ton Of pig
| iron would be imported under the clause
of the Payne bill which places a duty
| of $50 on pig iron and only so cents on
scrap iron. Mr.. Kennedy (Ohio) said that
he hoped an amendment would be al
lowed by the ways and means committee
which would make the duty on both ar
tcles equal II unchanged he said, all
kinds of crude cast iron, If broken up in
scrap form, would be admitted as scrap
| iron under the Payne bill.
Mr.. Kennedy also called the attention
of the House to the wishes of the tin
u-n Ia cotI boz
in his district were idle, and that he
had been petitioned by the tin-plate
makers to ask Congress to amend the
rebate, or drawback. clause carried in
return only so per cent of the duty in
stead of 80 per cent upon The re-exporta-
ton of the tin after manufacture here.
Mr.. Peters. democrat, of Massachu-
guing for "a genuine tariff revision that
will lessen the cost Of living and be in
the interest Of the consumer"
THE present bill fails to afford the
the public and falls far short Of theit
expectations" said Mr.. Peters.
Wage Scale Can Be Maintained.
Mr.. Diekema of Michigan declared that
under the pending measure the Ameri-
can wage scale can be maintained. all
legitimate industry can prosper and the
American laboring mans standard Of
living can be continued. He spoke Of
several amendments which he desired
to have made, including a change in the
plate glass schedule and the elimina-
ton of the tax. Mr.. Diekema discussed
the sugar schedule at leng h. He said
that If protection is withdrawn the sugar
industry would be killed. He argued
against the proposed admission duty free
of 100000 tons of sugar from the Phil
ippines.
saying 1t had been artfully drawn and
that there never would be an honest
revision of the tariff until that duty was
intrusted to democratic Congress. He
said the Payne bill disclosed an effort
to keep absolute faith with the pro-
-ected interests and the trusts. and at
the same time to offer pretense of
performing the republican pledges. Many
Of its provisions. he asserted. were
also asserted that the spirit of greed and
avarice permeated it's every schedule.
Mr.. Hamer OF Idaho made a strong
plea for the retention of the presen, duty
on lead. opposed the free entry OF Phil
ippine sugar and deprecated the cry of
trusts.
Speakers at Night Session.
The night session began at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Sharp (Ohio) being the first speaker.
He quoted from the speech made by
views were largely those of the democ-
racy. While he said he favored free
trade in lumber and other articles that
enter into the construction Of a home.
Mr.. Sharp received the appreciation of
the republican members on the floor when
he expressed himself in favor Of protec
ton up to a reasonable point.
While praising the work Of the ways
and means committee, Mr.. Nye (Minne-
sota) said that the country Is not salts
fled with the Payne bill He discussed
the question of monOpolies. claiming that
If regulated and controlled by wise legts
lation trusts would prove a benefit to
humanity He said 1t was not question
of high tariff so much dealing with
the question of dishonesty in business.
That there is not one line in the Con-
stitution which warrants the levying of
one dollar Of tariff for protection, but
for the purpose of revenue only. was
the claim made by Mr.. Sisson (Missis-
sippD. He said that the Payne bin is
worse than the Dingley law, which, he
asserted. was rlIinOuS to American