The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-04-16
PAYNE TARIFF
BILL IS PASSED
Measure Goes Through by a
Vote Of 2l7 to l6l.
OIL IS PUT ON FREE LIST

tion to Get Together Is Demonstrate
?d-Four Democrats Vote With the
Opposition Party - Champ CIark's
Attempt to Recommit With Instruc
tIons Meets With Defeat-Sessions
to Be Held Only on Mondays and
Thursdays.
After three weeks of consideration
the Payne tariff bill was passed by the
house of representatives at Washing
ton by a vote of 217 to 161 Repre-
sentative Austin of Tennessee,
Republican, voted against the measure,
and four Democrats, all from Louisiana,
Messrs. BrOussard, Estopinal, Pujo and
Wickliffe, voted for it.
An attempt by Champ Clark, the
minority leader, to recommit the bill
with instructions failed.
Victory For Philippine Sugar.
President Taft has won a signal VIC
tory for the Philippine islands in the
acceptance by the senate committee on
finance of the provision of the Payne
bill for the free admission of 100000
gross tons annually of Filipino sugar.
The final vote demonstrated the ca
pacity of the Republican organization
to get together The situation with re-
spect to lumber was greatly relieved
IN fhO ha
came manifest that the advocates of
the proposition placing it on the free
list were in the minority. Because of
that fact Representative Fitzgerald of
New York charged that a midnight
deal had been made whereby free lum-
Der was to be voted down and the rates
on barley and barley malt increased,
and this Notwithstanding the denials
OF Representative Mann of Illinois and
Representative. Cushman of Washing
ton, who offered the barley amend
ments
Republicans Cheer Justify.
When the bill actually was passed
the Republicans cheered Justify, some
dancing up and down the aisles.
6AAIC1 cuOpI1hS d ICoOluIAO1 li1dC ocS-
sions shall be held only on Mondays
and Thursdays the house adjourned.
Although an amendment to place oil
on the free list was lost Thursday, a
similar amendment offered by Chair
man Payne was carried.
Among the other important amend
ments that have been made since the
bill came from committee were those
striking out the provision for duty
on tea and the cOuntervaiIing duty pro-
visO on coffee.
The section restricting the contents
of packages of tobacco was amended
to conform with the present law in
order that union labels may not be ex-
cluded from such packages.
The Philippine free trade provision
was amended so that rice will not be
admitted free from the islands. The
countervailing duty clause on lumber
was stricken out.
To retaliate against Turkey, which
country prohibits the importation of
American filler tobacco, a prOviso was
included in the tobacco schedule in
creaSing the duty on filler tobacco
from any country which prohibits the
importation Of the American tobacco.
There were several technical
changes in the steel schedule, princi-
pally downward. Hides, hosiery and
gloves were left as reported by the
committee, hides remaining free and
an increased duty being presented for
gloves and stockings.
Tariff Bill in the Senate.
The amended tariff bill is now on the
senate calendar. AS reported the
bill does not contain all of the
changes in rates which the finance
committee proposes to make. Although
several important amendments, such
as the restoration of the Dingley rates
on wOmen's gloves and hosiery, and
the assessment of duty on iron ore
have been made, the revenue produc-
ing possibilities of the bill are little
changed. The increases are provided
mainly in the schedule covering luxur-
les, the entire liquor schedule being
materially advanced. The increase on
wines and spirits is expected to bring
in about 100000 additional revenue.
The provision placing an increased
duty on filler tobacco imported from
countries which prohibit the importa-
ton of American tobacco has been
stricken from the bill