Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
HEYIEW OF PAYNE BILL

Y1IllV III A11VL D1LA
Thd Productiveness Of the Measure
Probably I.essened $40, 900 900 by
amendments The Payne Bill Con-
tAins Many Reductions From the
1ngley Bill With Few Increases.
Washington, Special.-The Payne
tariff bill, as amended by the Senate
committee on finance was presented
Monday.
| Senator A4drich asserted that IS
per cent Of articles used by all the
people had been reduced.
In placing a large number Of arti-
cles on the free list and in reducing
duties on many others it has been
found necessary to materially in
crease the duties on many luxeries.
The Senate committee has decided
upon an increase amounting to about
twenty-five per cent above existing
rates on wines Of all kinds and has
made increases above the Payne bill
on other spirits.
Luxury Duties Go Up.
A number Of other articles, re-
garded as luxuries, have been in
creased.
,I In addition to placing tea and cof
fee on the free list the committee
proposes to admit cocoa free An
especial effort was made to reduce
rates on the so-called "breakfast
table, articles Of commerce.
4 The Payne rates Of 40 per cent a
ton on bitiminous coal will be report
. ed without recommendation. The
! Ipresent rate Of Is cents per ton on
black coal will be maintained
!. Senate Against Free Lumber.
The Senate stands about two to one
against free lumber. It's advocates
! fearsthey will not be able to maintain
the reduction agreed upon by the
. House. The fight to be made for free
hides has begun already. Western
o Senators are confident the duty will
: be placed on hides but are not san
guine Of maintaining the existing Is
/ per cent ad valorem.
+ Tobacco interests failed in their eff
I forts to induce the committee to re.
duce the amount Of Philippine to
= bacco to be admitted annually free OF
II duty and to get an increase in TIE
> rates on tobacco from other countries
g The recommended raise on litho
8. graphing, including postcards and ci
: gar labels, as contained in the Payn'
& bill, will be reported The Payn,
> rates on pottery and fine china hav
= been agreed to.
It was learned that the Senat
I committee would provide ample pro
r lection for American manufacturer
ld Of watch dials, all but two Of whom
IL are said to have been driven out O
le business by foreign competition.
No attention was paid to the Sc
!, called "joker" in the Payne bill as
passes the House. Petroleum and it
u- products are among the articles whic
IS are to be reported to the Senate with
ly out recommendation.
Reduction of Revenue.
ng The estimates Of the revenue whic
it. the Payne tariff bill will produce fc
ct the government have been reduce
81 nearly $2O,OO0,OOO through th
x amendments made to the measul
n before it was passed by the Hous
". and the Senate finance committe
lis will have to provide means for nal
he , ing up this difference if the origin;
nd estimates are to be met. The stril
nd ing out Of several countervailin
,u- duty clauses on which no estimat,
nd were made, probably will lessen Il
bills productiveness another $2(
1es 100000.
The amendments taking off the
red cent duty on tea subtracted $1,000
The 900 from the estimated revenues. II
ich striking out Of the countervailil
bic duty provision for a rate Of 20 D
cent ad valorem on coffee comil
ute from countries which do not give t
red United States the benefit of the
ISL most favored nation clause dispos
Of probably $15,O0O,OOO in duties.
ard Where Loss Comes In.
err Taking out the countervailing 81
= viso for lumber and for petroler
ST means loss to the revenues Of sc
eral million dollars, it is estimat,
[e" By repeating the manufacturers
xas 1xas cense tax for farmers desiring to S
te" the leaf tobacco which they raj
lpt- the House has withdrawn consid
at able revenue under the internal r
ne enue law. A slight increase in r
a enues may be provided by the
to crease tax on Turkish filler fobac
alss pineapples, barley and barley ma
her. The Payne bill as it passed