Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-31
Tho Tariff Debate.

Washington, March 31.-Without
any preliminaries the house today re-
sumed consideration Of the tariff bill.
Morgan, of Missouri, urged protection
for the zinc industry. Quoting from
speech by President Taft that the
primary purpose of the tariff was that
more revenue may be provided for the
government, Brantley, of Georgia, de-
clared this to be the true democratic
doctrine. The primary purpose Of the
Payne bill, he contended, was not reve-
nue., but the maintenance Of the true
republican theory of protection. He
laid the present deficit at the door of
what he charged was republican ex-
travagance.
The countervailing duty on coffee
was opposed by Douglass, Of Ohio.
since he said Brazil, at which country
1t was directed, would be unable, with
out inpairing her finances, to remove
her export duty on the product.
Rothermel, Of Pennsylvania, in a
brief but vigorous speech, favoring re-
duction on wool pulp and print paper,
severely arraigned the Gould Paper
Company and the Continental Paper
Bag Company. He quoted from the tesz
timony of representatives of these COM
panies under oath before the Mann
committee, in which it was stated that
they knew of no agreement or UNDER
7iyo o,o win yNri0nc vat
he said, both companies pleaded guilty
to indictments charging them with an
unlawful combination in restraint of
trade during a period beginning Sept.
10, 1906, and paid fines of $4,000 each.
Rothermel maintained that so long as
the fines were so small, it would result
in placing premium on wrong doing
and also be considered an investment
on the part of the lawbreaker.
The provision of the Payne bill wild
ening the scope of the drawback sys-
tenn was supported by Lowering, Of
Massachusetts,.
Mann Discusses Paper.
Standing behind table loaded down
with all sorts Of exhibits showing var
ious stages of making wood pulp and
paper, Mann, of Illinois, discussed the
recommendation of the pulp and paper
and which recommendation the ways
and means committee adopted Dis
cussing the various processes for maxi
ing pulp Mann said that the whole
theory of cheap paper depended upon
the cheapness Of ground wood and the
supply of spruce wood. Reading from
the official statistics Mann said that
Cot, 70 thof
Is, OOO, 900 acres east Of the Mississippi,
carrying 35,0O0.O00,000 feet of spruce
timber, but, he declared, if the use of
spruce timber for lumber or wood pulp
were to be confined to the domestic
supply, it would last only from ten to
fifteen years. BY natural reproduction,
he contended, a forest could not be re-
plenished in ten or twenty years. To
attain a growth of ten inches, he said,
would require from rs to 100 years.
Four inches was the usual diameter
that the contracts called for, but the
mills had been so anxious to get spruce
wood that they had been glad to get 1t
of much smaller size. If he argued,
the United States was to have cheap
paper in the future, the question was,
where would spruce come from, and he
pointed out that the reduction duty on
mechanically ground wood pulp would
bring about the desired relief.
Indications were today that strong
rule will be brought into the house
next Monday, fixing April 10 as the
day for voting on the Payne bill.
When is Whisky Not Whisky?
Washington. March 31.-President
Taft was the storm center today Of a
debate on the subject Of what is
Whisky?" The discussion was held at
a conference of distillers and govern
ment officials at the White House,
which was preliminary to an extended
hearing to he granted by him next
Wednesday, and hinged upon the tech
meal question of at what point in the
process Of higher rectitication the old
fashioned straight" becomes "imita-
ton whisky under the rules Of the
pure food law as laid down by the
department of agriculture, in accord
ance with the decision of former At
torney General Bonaparte.