Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07

Washington, April 6.--Wrangling,
confusion, captious objections, person
alities and language bordering on vi
turcratiOn marked the first days dis
cu3slon Of the Payne tariff bill for
amendment in the House of Repre-
sentatives today. With practically Il
full attendance, the members We're
wrought up To high tension and Were
prepared to fight to the last ditch for
those things which their constituencies
wanted. The day was practically con-
sumco in discussing the lumber and
hides schedules Led by Mr.. Tawney of
Minre%ota, the advocates of free lum-
Der in the rough went down to defeat
by til" narrow margin of six votes. fol
loving the striking out Of the counter
vailing duty on lumber
An overwhelming majority was mus
tered against an amendment by Mr.
scott OF Kansas. taking hides from the
free list and fixing Il duty upon them Of
10 per cent. adj valorenl. The barley
schedule came in for lively discus
sion and when the bill was laid aside
for the day there We're pending two
amendments The sum total Of the
days work, with the exception of the
elimination Of the Countervailng duty
| on lumber, which was q committee
amendment was to leave the bill in
| id"ntical!y the same condition in which
tbs committee reported it. This grants
| free raw hides and duty of 81 per
| thousand on sawed lumber.
At 45S T. NJ. the House adjourned
until II o'clock tomorrow
The. amendment to the lumber sched-
ulc Of the Payne tariff bill. which was
| offered By F'ordney and adopted today
| Nv the House strikes out the proviso
| in Paragraph l97 of the Payne Dill.
| The para graph fixes the duty on saw
| ed lumber at 81 per 1000 feet and also
| fixes the duty on other classes of lum-
Der The proviso requires that the max
| inum rates provided for in Section 3
and Section of the bill shall he I'M
| posed upon lumber coming from any
| country which fixes an export duty on
| lumber shipped to the United states
| or which in other ways dlscriminateS
| against or restricts the expectation OF
lumher Cr other forest products to TINS
country The paragraph was directed
| especially against Canada and iii case
| of discrimination would have had the
effect of increasing rates provided IN
the ldain portion of the paragraph,
| Washington, April 6.--lmmediately
alter converting. the House today took
up the Payne tarim bin for amend
mcnt under the order adopted yester-
day When adjournment WAS taken last
night there Was pending the Fordn"y
| am, ndmout from the committee on
ways and means. striking out the pro-
| vision fan the countervailing duty on
| lumber. \ parliamt ntary smart at once
| was encountered as to whether or not
other amendments would be permitted
under the rule adopted yesterday. I'll"
| point was raised by Clark, Mo. the
minority leader. A number of members
| wera immediately on their lcet. en-
dcavoring to put their construction up
| on the rule and to ailay tn" impending
| excitement the Chair had tn" rule read
| for Information. Fitzgerald, \. J., anu
| Dalzrll. Penn, both on tn" comnitt""
on rules contended that lndiTid!ial
| amendments under the rule could be
| offered
! The chair ruled that other amend
mentS could be offered but that IN"
| committees amendment offered by
| Fordnry had precedence. The Sltua-
| tion again became cloudrd by the on er-
inc of q substitute amendment by
clark. who desired to speak to IT, Tut
tn, chair ruled that Fordnry was en-
titled to the floor. Fordh@y said he IN
PRODUCED his amendment with great t"-
| greet. a., the provision it sought 10
strike out WAS a merItoriouS one.
81 am Offering the amendment" he
c,usos me 10 sweat blood iii dolnG SO
| NEen Fordney had consumed his
| five uir3tes. Tawncy, Mimi. jumped
M with substitute. Both 1aWheH
ana clark claimed the floor and when
the Chair ruled in favor OF Clark
Chairman Payne protested. saying the
r,,ljns- WAS not fair to tn" R"pubhcahs
since the Democrats were opposed 10
| the bill
The clark substitute, which was then
read provided for amending several
sections by placing lumber on the free
| list
T,wncy contcnded that two para
| praohs could not be covered III "he
amendment and offered an ent're sun
| stitute for the lumber schedule. nooi-
fvno. but retaining the duty. The thair
ruled that the Fordney amendment mao
precedence. .,
Against the protest of Tawney the
| chair recognized DeArmond. Mo. lol
an amendment as substitute to 'he
| cnuntervailing proviso providing lol
thc free admission from all parts Oh
,he Western hemisphere.
Tawncy received another setoaeN
y.bnn me chair ovcrruled his point
that the DeArmond amendment was
not in order because it transfefreo 10
the free list an item on which a duty
was imposed.
The point was characterized by De
Almond as 'unkind and rngentieman, =,
"" He said the amendment would
protect Americans against the paope'
labor Of Europe. Asia and Africa.
| Roth Needham and Payne declared