Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-31

Washington, July 30.-Entering upor
} the last stages Of its considera ton by
Congress. the tariff bill, as reported by
the conferees was submitted today to
the House by Chairman Payne and or
dered printed in the Congressional Rec
ord. Discussion of the conference re.
port viii begin at 10 o'clock in the
morning. The indications being that a
day will suffice for it's adoption.
All but 40 of the 800 members were ir
their seats when Chairman Payne
passed up to the Speakers desk the
bulky document which. had, occupied
the attention of Congress for four and
a half months and then the Republ-
cans broke out into loud applause Mr..
Payne will open tOmorrow's proceed
ings with an exhaustive statement in
explanation of the bill.
With the conference report out of the
way for-the time being the House for
nearly an hour wrangled over some
resolutions. including the clerical and
laborinS force at the Capitol
| Adjournment was taken at 50 P. M.
| Washington. July 30.-Back once
again to the place where it originated.
the tariff bill, accompanied by the re-
port of the conferees, was today up
for consideration in the House.
| "A moment after the House convened,
Chairman Payne took his seat. He did
not wear any too pleased an expression.
| There was a quite full attendance on
| both sides of the House while tHe gal
| leries We're we'll filled
| The Republicans broke into loud ap-
plause when Chairman Payne present
| ed the conference report minute or
two after the House convened. Under
the rule it went over until tomorrow
for printing in the record. Again the
Republicans applauded when Mr.
Payne said che hoped to dispose of the
report before the House adjourned to-
morrow He did not wish, he said, to
cut off debate unnecessarily. No one
objected to a motion by him that for
the purpose OF giving ample time for
discussion the House shall meet to-
morrow at 10 o'clock.
A wranglc ensued over the number
of copies of the bill which should be
printed for general use and where
they should go for distribution.
1t was fully expected that Chairman
Payne would make an official state
ment today in connection with the re-
port but he postponed it until tomor-
row. after having first explained that
he had prepared a personal statement.
This he asked to have printed as an of
fetal document, but owing to objec-
ton from the Democratic side he was
unsuccessful in that respect 1t is prob
able that Mr. Clark will prepare a
statement showing the Democratic
view and that the two views VIII be
printed together as one document.
Washington. July 30.-When majori-
| tv Leader Payne, head of the House
conferees on the tariff bill. which bears
| his name. rose in the House of Repre-
| sentatives today to present the report
! of the conference committee of the two
houses on the bill. the measure had
been in conference for just three
| weeks.
| Contendng that the bill marks d
general downward tendency from pres
nnt rates of duty Mr.. Payne presented
an exhaustive analysis of it's provisions
| He undertook to show that there hal
| oeen marked decrease in the rates
on the necessaries of life, while ad-
hitting that there had been an in
crease on some of the Injuries.
Probably the most marked reduc-
tions throughout any schedule in the
bill, as a result of the action of the
two houses and of the conference com
mittee are fund in the metal schedule
Beginning with decrease in the ratf
of iron ore from &c to IS cents per ton
there is a general reduction through
out that portion of the bill. pig iror
going down from 81 to $3.50 per ton
and scrap iron from $4 to 81. The re
duction on many of the items in thi'
schedule amounts to about so per cent
and this reduction includes steel rail :;
There is an increase on structure
steel ready for use and also a sligh
increase on razors. nippers and pliers
| and on such new metals as tungsten
Rough lumber goes down from 5
to sl25 per thousand feet. with a cor
responding reduction in the differentia
on dressed lumber The wool schedul
underwent no change of consequences
but the entire cotton schdule was re
constructed and the phraseology great
ly changed in the hope of preventiu
TeuuCllOnS through decisions OF Tn
courts such as have characterized tn
administration of the Dingley law dur
ing latter years. In many instance
the rates intended to be imposed ,
the Dingley law were cut by these de
cisions, the reductions in some in
stances being from so per cent. to eigt
per cent ad valorem. 1t is estimate
that the rates fixed by the bill al
about three per cent higher upon a
averages than those collected on cot
tons last year. The rates on cotto
hosiery are generally increased.
In the much contested matter of IL
rate on gloves the high protectionis