The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-11
SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE PAYNE
BILL IS READY
Chairman AIdriCh and the FL
nance Committee Have
Measure of Their Own.
GENERAL REVISION
OF THE SCHEDULES
erNATE MAY GET A VOTE ON
HIDES, STEEL RAILS, WOOD
PULP AND CRUDE OIL.

,,..-riuctou. April 10-The senate Ia
. Hw so far as rates are concerned,
mas completed tonight, but it was de-
.s-F chat TN making a report Chairman
,rr~..H will announce a reservation on
.-f4fr important schedules for future ac-
r These reservations viii include
hides steel rails. wood pulp and crude
-rsf-msu AIdrich asserted tonight that
-.. senate committee had made a more
General revision Of rates than was Gone
e. rHa house committee on ways ana
rs ana that reductions had been
--45a on a far greater number OF ar
tides. This did not mean that t4ere
..-rI be reduction of revenues but
.rr-r world be recommended bona Ilde
revision downward Of the tariff.
Mistakes Corrected
Tho great number OF changes which will
I'D. commended are due largely TO the
r# that while the Payne bill revised
..r.s ON certain basic articles the REVISION
sf -.- evtend to related articles. For
Instance lead ore was reduced IN the
uarra bill ara the several manufactures
.r lead ore remain unchanged Inc sen
af- committee made general reductions
.n these manufactures in harmony WIN
far reduction on the unworked material
similar changes were made IN many
other schedules. which viii account TOT
-1a many amendments that will be pre-
-autcd In the senate
Hides and Steel Rails.
rr the report chat will be made TO the
senate hides will 20 on the free list, as
provided by the Payne bill, nut the queS-
lion of fixing rate IN accordance VIII.
-Ha sentiment Of the senate as expressed
through a canvass taken by western SEN
ators will be taken up m the near Iu-
lure.
similar condition viii be reported ON
lnn
per ton. which is one-half the eXlsuns
rate The committee was impressed viii
thp arguments made by the steel manu-
facturers that this rate should oe III
creased but 1t is known that CONSIDER cons
able opposition to such action VIII pe
manifested I'm the senate. This item VIII
be- discussed later by the committee and
Old. indications are an increase TO about
st-5 per ton viii be recommended
Wood Pulp Question.
No decision has been reached on the
subject of wood pulp. and this fact viii
De announced by Senator AlGrlch when
na reports the bill. The same is true of
nude petroleum The duties on lumber
also promise TO occasion debate in the
senate and while TO change from the
PAYNE bill will be recommended IL Is pre-
rfored that a number OF amendments viii
boo offered on the floor of the senate
Tine senate finance committee TO-DAY de-
..-Fad To recommend a reduction from IS
-o IS cents per ton on bituminous coal
Tile Payne bill includes slack at the same
rate as fixed for bituminOus coal. in
.raasins the duty on this product from l5
cents 10 o. cents. The senate committee
las decided to restore the Dingley rate
ur Is cents per ton
DingIey Rates Restored.
Protests made by heavy importers of
gloves and hosiery against the increase
made by the Payne bill over the exist
r- UinEIey rates, as well as protests
made by hundreds OF women throughout
-.. country. induced the senate commit
-.. Goo agree TO recommend the COntinu-
-.a Of the DinEley rates
".. existing rates on wOOlens, Whreh
... materially decreased by the Payne
. VIII be recommended by the senate
.."nl-tae. Specific duties viii be recon-
-."Iaf throughout on silks Of all kinds,
.. specific duty being a trlfle above the
combined adj valOrem and specific duties
..W collected under the Dingley act This
action ss taken In order TO meet probable
severe competition with Japanese silks
which every year are coming In in larger
entities at q constantly decreasing cost
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