The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-15

the report Of the special committee
pulp and print paper last year for the
Information upon which to base it's
conclusions regarding the paper and
pulp schedule.
The proposition to have the values
OF articles upon which an ad valOrem
duty is imposed determined by the
ia .sale prices in this country as
s0fics3 - "nst at the place Of pro-
Sassi,. Sas H.. sociefs discussed discuss. at the
This method Of collecting the duties
would permit the appraisers to call
upon witnesses in this country for in
formation which, under the present
method Of collecting ad valorem du-
ties Is not possible. The plan was ad-
vanced as a means for preventing
under valuations, of which there has
been complaint wherever ad valorem
duties have been imposed. Several
cases Of undervaluation were present.
ed to the committee by the manufact-
urers, who favored an increase in the
duties on the better grades of chine
The importers advanced arguments
for q reduction Of twenty-five per cent
In the duties on pottery.
Shoes and Hides
AS at all former tariff hearings
there was a fight between the shoe
and leather manufacturers of New
England and the cattle raisers of the
west. The leather manufacturers
were loath to admit that their indus
try could stand reduction in the
duties on shoes and other leather arti-
cles, but urged that the raw material
should be placed on the free list. An
amusing incident occurred when one
Of the shoe men admitted that with
free hides the shoe manufacturers
would be able to compete with foreign
manufacturers without tariff protec-
ton. This caused the leather manu-
facturers to assemble their forces ami
present arguments to show that the
duty on the manufactured article
should not be reduced.
Elisha w. Cobb, a manufacturer Of
heavy leather, of Boston, Massachu-
sets. told the committee that the tar
If on hides accrued only to the bene-
fit Of the packers and not to the farm
or and cattle raiser. He declared that
the large packers Of Chicago are en-
gagged in the tanning business and
look forward to the time when they
will have complete monopoly in the
hide business and In the sole and up
per-leather business.
Wool Schedule
The wool schedule was the occasion
for more contention than any other
and during its consideration there
was much criticism of the methods by
which tariff bills are framed. While
William Whitman, Of Boston, repre-
senting the National Wood manufac4-
urers, was on he sand, Representa-
tive Clark, of Missouri, placed In the
record phamplet which purported to
inform the ways and means commit
tee "how tariff laws are framed" The
name Of the author of the phamplet
was given as Frank P. Bennett, Of
Boston.
1.-THE place, .ou get in your work
is not in the house Of representatives
or in the ways and means committee,
but 1t is in the senate, isn't It? was
one Of the characteristic questions
asked by Champ Clark Of Mr.. Whit
man.
The wool growers of Ohio and the
western states declared emphatically
to the committee that further protec-
ton must be given the industry or
the wool growing business would be
entirely wiped out. The woolen manu.
facturers also asked that the present
duties at least be retained on their
product. There were several supple