Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-03-22
THENEW TAREFFb BILL
PARTY Lines ALMOST eliminated
IN BOTH HOUSES.
New England will Resist Reduction
on Lumber, While Middle West
Wants II on Free List. Bailey
Will Work for Income Tax in the
SSlsdly.

WASHINGTON, March 2O-That
ther will be great variety of Opion-
ions on the tariff bill when it reaches
the Senate is now certain.
Reductions on lumber schedules
will be sturdily resisted by Senators
William p. Frye and Eugene Hale.
Republicans of Maine, and by some Of
the senators from the Pacific coast,
and the extreme northwest. Sena-
tors from Minnesota and North Da-
kota, on the other hand, will try
to secure free lumber instead of the
mere reduction proposed by the
house bill.
The proposed inheritance tax and
free coal and hides will be resisted
and strong fight against reductions
in the iron and steel schedules is eX-
pected.
Senator A. B. Cummins, Republi-
can, of Iowa, declares the tariff should
be made still lower and that he will
do everything in his power to obtain
further reductions
1t is declared that Minnesota,
North and South Dakota have moth
ing to fear from free lumber, while
they are anxious to obtain entrance
into the Canaulan market which now
has duty on lumber from the Unit
ed States. The lumbermen of these
states, by ermoval of the duty on
lumber, eventually hope to obtain Il
similar concession from Canada.
Senator Frye, said today the re-
moval of the wood pulp duty would
transfer that industry to Canada and
stated that the 10000 men now en-
ployed in the wood pulp and paper
business in Maine would be placed
in forced idleness.
Senator Henry NJ. Cullom, Republi-
can, of Illinois, said the bill ought
to satisfy those who had been clamor-
ing for reduction and that the in
heritance tax was all right as Il
source of national revenue.
Senator Joseph w. Bailey, Demo-
crat of Texas, insisted that one of
two things would have to occur in re-
spect to the duty on hides and boots
and shoes " boots md shoes and
other products Of leather were pro-
tected. he believed that there should
be protection for hides. He would
have no objection to free hides If
the same principle Of exemption could
be adopted in respect to articles man
ufactured from leather.
Bailey will give the senate an op-
portunity to vote on an amendment
providing for an income tax.
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich, Repub-
lican, of New Jersey, chairman of the
committee on finance, is giving great
attention to the bill He is fully con-
vinced that many changes must be
made to render the bill acceptable to
the senate.
Each member of the house will
fight for the interests of his home
district. There is little prospect of
a lengthy general debate in the house
and the consideration of the measure
under the five-minute rule for am
endment will be proceeded with as
soon as possible.
Unless gag rule for the pre-
vention of unlimited amendments un-
der the five-minute rule is brought
in, the minority members of the ways
and means committee will not report
a separate bill.
Their report will be drafted by
Nr:- ---''-- r-' - ID Clark and
will severely criticise the whole
schedule. 1t is contendeu by the De-
mocrats that it has not been cut suf-
ficently to place it on revenue basis.
Probably numerous amendments will
be offered and heated discussions are
anticipated.
The inheritance tax, free trade in
ternational features of the bill are
indorsed by the minority leader. and
there has been much favorable COM
ment upon the measure by Democrats
It is understood that the minority
leaders favor the removal Of the re-
strictions upon the quantity of sugar
and tobacco that can be admitted
from the Philippine Islands free OF
duty. On the other hand several De.
mocrats are endeavoring to have the
free trade provision amended so as
to exclude rice, their contention be.
ing that rice could be sent from the