The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-22
OaIzeII and Payne Lead Forces in Defense of the Measure
 in the House
TARIFF EXPERTS READY
 ID GIVE INFORMATION
Champ Clark and His Democratic Co., horts Have Prepared a Mass of
 Figures and Will Be Ready
 When the Battle Begins.

| Washington, March 21.-That there will be lively contest over the tariff bill is evident by the preparations that are being made by the sponsors for the 1 bill and by those who oppose them
 Chairamn Payne. ably supported by his chief lieutenants. John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, and the other republi- can members of the ways and means committee. together with Representa- tive Broussard of Louisiana. the new ly appointed democrat. will be armed with thousands of documents and com munications for the defense of the pro- visions in the Payne bill
 A special corps of tariff experts will be ready to supply information to Chairman Payne on the floor at mo- ments notice.
 Champ Clark, minority leader, has taken possession of John Sharp Will Hams old room and was today oc- cupied with the preparation of the re- port of the minority members of the ways and means committee. With the exception of Mir. Broussard the demo- cratic members have held councils of war" for the past few days in the
 
 lected a mass of figures and are going to make a strong fight against every protective duty in the bRl uniess |. is revenue producer.
 For and Against.
 There probably will be several duties on which the Payne and Clark forces will join in fighting other opposition. This is due to the fact that Mir Payne is not a high tariff man. When an | amendment is offered to increase the duty of sf thousand feet provided for lumber by the Payne bill. Mr. Payne and MT Clark will be found standing together in opposition to the increased duty: and each will find that some of his trusted aids have deserted him. This illustrates the feeling that pre- vails throughout the membership of the House-that every member should work for the interests of his individual con stituency.
 On one point In the new bill little controversy is expected in the House, but it is expected 1t will be given much consideration in the Senate. That is the revt 'ion of the present tariff law with re ard to phraseology that has been fotnd to be ambiguous.
 Notable Changes.
 Notable among the changes brought about by the suggestions which were based on the decisions of the courts and the board of general appraisers. are the new paragraphs of the metal schedules. providing duties steel, steel shavings, diamond steel, grit. iron, sand and similar articles; chrome metal, ferro- o-manganese, ferro-tungsten, ferro-silicon and similar metals; alloys and other mixed metals ,1I. eral provision restricting the of the terms iron plates steel plates and plate iron and steel to articles having plane surfaces for use as parts of construc- ton, but not as tools or instruments in manufacturing.
 Synthetic camphor a product of syn thetic chemistry, made from oil of tur- pentine, has been assessed a duty of cents per pound, the same is now im- posed refined camphor. As a result of experiment conducted by the de- partment of agriculture with camphor growing in Florida this industry prom ises to become of considerable import ance, 1t being proposed to plant camphor trees in those sections where the orange industry has been driven out by the frosts The tariff framers received many protests against the placing of a duty on synthetic camphor. which has been admitted free of duty crude cam phor.
 increased ReNenuc.
 Many changes in the phraseology of paragraphs imposing duties on articles which contain alcohol have been incor- porated in the bill and are expected to increase the revenue considerably.
 Much complaint was made that olive oil imported free of duty for manufactur- ing purposes has been used by foreigners of the poorer classes for food. This has resulted in provision that olive oil, to be admitted free of duty, must be rem dered unfit for use as food by such means as shall be satisfactory to the Secre- tary of the Treasury. Because of diff culty of determining under what para graph of the Dingley law a duty on Japanese rice wine or sak should be in- posed rice wine is specifically included in the paragraph of the Payne bill inn posing duty of 40 cents per gallon on still wines. Numerous other changes for similar purposes have been incorporated in the new bill.