Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-02
PUTSDEfICIT BLAME .
!. : ONREPUBLICANS
GEORGIAN. DECLARES PAYNE
y TARIFF BILL is TO PERPETU-
r ATE ADMINISTRATION. RATH-
Err THAN TO RAISE REVENUE.
INV Ralph snith

g WASHINGTON, Mdfch Sl'--NiFeh INC
house met today at 10 o'clock Represen-
tative Brantley was among the tlfst 10
be recognized by the chair to discuss
the pending tariff legislation. He spoke
for an hour or more discussing the ques-
ton of tariff taxation general and the
Payne bill in particular. ..- ,,..-- 49,,
A tariff tax for revenue only with.
the burden equitably distributed was the
substance of. Mr. .Brantleys contenuoh'
He quoted the inaugural address of Pres
ident Taft declaring that the primary
purpose of the tariff should be for rev
enue, and not to protect special inter-
ests. The cause of the big deficit IN the
treasury. he said, was due to the 1act
that two-thirds of the country's revenue
is expended for past and future wars
with no return possible upon the invest
ment .,. ~ s-, 3D.. 80
The Payne BILL. he declared, proposes
to increase the revenue about eleven mil
lion dollars by means of the tariff tax;
twenty million from an inheritance tax
and a million and half from the Gig
arctic tax. -.s-, ....
This he claimed would not meet the
requirements, and the bill proposed 1ur-
Their to raise one hundred and fifty mil
lion by means of certificates of indebted
ness. If the schedules were made equita-
Die ana just lnGIt WOuAO pS ~
borrow money, in his Judgment. The
revense would take up the deficit. Any
tariff for revenue, he insisted, afforo-
ed a measure of protection. .s
Analyses Payne Bill
Mr.. Brantley declared that the bill dis
eliminates against cotton and the cot
ton farmers of the south. He advocated
the restoration of the old duty of three
cents per pound on cotton, declaring IL
would raise two millions annually. This,
ne insisted, would more than offset the
revenue to be raised by means of the
tax on jute bagging and cotton ties
which he thought should be on the free
list -. t:ts
Referring to the lumber schedule, ME-
Brantley stated that the lumbermen
were not being treated fairly nj the bill
Their product is protected by tax or
something over six per cent ad valorem,
while the mill men are forced to buy
their supplies in a market protected by
from 60 to 20 per cent. Further, he said,
granite, stone, marble and other products
with which lumber must compete are
protected by a stiff schedule.
without any preliminaries the house
today resumed consideration of the tar
iff bill. Mr. Morgan, (Mo.), urged pro-
lection for the zinc industry.
The countervailing duty on coffee was
opposed by Mr.. Douglass, of Ohio, since,
he said Brazil, at which country it was
directed would be unable, without inn
pairing, her finances. to remove her ex-
port duty on the product.
Mr.. Rothermel, of Pennsylvania, in a
brief but vigorous speech, favored re-
duction on wood pulp and print paper
The provision of the Payne bill widen
ing the scope of the drawback system
was supported by Mr. lowering. of Mas
sachusetts, who took issue with Mr.. I'm
Slerwood, of "A Alabama, on the subject
and denied that such a law operated
against the American laboring man.
Standing behind a table loaded with all
sorts of exhibits showing the various
stages of making wood pulp and paper,
Mr. Mann, Qlls.), discussed the recon-
| mendation of the pulp and paper COM
mittee, of which he was chairman, for
reduction of the duty on wood pulp and
paper, and which recommendation the
ways and means committee adopted.
Mr. Mann said that the committee in
the face of the impending campaign last
| summer, when it might have been claim
ed that report from the committee re-
ducing the tariff would have been of
| inestimable benefit to the Republicans,
| declined Ito be influenced by the news
the tariff"
In it's final report. he declared, also
that the committee declined to be unduly
influenced by the demands of the manu-
| facturers. s,
MOndell on the Tariff
| Claiming that the great coal operators
of western Pennsylvania and Ohio, who,
he said, now enjoy a monopoly on the
Ontario markets. favor the reciprocity ar
rangement with regard to free bituminous
coal, because it would mean an addi-
tional profit of millions of dollars to them,
Mr.. Mondell (Wyoming) spoke in oppOsi-
ton to the Payne provision for coal.
| Mr.. Mondell declared that the change
of rates, whereby slack is to pay the
same rate as lump coal. will so affect
certain large consumers, notably the rail-
road lines, as to cause them to throw all
their influence in favor of a reciprocity
arrangement. He said the coal industry
! of certain important portions needed pro-
lection. He contended that the tariff on
coal does not increase the cost to con-
sumers and that free coal will not reduce
fha rrice