The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-12
SENATE MUST
PROVIDE THE
NEEDED MONEY
Reasons Given Why the Rates
in the Payne Bill viii
Be Boosted.
MEASURE WILL FAIL
AS REVENUE PRODUCER
ueuAL EXCUSES BEING MADE I'M
ADVANCE OF THE PROBABLE
ACTION OF ALORICR.

washington. April 1.-THE estimates Of
,.e revenue which the Payne tariff bill
an uud--e have been reduced nearly
staa.G through the amendments made
r. the house. The senate finance COM
,1i.fao must provide means for making
-nrfts difference il the original estimates
--a to- be- met The striking out Of sew
Grail C0mreryailng duty clauses viii les
In the bills prOductiveness another SD
-bs amendment taking off the Scent
r-.r A. tea subtracted $4,000 from the
s.fimHad revenues. The striking out of
me c0Untesvaillng duty on coffee dispOses
~ what probably would be Sl5,0oJ050 in
Taxing out the countervailing provision
for lumber and for petroleum means a
-1-- opportunity 10 increase the revenues
br several million dollars, it is estimated.
viii Increase the Rates.
The senate finance committee materially
reduced many Of the Dinglev bill sched-
'as as it passed the house, but in order
TO increase Jhe revenue producing power
Of the Payne bill the committee must
take different action with regard TO the
latter measure.
In 1877 the senate committee placed a
duty of ~ cents per pound on hides,
which was later changed to Is. but the
Payne bin. as it passed the house, places
hides on the free list Under the Ding
Ia- law. hides have produced more than
SFadH9 Of revenue annually.
There are many changes III the Payne
bin from the provisions Of the Dingiey
Jaw Its maximum and minimum retaiia-
tory feature the additional method of
valuation for the purpose of preventing
ladeT-ValUaGCns and its provision for the
HHnAoe9 issuance of Panama bonds and
GO issuance of treasury certifl-
0stes are new. II extends the drawback
privileges so that domestic raw material
may be used i'm lieu of imported material
for the purpose Of collecting a drawback
E1rided an equal amount of Identical
imported raw material Is manufactured
m the same product upon which the
drawback is collected An Inheritance
TAX by which it is hoped that S20OOeoo0
wII be- collected. is provided for
The two increases that stand out most
PROMINENTLY are those in Women's and
cIdre1S gloves and hosiery. Cocoa.
which IS now imported free of duty. has
been made dutiabie at the rate of 5 cents
uer pound
Some of the Reductions.
The bin contains many reductions from
The D1Elev rates. The duties on lead ore
and pig lead are materially reduced.
while the lumber schedule is cut in half.
q ne dItferentlal on refined sugar is re-
Cleed cents per hundred pounds.
Provisions for the free entry under n
TAN conditions of bituminOus coal. wood
pulp and agricultural machinery have
n'al incorporated The duty on print pa
Ier was considerably reduced. The most
important change made in the wool
schedule was The reduction of > cents in
ile duties on shoddy and top waste. and
change from an ad valorem to a specific
outT ON tops the general effect being
slight reduction
Iron ore j. placed on the free list and
material reductions are made in the
rates on pig iron. scrap iron and steel
par iron. round iron. blooms. structural
Ron, torEinEs. anchors. cotton ties, steel
rails. tin plates. wire and numerous other
articles one Of the most important pro-
Visions of the bin is the Philippine free
Naaa provision. which permits the free
entry OF every product of the islands. ex-
'.n- Hc5. ana eEemprs from duty any ar
-tie imported from the United States into
nose Islands. The amount of sugar
which may be imported is limited to 600
-" tons annually. and the free impOrta-
t'n gf tobacco is restricted 10 $4,000
pounds Of wrappers. 100000 pounds of
---- tobacco and 100000 cigars.