Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-04-09
OIL PLACED
ON FREE
LIST
PAYNE TARIFF BILL BEING voT-
ED ON in THE LOWER
HOUSE TODAY.
TROUBLE AREAD FOR SUGAR
WILL BE GREAT CONTEST IN
SENATE OVER THAT
SCHEDULE.
SENATORS ASK FOR CHANGES
-
AMENDMENTS INCREASING RATE
ON BOTH BARLEY AND
MALT ADOPTED.
TROUBLE AREAD FOR SUGAR
WILL BE GREAT CONTEST IN
SENATE OVER THAT
SCHEDULE.
SENATORS ASK FOR CHANGES
AMENDMENTS INCREASING RATE
ON BOTH BARLEY AND
MALT ADOPTED.

Washington, April $50 compli.
Gated has become the sugar schedule
in the tariff bill that a senate sub
COMMITTEES has started out to find a
nrecise arrangement between the rep
resentatives of the government ana
the sugar interests. Chas B. Warren,
president of the Michigan sugar asso-
citation, will arrive tonight and tell
what he underRood, in agreement
with Taft, as to the admission OF
Philippine sugar The senators pc
came insistsnt this morning. when the
senate finance committee met, ask
ing changes in every schedule.
The house today placed petroleum
On the free list in the tariff bill. The
Payne hin will be voted on in the
house some time today, according to
the program cdopted several days ago.
with bur three hours to perfect the
bin the house resumed consideration
Of the tariff bill today. Practically
the full membership was present and
interest Is al fever heat.
The house adopted an amendment
to the Payne bill, intended to prevent
the use of drawback privileges for the
purpose of speculating in grain.
The committee amendments, in
creasing the Payne rate on barley and
barley malt, were adopted. the
amendments, with the exception OF
those Affecting tea, coffee, barley and
barley malt, were adopted in lump
and without division. The house
adopted the amendment placing tea
on the free list without restriction
After the committee amendments had
been disposed of long wrangle en-
sued as to the order in which the
amendments to the lumber schedules
should be veted on.
Fight Over Sugar.
Washington. April s.-lndications
point to a contes. in the senate over
the sugar schedule in the tariff Pill
not only because of the proposed free
admission of 100000 tons annually
from the Philippines, but because GER
tain democratic senators plan to open
up the whole subject in introducing
an amendment to remove the duty en-
tirely from refined sugar.
So far as the report of the finance
committee is concerned, the best su
gar producers have little to fear az
the whole sugar schedule has been re
ferred to subcommittee OF Messrs
Burrows, Smoot and Flint, represent
ing Michigan, Utah and California
The American producers fear most
an attempt in debate to bring the SO
called sugar trust to the foreground
as the democratic senator's threaten
The democratic ranks will be broken
however, as already the cane sugaI
states have lined up with the beef
sugar states.
1t was pointed out at the session
that the provision for admitting Phil
ippine sugar is not sufficiently safe
guarded to hold the annual importa
tions down 70 100000 tons and thai
there is nothing to hinder the impor
tation of 100000 tons at half the es
tablished rate. of 100000 tons al
three-fourths the established rate and
othher increases in like proportions
This could be accomplished by tht
Philippine exporters forming a pool
Afno0O ain In Collection Plate.