The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-10
BOOSTING THE
TARIFF RATES
IN THE SENATE
Even the Slight Reductions in
the Payne Bill Fail to
Find Favor.
ALDRICH COMMITTEE
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
ALL THE INTERESTS HAVE BEEN
HEARD AND NO ONE WANTS
TO LISTEN TO CONSUMERS.
t+t&+++*+++*4 *t+++*+++4+++


<%+%+<%&<+%&%%
Washington. April president .
> Taft has won signal victory for =
the Philippine islands I'm the accept =
y auCe by the senate committee on
finance late tonight OF the prOvis-
ion OF the Payne bill for the free adj =
= mission Of $4,000 gross tons annually =
OF fliplno sugar This decision was 3
= reached after the Subcommittee y
= considering the sugar schedule had =
taken to the White House Charles y
= 3 Warren, president Of the Michi- .
= gan Sugar company and had con- 3
= firmed an agreement between Mr.. .
y TAFT and Mr. Warren made I'm this =
= city last fall
%++%+%+%%~+%++
Washington. April when the SEN
ate committee on finance concluded its
session tonight it was with the under
standing that all avenues TO the COM
mitJee room had been closed, and that
the few sessions To be held prior TO the
reporting of amendments to the Payne
bill would not be hampered by sugges-
tions from the outside. The committee
as now prepared TO insert rates on GER
tain important matters.
Among the schedules attracting par
ticular attention now are metals and
manufactures Of metals, lumber. hides
bitumin0us coal and sugar
No rates on steel and iron have been
inserted as yet although IL is practical
ly settled that iron ore will be taxed
20 cents a ton. and a proDOrtiOnate rate
viii be assessed against scrap IRON and
steel refuse ut only TO be remanufac-
tured
Rates 70 Be Raised.
THE iron interests are concerned
chiefly in getting an increase over the
rates Of the Payne bill on rails and
structural iron. The Payne bill cuts
the existing rate on steel rails from
1884 to 1892. just one-half. Steel men
contend that the Payne rates are too
severe a reduction. They have asked
that a rate of S5.SS be fixed on rails. u
| is generally believed the committee viii
name a rate Of about s. per ton, On
structural steel it Is likely that the
Dingley rates Of one-half cent a pound
viii be maintained. instead of adopting
q rate of $40 of cent a pound, as
fixed by the Payne bill.
No Reciprocity.
The reciprocity clause of the btu
minous coal schedule, which. it is said.
would result in the elimination Of all
duties on coal I'm the trade between
Canada and the United States. is likely
to go out of the bill. Senators Elkins
and Dick were before the committee
today in this connections taking OppU-
site SIDES Under both the DingIey law
and the Payne bill bituminous coal
pays a duty of S. cents a ton. The SEN
ate committee is considering q TedUC-
I ton Of the duty 70 about 50 cents. in
/ view Of the elimination of the reel
proCity clause. The Payne bill places
/ culm or slack. on par with bitumin-
/ Gus coal. which would increase the rate
/ 1T must pay from - cents TO g. cents.
Elkins Gets Action.
Senator Ellins submitted data indi-
eating that the present rate of 4 cents
/ tiers from American agents. He tead let
/ ters from American agents I'm Canada
[ and Australia asserting that mines in
/ those counties aTtihCially crush BIZ
. luminous coal in order 10 make it adj
/ Missile 90 the United states at the
/ 15-cent rate, instead of the 67-cent
rate.
tt is reported that the senate COM
mittee will reduce the existing Dingley
} rates on lumber one-half. A canvass or
/ the senate indicates that an effort i'm
/ The direction of getting free lumber, il
made after the bill reaches the senate,
would be uuavailing.
( The canvass on the question OF hides
/ was concluded today. and 1t is asserted
that as q result hides will be taken
. from the free list and a duty fixed at
/ IS per cent ad valOrcm.
That wool OF all grades and wool tops
. would be placed in the senate bill un-
/ der the existing rates was stated upon
! what appeared TO be excellent authoTi-
/ ty.
The Sugar Schedule.
SO complicated has become the sugar
schedule by reason of the conflicting
. statements made BY sugar importers
. and representatives Of American beet
sugar factories that the sUb-commit-
. tee Of the committee on finance. con-
. sie.inc of Niessrs. Burrows. SmOOt and
4 Flint. has determined 10 take steps In
discover just what was yle agreement
. reached last May at conference be-
tween MIR. Taft. Charles 3. Warren,
. president of the Michigan Sugar asso-
/ riation. Phillip Mcmillan and Senator
. Smith Of Michigan. This conference
was held at the Bcardnsn residence in
this city. and at the conclusion NJ
/ Warren stated that ar. Taft had made
/ q proposition n regard 90 the admis-
/ sion of Philippine sugar which met the
approval Of tbc beet sugar interests in
Continued on Page ?.