The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-19
xttack Will Be Made Upon the
Payne Bill on the Floor of
The House When the De-
bate Opens.
PLEDGES OF PARTY
DODGED BY MEMBERS
Manufacturers Aided, But
Small Consumers interests
Are Antagonized by the Pro-
posed Bill.

washington, d. c., March 19.-After
being submitted to the democratic
members for few minutes the Payne
tariff bill was reported favorably to
the house yesterday afternoon.
The minority members were given
until next Tuesday to present their
views on the bill A general debate
then will follow for two or three days,
and after that the bill will be taken
np section by section for amendment
In committee OF the whole.
In spite Of the fact that Chairman
payns's statement was willfully silent
In regard to cotton. wool, and silk
schedules. three of the most objec-
ticnabls items IN the Dingley bill, in
dividual members OF the house al
ready are beginning to hear from
their constituents. who ask for some
explanation as to how It is that New
England influence has been sufficient
to prevent absolutely all revision OF
the tariff on those schedules. except
In three significant instances. one OF
which IL Z reduction In the tariff on a
certain grade Of raw wool which is
the raw material Tor the manufactur-
er, second IN actual increase In the
tariff on cotton hosiery. and third a
practical yem0vAl OF the duty on
bttuminepgN1 N1Ae for the express bene-
1T u NGW hi l3xn6 -milr owners. the
only man who can possibly be bene-
fitted By 1ree entry Ct Nova Scotia
coal.
Demand Duty on Pulp.
Not satisfied with having controll-
"a tho ways and means committee
absolutely in the prevention of any
revision ON all articles OF clothing for
rich and poor. some New England
senators now under the leadership of
Mr.. Hale Of Maine are preparing for
Z. combination the object of which is
u restore the duty on wood pulp and
of course on print paper. To do that
the Maine people propose to make q
coalition with the lumber men of
Washington and Wisconsin and they
NFO quite willing to rub it into the
western farmer SO long as the down
eastern manufacturer Is fully protect
%.
The fact leaked out that the west
brn members Of the ways and means
committee had made gallant fight
Tor reduction in the schedules,
more particularly on wooden goods
rhey were beaten outright by COM
6ination Of New England men with
certain southern and far western in
terests. It Is likely, therefore, that
when these schedules come up for ac-
tion In committee Of the whole there
will be lively fight and the commits
tee bill may be subjected to reduc-
tion on articles of clothing, the same
as has been imposed in the other
schedules.
The thing as it now stands Is a lit
tie too raw. even for strict protection
lists. because, practically speaking,
manufacturers Of silk, wooden and cot
ton goods are practically the only
persons who have not been forced to
bear even the smallest measure OF
tariff reduction.
Atroeious Demand Of Quay.
When the Dingley bill was enact,
ed there were four schedules which
were notoriously too high. One was
that section of the tariff bill which
fixed rates on irons steel and their
manufactures. That schedule was die
tated by Matthew Stanley Quay, the
bold and clever republican leader OF
Pennsylvania. He served notice on
the committee in advance that If the
iron and steel schedule as he prepar.
ed 1t was disturbed he would block
the passage Of the tariff bill entirely
OF course he had his way. and the
tariff on steel. including cutlery and
ordinary mechanics tools, was a
downright atrocity which works In
such way as to practically prohibit
the. importation of most foreign
goods. When the Dingley bill was
under consideration the chairman OF
the finance committee of the senate
was Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode Island
who. through his personal and neigh
borhood affiliations. was nearly and
IN fact properly the personal repre-
sentative of the New England mill
owners. Mr.. Aldrich saw to 1t tha,
the tariff on cotton goods. woolen
goods. and silk goods was n stiff one
In fact. the rates op those articles
which are In daily use by the people
Of the United States embody q high
er grade Of protection than is contain
"a anywhere else In the Dingley bill
WIN the people talked of tariff
rev.@.on during the last campaign
they merely referred TO such familiar