The San Francisco call., 1909-03-31

CLASH OVER TARIFF
THREATENS DELAY
House Leaders Confer With
Taft on Difficulty of Whip
ping Republicans in Line
McKinIay Declares Oriental
Competition Menace to
COuntry's Trade

bin may be seriously delayed in its
construction by the house President
? Taft conferred today with Speaker Can
; non. Representatives Payne and DalzelI.
While nothing could be learned as to
the determination reached. it is un-
derStood that the house leaders i'm
pressed the chief executive with the
unfavorable situation regarding the
tariff bill and the difficulty Of getting
!. the republican members in line to vote
for a rule which would expedite the
+. passage of the measure.
= 1t was conceded tonight by several
. republican leaders that it would be inn
possible 10 pass a rule restricting
amendments to the bill until some time
. next week; and then only by granting
The demands made by a number Of
members that certain important sched
uTes be open to amendment.
" Those members who oppose a caucus
propose that the committee should
recommend changes that would take
the countervailing duty on coffee out
Of the bill and strike out the tariff on
tea
= The republican whips are making
canvass of the majority members to
learn- whether a great number favor or
oppose the holding of a caucus.
WANTS DUTIES REDUCED
Today's debate was opened by Cox of
ohio, who pleaded for a reduction in
the duties on sewing machines. bicycles
and computing machines. He argued
that by reason OF the favored nation
sr11 Cd fn
facture and ship sewing machines and
bicycles into Russia, France and other
continental countries at about half the
tariff imposed upon the same articles
of American manufacture Because Of
this fact the American manufacturer
was handicapped in extending his for
elgn trade Unless the tariff was re-
duced, he said. the manufacturers of
the products mentioned would be
forced to build factories abroad, which
would result in throwing out of en-
ployment in this country many skilled
workmen. The maximum and minimum
feature Of the bill he declared to be not
worth the paper il was written on.
SOUNDS WARNING NOTE
Pointing to a new industrial rival
McKinlay OF California cautioned con-
gress to be slow in removing the pro-
tective tariff from articles in which
there is likely to be competition with
the orient.
The competition of Europe need no
longer be feared" he said The
rivalry TO be feared is that of the
orient" he explained that he meant
not Japan alone, but all the oriental
countries.
we find in the countries surround
ing the Pacific ocean, with their s0O.-
100000 people" he continued. com
petitOrs in production and manufacture.
as well as consumers of the products
which We are anxious to dispose of in
order to maintain in continued opera
ton our home industries"
He pointed out that American trade
with China. Japan. Korea, Manchuria
and the islands OF the coast of Asia is
diminishing. This is due, he claimed.
TO the fact that the competition of
Japan in almost every line of manufac-
ture is displacing American products.
He told the house Of two interviews he
had with Marquis Ito, the Gladstone of
japan
MARQUIS TTO'S PLAN
Il remember well the conclusion of
our second interview" said McKinlay.
The marquis was speaking OF the con-
clusion OF the war with Russia.
When we get back those million men
from the armies in Manchuria and the
ships on the sea he said. we are going
10 train them in industrial and product
I've employment OF every kind We are
going 20 send out bright young men
into the world to learn every trade and
craft and every kind OF business sys-
TEN, and some day we will be able to
make goods and products so cheap that
you people Of America will buy them.
and so We prefer TO keep our labor at
home
Z find that the words Of the marquis
have been more than made good Japan
has the most paternal government of
8 any country in the world and in every
possible way the government is assist
ing in the promotion of every form of
manufacture. trade and commerce.
Proposed Coffee Tax
WASHINGTON. March 3o.-Recog
nizing that Brazil is powerless to sus-
pend her export tax on coffee because
the tax is indissoIubIy linked with her
foreign debt, the senate committee on
finance today decided TO strike out OF
the Payne bill the countervailing duty
proposed.
Incidentally the senate committee is
seeking information about the alleged
American syndicate credited with hav-
ing 100000 bags OF coffee in storage
TO be held for a rise in price, which. IL
il DeL6keQs WOulO lI6FlldDlY ICllOW the
passage Of the Payne bill in its present
form.
Protests are being received from to-
baccomen in the Connecticut valley
gainst the admission free of $50 ,000.-
900 cigars a year from the Philippines.
as Is provided by the Payne bill
The wood pulp schedule will be taken
- up tomorrow.
Information that Japan soon will
q: compete with the United States in
: manufacturing every character Of silk
goods for which raw material is now
imported into this country also entered
largely into the consideration Of the
silk schedules today by the senate
committee on finance
The result was a decision not to
adopt the rates OF the Payne bill,
which for the most part provide for the
enactment Of the Dingley rates. In
stead a table was prepared fixing spe-
cihc duties for every article.
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