Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-06
SOUTH MAY HAVE
TIES AND BAGGING
PUT ON FREE LIST
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ways and means committees:
1.-THE undersigned request your COM
mittee to present the following commit
tee amendments to the Payne tariff bill:
IAN amendment providing for a duty
of 45 cents a ton, of two thousand
pounds on COAL and striking out the pro-
vision for reciprocity.
For a duty of 25 cents ton on iron
ore;
For a duty of 50 ton on pig iron
and scrap iron;
For a duty of ten per cent on hides;
1.-THE amendment to the lumber sched-
ule to be confined to the proviso;
"A rule which will provide for the
above will receive our support"
1t was claimed by the leaders Of the
movement that fully fifty signatures of
Republican members would be subscribe
ed to the petition by Monday. Repre-
sentative Hughes, of West Virginia, pre-
sided over the meeting of Republicans,
which was attended by three OF the
members of the ways and means COM
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fordney (Mich0;
Cushman CWash.), and Gaines CIV. Va.)
Those present have been most promi-
nent in advocating certain changes in
the bill. Their opposition is largely re-
sponsible for the delay in taking up the
measure under the f1ve-minute rule.
Lumber on Free List?
A number of these members contended
that their desire was merely to permit
the offering of amendments to the lum-
her hides, iron ore and coal schedules,
in order that there might be vote on
them. That such a vote might result In
placing lumber on the free list, and that
the other changes sought might be de-
feated, became evident during the past
few days.
It was, therefore, decided that the best
way in which to bring about the changes
desired was to have the rule that Is to
be brought in on Monday restrict amend
ments to those which the ways and
means committee will report, and have
that committee include the five amend
ments asked for in the petition.
The ways and means committee today,
upon motion of Mr.. Fordney (Mich.), de-
cided to report an amendment striking
out the countervailing duty proviso on
lumber, and in their petition the oppo-
sition express the desire that the rule for
considering the tariff bill will limit
amendments in the lumber schedule to
the proviso. This would make it impossi-
BILE to have a vote on the question OF
free lumber or to raise the duties to
those unQer Ine OluBlSy law
Scrap Iron Duty
1t had been the impression that the
ways and means committee would report
an amendment placing the same duty on
scrap iron as the bill provides for pig
iron, 1t having been commended that no
pig iron would be imported under the
provisions of the Payne bill, which
places duty of 80 cents per ton on scrap
iron and a duty of $3.50 per ton on pig
iron. Under the Dingley law, both arti-
cles pay a duty of 81 a ton. The petition
seeks to have the duty fixed at 50 a ton
on both.
All the Republican members except
four who were present at the meeting
which decided on the petition, expressed
their intention Of voting against the rule
to be reported on Monday unless the
committee offer their amendments.
Besides taking off the duty on tea and
the countervailing clause for coffee, the
ways and means committee today decided
to report numerous other amendments
reducing the duties in the original bill.
The duty on peas was reduced to % cents
per bushel, Is cents less than at present.
Evergreen seedlings and Glove stems were
placed on the free list. e
The phraseology of the paragraph de-
filming the term cotton cloth" and the
method of determining the count of
threads to the square inch, which would
have increased the duty on cotton cloth
two or three hundred per cent was
amended to read the same as in the
Dingley law.
Clause On Tobacco
The section which prescribes that no
packages of tobacco or cigarettes shall
be permitted to have packed in, at
YaNhad N mr. nOnnnrfad with them
article other than the manufacturer
wrappers and labels, the internal revenue
stamp and the tobacco or cigarettes, was
amended to conform with an amendment
that was made to the Dingley law The
object of this section is to prevent the
use of coupons or other premiums, but it
was claimed that the Payne bill would
prevent the use of union labels.
On motion of Mr.. Broussard, OF Louis
lana, an amendment was agreed to, MAX
ing dutiable all rice coming from the
Philippine islands 1t was contended
that the Philippines which do not raise
sufficient rice for their own consump-
ton, would take advantage of the free
trade provisions of the Payne bill tc
send their rice to this country and i'm
port the cheap rice of Japan and China
for their home consumption.
Specify Duty Items
Specific duties are provided by the
amendments for mica and saccharine, on
which the duty was changed from 25
per cent ad valorem to so cents a pound.
Minor changes were made in the para
graphs covering linoleum. horse hair
goods, wood pulp and print paper, cutlery
and wire. The duty on charcoal iron is
increased to $40 ton, while all CLUES
are assessed at 25 per cent ad valorem.
Representative Harrison, of New York,
moved that wool, lumber refined sugar,
ccal, zinc ore, and the entire steel and
iron schedule be placed on the free list
and the duties on gloves and hosiery be
retained as in the Dingley law. No one
else voted for the motion.
An amendment proposed by Mr.. IN
derwood to strike out the countervailing
clause on petroleum and a motion of
fered by Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, that
leather and other goods be placed on the
free list also failed. The ways ana
means committee will have another meet
ing before the Payne bill is considered
for amendment.
If Mr.. Humphreys (Miss) had his way,
lumber will be on the free list and an
additional tax of so cents a barrel on
beer imposed. He spoke on both propo-
sitionS In connection with the debate