The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-04
AMEND PAYNE BILL
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tWa8nlnBtous ApfH o.-fe8Iiu8 taat
the demands which. they have made
for an opportunity to vote on some
OF the principal schedries In the Payne
tariff bill might result In changes
which they consider more disadvant-
BILL nearly thirty Republican, members
Of. the HouSe met, today and agreed
upon the changes which they desire to
have submitted In the form Of COM
mittee amendments.
At the same time ., meeting Of all
the members Of the Ways and &eans
Commute was In progress TO pass
upon the amendments which the SUBJ
committed OF Republican members had
submitted. There are about fifty or
sixty Of them which the committee
win report. Including the striking out
Of the countervaiiing provision for
coffee and the duty on tea.
1nferring that they would vote
ments to the Payne ybili unless the
changes they desire are provided Tor
by the Ways and Means COMMITTEES.
the Republicans who met today de-
cidsd to send the following petition
to Chairman Payne:
Amendments ProDesed.
ITO the Republican Members OF the
Ways and Means Conmiste'e:
The undersigned request your COM
mittee to present the following COM
mittee amendments to the Payne tariff
bill:
aAn amendment providing for duty
Of Is cents a ton Of 1000 pounds on
coal. and striking. out the provision
for reciprocity.
For : duty OF as cents . ton on
-For a duty OF - atom on pig iron
For a duty Of 10 per cent on hides.
.srhe amendment - to the lumber
schedule to be connned to the pro-
viso.
above will receive our support.
II 10 claimed by the leaders OF the
movement that fully fiftys signatures
Of Republican members would be sub
scribed by Monday.
Representative Hughes (w. Val pre-
sided over the meeting Of Republic
cans, which was attended by three
members of the Ways and Means Gem
mittee - Representatives Fordney
tMfch.). cushmAn (Wash.). and Gaines
CIV. ya.).
Those present have been most prom
Finent in advocating certain changes In
number of these members contend
ed that their desire was merely to
hermit the offering Of amendments to
the lumber, hides, iron ore ana coai
schedules In order that there might DC
4 vote ON them. That such vote
might result Ia placing lumber on the
free iist. and that the other CHANCES
might be defeated. became evident du-
ring the past few days.
IL was therefore decided that the
l1best way to bring about the changes
desired was to have, the rules that ~ TO
be brought In on Monday restrict
amendments to those which the Ways
and Means Committee wil reporha sna
have that committee include the nve
| amendments asked for in the petition.
besides the three coramittee stpem-
bers. the following Republicans were
present: Representatives Hughes, Wood
| yard and Stnrgis of West Virginia,
| Keifer, Kennedy, Johnson and Thomas
Of Ohio, Ellis and Hawley OF oregon.
Loud. and Young of Michigan. Moore
head OF Iowa and Grant OF North Car
DINA, Focht. Barclay and Wheeler Of
Pennsylvania, Holland of Utah. Mon
dell of wyoming. Langley Of Kentucky
and Humphreys OF Washington.
A Commiftee Report.
The Ways and Means Committee to-
day, upon motion of Mr.. Fordney
(Mich.), decided to report an amend
ment striking out the countervailing
petition the opposition express the de-
sire that the rule for considering the
tariff bill shall limit amendments In
the Iurnb Der schedule to the proviso.
This would make II impossibiest to have
a vote on tho Question OF tree lumber
or 10 raise the duties tosythose under
the Dingley law.
It had been the impression that the
Ways and Means Committee would re-
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duty on scrap iron as the bill provides
for pig iron, II having been contended
that no pig iron would be imported un-
der the provisions of the Payne bill.
which places q duty of so cents per
ton on scrap iron and duty Of $3.50
per ton on pig iron. Under the Ding
ley law both articles pay duty Of ~
q ton. The petition seeks to have the
duty fixed at 50 ton on both.
Ali except four of the Republican
mem hers at the meeting. which decided
on the petition, expressed their inten-
tion of voting against the rule to be
reported ON Monday unless the COM
mittee offer their amendments.
Besides their tea and coffee action.
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 Is
cents per bushel. Is cents less than at
present. Evergreen seedlings and
Glove stems were placed on the free
list. "-'
The phraseology of the paragraph
defining the term cotton cloth" and
the method OF determining the count
Of threads to the square inch. which
would have increased the duty on cot
ton cloth two or three hundred per
cent. was amended to read the same as
In the Dingiey law.
The section which prescribes that no
packages of tobacco or cigarettes shall
be permitted to have packed in. at
tached to. or connected with them. any
article other than the manufacturers
wrappers and labels. the internal rev.
enue stamp and the tobacco or cigar,
cites was amened to conform with an
amendment that was made to the
Dingley law. The object OF this Sec
ton Ia to prevent the use Of coupons
or other premiums. but IL was claimed
sat the Payne bill would prevent the
uss Of union labels.
Rice from PhiItppines.
On motion Of Mr.. BroussArd, Ua.),
an amendment was agreed to- making
dutiable all rice coming from the Phil
iupine Islands. 1t was commended that