The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-15
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
Oil, Tea and Hides Go on Free
List, but Lumber Fails
to Make 1t.

weeks of consideration the Payne tariff
bill was passed by the House OF Repre-
scntatives last night by a vote of PIT
to 161. One republican, Austin, Of Ten
nessee. voted against the measure, and
four democrats, all from Louisiana
Broussard, Estopinal, Puto and; Wick
Champ Clark, the minority leader. to
recommit the bill with instructions sig
nally failed. @ ...,. ... -.
The day was filed with excitement
from the moment the session began at
noon until the minute of adjournment.
The members were keyed UP to the
highest pitch, and a practically full
membership remained on duty through
out. The ina vote demonstrated the
capacity of the republican organization
20 get together. Hs#| -.
When the bill actually was passed
the republicans cheeerd Justify, some
dancing UP and down the aisles and
patting their fellow members on the
back. W."
After adopting a resolution that until
further orders the session shall be held
only on Mondays and Thursdays, the
House, at 500 O'Clock p. mr., adjourned
Beats DingIey Bill.
While more consideration in point of
time has been given by the House to
the Payne bill, ST was passed in fewer
days. than the Dingley bill was acted
upon after being reported to the House.
The Payne bill was introduced on
March II, reported to the House by the
ways and means committee on the fol-.
lowing day and was under general de-
bate, for 16 days. rs.a .a0.
The Dingley bin was under consider
alton in the House for two days longer
than the Payne bill, but the House was
not in session as long each day as dur
ing the consideration OF the latter
measure. All during the general de-
bate on the Payne, bill the House sat
for 10ha o each day, thus Festab-
fishing a record for that body Mr..
Olmsted, OF Pennsylvania, presided as
chairman of the committee of the
whole House on the state of the union
throughout the 20 days that were given
Important Changes.
One OF the principal changes effected
IN the Payne bill since it's Introduction
was the placing of petroleum on the
free list. This involved a more serious
" contested fight than any of the other
amendments. Speaker Cannon during
the debate to reduce the duty took the
floor in defense of the higher rate OF
duty.
Although an amendment to place oil
on the free list was lost Thursday. a
similar amendment offered by Chair
man Payne yesterday was carried.
Among the other important amend
nents that have been made since the
bill came from committee were those
striking out the provision for a duty
on tea and the countervailing duty pro-
viso on coffee. The elimination of the
maximum duty OF 90 per cent on coffee
contained in the maximum and mini
mum section Of the bill was also sig
nificant ( &c."
To the free list were added evergreen
seedlings, Glove and nut oil. which is
used in making varnish The patent
law provision intended to retaIiate for
the new British patent law was strick-
zen out on account of al International
convention. The so-called Joker" in
the cotton cloth schedule, which 1t was
claimed would increase the duty of the
Dingley bill several hundred per cent,
was corrected, the proviso for the
method of counting threads in the
cloth being made the same as in the
present law.
Tobacco Duties,
The section restricting the contents
of packages of tobacco was amended to
conform with the present law in order
that union labe& may not be excluded
from such packages. The drawback
section was added to the bill so 1t woul6
not be taken advantage of for the pur-
pose of specializing in grain, and the
Philippine free trade provision was
amended so that rice will not be ad-
United free from the Islands. .....
The countervailing clause on lumber
$as stricken out, but a strong effort to
place lumber on the free list did not
succeed.
The duties on barley, barley malt,
charcoal, iron, 'pineapples in crates.
saccharine, indicated cotton and cot
ton lila and cuffs as originally in
the bill were increased.
To retaliate against Turkey, which
country nrnhihfta the imn0rfa fiOn Of
American filler tobacco, a proviso was
included in the tobacco chedule in
creasing the duty on filler tobacco from
any country which prohibits the i'm
portation of American tobaccos.
The internal e law was also
amended so that raiSerS of tobacco will
not have to pay a manufacturers Ii
cense In order to dispose of their leaf
tobacco. There were several technical
Changes in the steel schedule, princip-
ally downward, n lace curtain net
ting machines were included In the pro-
viso which permits the entry fee of
duty Of lace machinery prior to May
!, 1870. Hides, hosiery and gloves were
left as reported by the committee, hides
remaining free n al increased duty
being presented for gloves and stock
ings.
Fifty-flve republicans voted for free
lumber and 38 democrats against II.
For Free Hides.
Amendments by Messrs. Scott I OF
Kansas n Henry Of Texas fixing a
duty of 10 per cent respectively on raw
hides weighing % pounds or more and
on raw hides and skins weighing more
than / pound were voted down.
The effect OF this action was to put
to rout the opponents of free hides.
At 7:55 voting on the bill on It's final
passage was begun. The noise was so.
great that the clerks had difficulty in,
hearing the responses. Practically every
member was in his seat.
The vote resulted: Yeas, 217; nays.
ISL; present, 1. Upon the announce
ment of the result, the republicans
broke out into loud and prolonged APP
plause. The roll call lasted 20 min
utes. ,
Mr.. Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania, imme-
diately offered a resolution providing
until further ordered the house shall