The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-12
A Duty on Petroleum Pro-
ducts in Payne Bill
BILL REPORTED TO SENATE
Talk Of Recalling 1t to Correct the
Wording Senate Tariff Bill Ready
for Whole ommittee-Senate
Passes Census Bill.

Washington, April 12--Now there has
been discovered a Joker in the amend
ment voted BY the House on Friday put
ting petroleum, crude and refped, on
the froe list. for the freshly printed bill
was discovered Saturday not to include
on the free list "the products Of petro-
leum," and Of necessity, 80 far as the
House Payne bill is concerned, the pro-
ducts are seemingly subject TO a duty
OF 20 per cent Thus does Standard oil
flourish after all in the bill for II is a
larger producer Of the products Of Pc
troleum, axle greacc. for instance. When
members Of the House heard OF the omis-
sion they were astonished for they sup
posed, as they said that they had voted
to include the products Of petroleum in
the free list as well M petroleum crude
and refined. The congressional record
clearly shows that that was the inten-
ton Of the House in the committee Of
the whole. But the Record also shows
that in the record vote on the amend.
ment the amendment simply struck out
the countervailing provision which in
cluded the wording petroleum or It's pro-
ducts. The words were not inserted in
the paragraph putting oil on the free
list, so as TO include the products Of Pc
troleum. Mr.. Burton, Just before the
vote. called attention 10 the omission
but Mr.. Payne, strangely enough, said
the matter had not been under discus.
sion IN the committee Of the whole. and
80 the curtailed amendment went
through by aid Of the speaker Repre-
sentative Hill says the country must
now look 70 the Senate 70 include the
products OF oil as we'll as petroleum,
crude and refined. on the free list.
Mr.. Payne Saturday night when asked
to explain il quoted as saying eThe
amendment passed just as Mr.. Cannon
and ! wanted il to pass No further
comment seems necessary. There is
even talk Of the House recalling the bin
from the Senate on Monday and working
the bin 50 that it shall literally express
the intent Of the House on the amend
nent.
The House bill was reported to the
Senate Saturday and Immediately re-
ferred to the finance committee. This
committee Is still laboring over its own
bill along lines heretofore Indicated The
bill is not to be reported 70 the Senate
until Wednesday II Is now said. Let
tiers have been received from Massachu-
sets oil men protesting against putting
oil on the free list. They assert the ae-
ton Of the House is a distinct advan-
taee in behalf Of the STANDARD oil com
pany and death blow to small indie.
pendent dealers
Speaker Cannon and Chairman Payne
and other House leaders called AZ the
White House Saturday to receive any
fluctuations Mr.. Taft might offer. And
they were not disappointed Mr. Taft's
smile Is no respector OF persons. It Isl
known, however. that he has some mem
tal reservations which he expects to see
incorporated in the Senate bin, and they
affect gloves and hosiery. so that they
shall not be taxed as heavily as Mr..
Payne has arranged
The Senate passed the census bill, but
not until after its provisions had been
infinitely inspected and iuently debated