The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-31

WASHINGTON July 30.-In its per
fected form the new tariff bill was
submitted To the house today.
II came from the hands OF Chair
man Payne, leading house conferee. rs
(. the report OF the joint conference
committee that had struggled for
twenty-one days in its efforts to rec
oncile the differences In the house and
senate bills. and at the same ti2e TO
meet the views OF President Taft.
The bill. as reported by the confer
ees. will first be disposed OF III the
house and then go over TO the senate.
1t is possible that the house Will be
able 10 take a vote on ii by tomorrow
night Under the rules OF legislation,
IL cannot-Ae amended in either house.
1t must be accepted. rejected, or re-
ferred back To the conference commit
4 tee That IL will be accepted, viii go
to the president for his signature and
will become a law within the next
week or 10 days, is the general pre-
diction made here today.
AS TO the big question whether the
bill Is revision upward or downward,
there is the contradictory argument
that seems TO 90 with all tariff bills.
Members OF the committee declare
that the measure will be of benefit 10
the country in lower duties on neces-
saries and higher rates on Injuries.
Opponents OF the bill charge that the
rates average from one to three per
cent higher than those of the Dinghy
law and. that little relief has been az
forded en- the articles most used by
the people
The announcement that the report
would go to the house today. was suf-
ficien: TO attract a great as5emblage
for the special sessions. Members
who had gone TO the seashcre or To
their homes had been called ia by tel
egraph and every possible effort had
been made by the whips OF both sides
to bring OF the largest possible at
tendance The political and economic
issues involved were OF the aighes.
importance and the massing OF forces
was pressed with an energy warrant
ed BY the value of the stake.
Chairman fayne, of the WAYS anI
means committee. gray. fiori1. poitly
but serene, despite the months of
ruckirg work called for by The bill,
was the center Of interest. he secur,
ed recognition soon after the openipg
prayer. and 'os ), d into tEa arena iitC
bone of What promises % lie The live
Hest Sort of contention during the en-
suing week He stated that he had
an investigation made. based on the
last census returns OF 1905. showing
the amount OF domestic consumption
OF articles upon which duties had
been raised, and also the articles upon
which duties had been lowered by the
bill as reported.
This mad been done, he explained,
because certain comparisons had been
based on the amount of importations
Duties have been lowered where
they were too high and sometimes
proaibitiye in character" he said. For
thar reason the importations we're
comparatively small. On the ether
hand, they have been raised In some
Instances, where the tariff was Insult
fcient for protection, and the impor-
tations were very great
Payne then presented the following
tables, which, be declared, showed the
consumption value OF articles on
which rates OF duty had been increased
anu decreased in all cases where
amount Of production could be ascer-
tained:
Dusy decreased. increased.