Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-12
TARIFF
BILL SENT TO
PUBLIC PRINTER
MEASURE WILL BE READY FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE TODAY
MINORITY WILL BE ASKED TO
CONSENT TO REPORT
AIdrich Says rs Per Cent of Articles
Used by All Are Reduced-No
Attention Paid to Oil
Joker
IBy Associated Press. ]

MAJ ASdlNGION, April l.-In0
wv Payne tariff bill as amended by
the senate committee on finance
| was sent to the public printer late to-
night and will be ready for presenta-
| ton to the full committee tomorrow.
An effort will be made to induce the
minority to consent to the reporting OF
| the bill to the senate tomorrow, in
which event it will be allowed to go
| over until Thursday, when Chairman
| Aldrich will make a detailed explana-
| ton of its provisions
Senate leaders would not predict to-
| dny how much time is likely to be oc-
| cdpied in the discussion. A large num-
| ber of important items are to be sub
| mitted to the senate without recon-
mendation, the purpose being to con-
vince the senate and the country that
| the committee has not arbitrarily as
sumed the power to make the tariff
| BILL
Senator Aldrich asserted tonight that
| IS per cent of the articles used by all
| the people had been reduced and that
the free list had been heightened to an
| extent that would be surprising to
everybody.
| The committee members have tried
| to make their recommendations popu-
! lar, and they predicted tonight that
their efforts would be appreciated.
Reduce Some Duties, Raise Others
| In placing large number of articles
| on the free list and in reducing the du-
| ties on many others, II has been found
| necessary to increase materially the
duties on many articles in order to
| produce necessary revenues.
The Payne bill increased materially
! the rates on brandy, alcohol, gin.
grain, spirits, cordials and liquors, but
made virtually no increase on cham
| pagnes. The senate committee has de-
| cded upon an increase amounting to
about 25 per cent above existing rates
! on wines of all kinds.
| A number of other articles regarded
as luxures have been increased, and
the tariff experts feel confident the
bill will produce as much revenue as is
needed
All of the increases on perfumes AMI
toilet articles provided by the Payne
bill will be reported.
! In addition to placing tea and coffee
! on the free list the committee pro-
poses to admit cocoa free. An especial
/ effort was made to reduce rates on the
so-called breakfast table" articles OF
| commerce.
| 1t was reported today that another
effort will be made in the senate to
| have a duty placed on coffee in behalf
| of the coffee syndicate, which is alleged
to have large number of bags of Bra
lillian product boarded in this country.
Against Free Lumber
The senate stands about two to one
| a against free lumber, and ats advocates
fear they will not be able to maintain
the reduction agreed on by the house.
| The fight for free hides has been be-
| gun already. western senators are
| confident a duty will be placed on
hides, but are not sanguine of making
the existing is per cent.
| Tobacco interests failed in their ef-
| forts to induce the committee to re-
duce the amount of Philippine tobacco
to be admitted annually free of duty,
! and to get an increase in the rates on
| tobacco from other countries.
The Payne rates on pottery and fine
china have been agreed to, in spite OF
| the demands of American manufactur-
| ers. supported by speeches made by
President Taft in his campaign that
further protection was needed by
| them.
No attention was paid today by the
senate committee to the so-called "oil
| Joker" in the Payne bill as 1T passed
| the house. Petroleum and its products
are among the articles to be reported
| to the senate without recommended
| tion.
The estimates of the revenue which
the Payne tariff bill will produce have
been reduced nearly $40, 100000 through
the amendments made by the house.
The senate finance committee must
provide means for making up this diff
ference if the original estimates are to
be met.
vailing duty clauses will lessen the
bilrs productiveness another $20,000,000.
The amendment taking off the Scent
duty on tea subtracted $7,O00,00O from
the estimated revenues. The striking
out of the countervailing duty on cor
fee removes what probably would have
provided $15,000000 in duties.
Taking out the countervailing pro-
viso for lumber and for petroleum
means a lost opportunity to increase
the revenues by several million dollars,
it is estimated.
The senate finance committee ma
terially reduced many of the Ding1ey
bills schedules as it passed the house,
but liz order to increase the revenue
producing power of the Payne bill tho
committee must take different action
with regard to the latter measure
In 1897 the senate committee placed
duty of IL cents per pound on hides,
which was changed later to Is. but the
Payne bill, as it passed the house.
places hides on the free list. Under
| the Dingley law hides have produced
more than $s.OOOOOO revenue annually.
Many Changes Made
There are many changes in the Payne
bill from the provisions of the Dingley
law. It's maximum and minimum re-
taliatory feature, the additional method
of valuation for the purpose of pre-
venting undervaluations and it's pro-
visions for the $4O.0O0.0OO issuance of
Panama bonds and $250,000,000 issue
of treasury certificates are new.
1t extends the drawback privileges so
that domestic raw material may be
used in lieu of imported material for
the purpose of collecting. drawback.
provided an equal amount Of identical
imported raw material is manufactured
into the same product on which the
drawback is collected.
An inheritance tax, by which II is
hoped 10000, 900 will be collected, is
provided.
The two increases that stand out
most prominently are those in women's
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