The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-16

wholesale prices in this country as
well as the cost at the place OF pro
duction was frst discussed at the hear
iugs given the pottery interests. This
method Of collecting the duties would
permit the appraisers 10 call upon Wit
nesses in this country for information
which. under the present method
Of collecting ad valorem duties for pre-
venting under valuations. OF which
there has been complaint wherever
ad ralorem duties have been imposed,
Several cases Of differentiation were
presented to the committee by the
pottery manufacturers. who favored
an increase in the duties on the bet
ter grades of China. The importers
advanced arguments for a reduction OF
Is per cent in the duties on pottery.
AS at all former tariff hearings there
was a fght between the shoe and
leather manufacturers Of New Eng
land and the cattle raisers Of the west,
The leather manufacturers we're loath
to admit that their industry could
stand a reduction in the duties on
shoes and other leather articles, but
urged that the raw material should
be placed on the free list. An anus
ing incident occurred when one Of the
shoe men admitted that with free
hides the shoe manufacturers would
be able TO compete with foreign man
ufacturers without tarin protection.
This caused the leather manufacturers
to assemble their forces and present
arguments to show that the duty on
the Manufactured article should not be
reduced.
Elisha W. Cobb a manufacturer Of
heavy leather. Of Bost on, Mass, told
the committee that the tariff on hides
accrued only to the benefit of the pack
ers and not to the farmer and cattle
raiser. He declared that the large
packers Of Chicago are engaged in
the tanning business and look forward
TO the time when they will have com
plete monopoly in the hide business
and in the sole and upper-leather busi-
ness.
The wool schedule was the occasion
for more contention than any other
and during its consideration there was
much criticism Of the methods by
which tariff bills are framed While
William Whitman, of Boston repre-
senting the National Wool Manufact-
eurers was on the stand. pamphlet
which purposed to inform the ways
and means committee how tariff laws
are framed The name Of the author
of the pamphlet was given as Frank
p Bennett, of Boston.
The place you get IN your work is
not in the house OF representatives, or
in the ways and means committee,
but is in the senate, isn't it2" was one
Of the characteristic questions asked
by Champ Clark, of Mr. Whitman.
4 The wool growers Of Ohio and the
/ western states declared emphatically
to the committee that further protec-
tion must be given the industry of the
wool growing business would be en-
tirely wiped out The woolen manu-
facturers also asked that the present
duties at least be retained on their
product. There We're several supple
mentary hearings on the wool sched-
ule. all of which indicated that the
various branches of the industry diff
! fer as to the proper classification and
differentials to be established in the
tariff The carpet manufacturers de-
clared that the classification in the
present tariff is unjust to their in
dustry and similar claims were made
by other manufacturers. There was
much testimony which shed consider
able light on the methods employed in
the manufacture OF wooden fabrics, in
dicating that much so-called pure wool
clOlnlnB contains COliSlucidDit SHOuug
and rags. This called forth the sug
gestion from Representative Clark
that there should be a pure clothing
law, similar in its objects to the pure
food law.
The admission from the Philippines
free of duty, of 100000 tons of sugar
was the first proposition on which
the ways and means committee agreed.
This action was taken by committee
following a conference with Mr.. Taft
The statement by Edwin F. Atkins. of
bos IN. that there was great danger
of an insurrection in c a if the tariff
on sugar is not reduced and the argu-
men's made by Claus r. Speckles, Of
New York. in favor of a reduction in
the duty were the striking features
OF the hearings on the sugar schedule
Secretary of War Wright appeared be-