The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-10
EXCITEMENT AT
A fever HEAT
Last Hours Of Tariff Bill
in the House.
VOTING ON AMENDMENTS


Without Division--Baf.ey Duty In
creased From Fifteen to Twenty
four Gents a Bushsl--Tea Placed on
Free List.
Washington, April 10.-With but
three hours remaining in which to
perfect 1t before being finally voted
on the house resumed consideration
81 the Payne tariff bill. There was
practically full membership present
and interest was at fever heat.
At the suggestion of Chairman
Payne the action of the house In fix
ing rate of / per cent ad valorem
on crude petroleum and its products
was by unanimous consent reversed
and the articles placed on the free
list.
Basic Stag, ground or unground,
was taken out of the maximum and
minimum provision, Chair man Payne
explaining that it was used mostly by
farmers as fertilizer.
A substitute for section 3, covering
the maximum and minimum features
of the bin. offered by Chairman Payne,
ocoasioned the liveliest debate. When
Il became apparent that almost count.
less amendments would be proposed
to that section Chairman Payne
Sought to rally his cohorts by appeal
Ing to them to vote down all such
Propositions. He called attention to
the fact that the substitute section
was an elaboration of the original
section In that it specifically pointed
out the articles which should come
within its scope.
All attempts to amend the section
except in the case of basic Stag and
petroleum failed and, the vote then
being taken, the entire substitute sec
tion was adopted.
The committee amendments increas.
Ing the Payne rate on barley from Is
to "a cents a bushel, as well as the
duty on barley malt from % to 40
cents bushel, were adopted.
The amendments to the lumber
schedule. having been offered by Mr..
Cushman of Washington for the com.
mittee, Mr.. Fitzgerald of New York
limited at "a midnight DEAL" whereby
the possibilities of free lumber were
considerably removed
Mann Denies the Charge.
Denying that a trade had been ef-
fected Mr.. Mann of Illinois said he
believed those favoring free lumber
would maintain their attitude toward
that schedule.
Mr.. Cushman protested that no one
who had talked to him in relation to
barley had done so in reference to the
lumber schedule.
The Substitute for section was
then presented by Mr.. Payne. II
stipulates that the maximum provision
shall not apply to cases where a
mother country gives preferential
duty to one of it's colonies. as well as
to cases where colony gives prefer
entail duty to a mother country
which was originally prescribed in the
Payne bill.
As a substitute for 1t Mr. Lowder
of Illinois offered an amendment Civ
inG the president discretion in the ap
plication of the maximum rate. The
Lowden amendment was lost and the
Payne amendment, the substitute foI
section 4, was then adopted.
The committee amendments to the
Payne bill, with the exception Of those
affecting tea, coffee, barley and barle,
malt, were adopted In a lump anl
without division.
The house adopted the committee
amendment Of the Payne bill placing
tea on the free list without restriction
An amendment was adopted giving
farmers the right to sell their tobacco
In the unmanufactured state withou,
paying the tax.
The Tawney amendment to strike
out the paragraph placing q duty or
hewn timber was defeated by vote
/ Of 184 ayes and 1913 nays.
The Tawney amendment reducing
the duty on finished lumber 80 pei
cent and striking out the duty OF
rough lumber was defeated. $50 ayes
to 200 nays.