The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-12
THE SENATE'S
TARIFF BILL IS
NOW COMPLETE
Amended Bill Was Submitted
to the Whole Finance Com
mittee Today .
CHAIRMAN ALOR|CA EXPLAINS
the SENATE. BILL FEATURES
Many Changes From the Payne Bill
and Policy of the Senate is to Lower
the Rates on the Breakfast Table
and Increase Luxuries,

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and Increase Laxuries.
Washington. April 1.-THE senate
committee on finance with all tho
members present, met at 10 o'clock
today and Chairman Aldrich present.
ed the bill as amended by the ma
jority of the committee. Many Of the
revenue producing features will be
reported subsequently as they are in
tertwined with the administrative
features of measure which will be
adopted later.
Senator Aldrich when requested to
make summary OF a general char
acter Of the changes proposed by the
senate finance committee to house bill
furnished the following statement:
I'm main the rates in the tariff bill
as reported from the senate finance
committee are lower than those in
the bill as It passed the house, the
actual numbers of reductions being
about three times the number OF the
increases. Such increases as have
been made. have been largely render
ed necessary to preserve the symetry
Of tho schedules. A considerable
number of the articles In common
use have been taken from the iutiable
list of the house bill and restored to
the free list. The great mass Of rates
reported are below those Of the ex-
listing law.
THE agricultural schedule, includ-
ing meat products. remains practical
ly unchanged from the existing law.
but where the reduction was made by
the house, the senate committee has
restored the Dingley rates ,in re-
sponse to the demands of the formers
throughout the country and Of the
representatives Of the great agricul-
tural interests.
I'm the cotton schedule there has
been an extension of the specific rates
to cover the class Of fancy goods and
novelties which are covered in exist
ing law by ad valorems rates. The re-
sulting. ad valorem rates have not
been increased. The average rates in
the cotton schedule other than the
rates on fancy goods and novelties.
remain the same. The senate COM
mittee has not yet decided what rates
1t will recommend in regard to wood
pulp and the articles dependent upon
1t. They have also left open for fur
ther action the question Of duties on
coal and hides"
An effort will be made 10 induce the
minority to consent to the reporting
of the bill to the senate this evening,
in which event it will be .,llowe.l to
go over until Thursday. when Chair
man Aldrich will make d detailed en-
planation of its provisions. 1t is
probable that he will be followed hy
Senator Daniel, ranking Democratic
member who will outline the position
minority members expect to assume.
Senate leaders would not predict To-
day how much time is likely to he or-
cupied in discussion of the portion Of
the bill fixing rates of duty. a large
number of important items are to lie
submitted to the judgment of the sen
ate without recommendation. the pur-
pose being to convince the senate and
the country that the committee has
not arbitrarily assumed the power to
make tariff bill, and that it recog-
nizes the right of members of con-
gress. not on the tariff framing COM
mittees. to help to shape the tariff bill
so far as the controverted schedules
are concerned.
Members of the finance committee
have discussed their proceedings with
greater freedom than ever before in
the history of tariff legislation. Sem
ator Aldrich asserted last night that
seventy-five percent of articles used
BY all the people had been reduced.
and that the free list had been length
ened to an extent that would be sur
prising to everybody. Members of the
committee have done. their best to
make their recommendations popular.
and they predicted last night that
their efforts would be appreciated.
In placing large number Of arti-
cles on the free list. and in reducing
duties on many others. 1t has been
found necessary to increase material
ly duties on many luxuries in order
to produce necessary revenues. The
Payne bill increased materially the
rates on brandy. alcohol. gin. grain
spirits. cordials and liquors but made
practically no increase on champagnes
and still wines. The senate committee
has decided upon an increase amount
ing to about twenty-five per cent above
existing rates on wines of all kinds
and has made increases above the
Payne bill on other spirits.
No announcement was made as to
the amount of additional revenue
which these increases will produce. A
number of other articles. regarded as
luxuries.. have been increased. and
tariff experts feel confident that the
bill will produce as much revenue az
is needed. All of the increases on per-
fumes and toilet articles provided by
the Payne bill will be reported. In
addition to placing tea and coffee on
the free list. the committee proposes
% admit cocoa free. An especial ef-