The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-15
NEWS FROM THE
NATIONS CAPITAL
, p.Y\E TARIFF BILL IS
THROUGH HOUSE.
rRFf LUMBER FINALLY LOST
,t. ,ta,ision Will Be More Thor.
ousl.--Committee Cuts Rates
In Many Instances.
rpre LUMBER FINALLY LOST

vsshiueton-A three weeks of
collaboration the Payne tariff bill
.roe nassed by the house of repre-
,o,attyeg amid great excitement.
a. ATTEMPT by Champ Clark, minori-
-. loader TO recommit the bill with
;n.uucrions signally failed. The sit
,a,ton with respect TO lumber was
,raar relieved TO the Republican
LADDERS when it became manifest
,hot me advocates Of placing it on
,ha free list were in the minority
The hill was introduced on March
+ reported TO the house by the
wavs and means cmmittee on the fol-
,owjpe day and was under general
debate for IL days.
one OF he principal changes in
,h4 bill was The placing Of petroleum.
an The free list Among other i'm
,ortsnI amendments made since the
hnl came from the committee were
those striking out the provision for
y duty on tea and the countervailing
dofy provision on coffee.
The drawback section was added to
rbe hIlI 50 hat it could not be taken
advantage Of for specializing in
grain, and The Philippine free trade
nroyision was amended so that rice
will not be admitted free from the
Islands.
The rouutervailing duty clause on
lumber was stricken out, but
sIrong effort to place lumber on the
free list did not succeed
The dules Oh barley malt, pine
apples in crates and cotton collars
and cntfs as originally i'll the bill,
were increased. \ proviso was in
Guided in the tobacco schedule in
creasins the duty on filler tobacco
from any county which prohibits the
importation Of American tobacco
There were several technical
changes in the steel schedule, prin-
cipally downward. Hides, hosiery
and gloves We're left as reported by
The committee, hides remaining free
and an increased duty being present
ed for gloves and stockings. The
contest over free petroleum was
stubborn, but the vote in its favor
was overwhelming.
The estimates of the revenues
which The Payne tariff bill will pro-
duce have been reduced nearly $780,
Oo0, 600 through the amendments
made By the house The senate
finance committee must provide
means for making up this difference.
The senate tariff bill, so far as
rates are concerned, is complete, but
it Was decided that in making a re-
port. Chairman Aldrich will an
nounce 4 reservation of certain i'm
portant schedules for future action.
These reservations will include
hides, steel rails, wood pulp and
crude petroleum.
Aldrich asserted that the senate
committee had made a more general
revision Of rates than was made by
Tie house committee On ways and
means, and that reductions had been
made on a greater number Of ar
licles. This did not mean that there
would be reduction of revenue,
ouI there would be recommended
bona fide revision downward of the
tariff.
In the report made to the senate,
h'des will go on the free list, as
provided by The Payne bill, but
question of fixing a rate in accord
ahee with the sentiment of the sem
ale as expressed through a canvass
taken by Western senators, will be
taken up in the near future.
No decision has been reached on
The subject Of wood pulp. The same
Is true of crude petroleum.
The duty on lumber also promises
10 occasion debate in the senate, and
While no change from the Payne bill
VIII be recommended, it is predicted
nat number Of amendments will
be offered on the floor of the senate
Protests made by heavy importers
oi gloves and hosiery against the in
crease made by the Payne bill over
lie existing Dingley rates, as we'll as
made by thousands of wo-
'heh throughout the country, in
daced the senate committee to agree
10 recommend continuance of the
Oingley rates.
ne prospect for an appropriation
~ congress TO meet President Taft's
expenses on an extensive trip to the
west are improving. Senator Jones