The Washington times., 1909-04-11
Representatives Aroused BY
Finding Duty on Petrol
cum Products.
UGLY TALK HEARD
IN SOME QUARTERS
Cannon and Pavne Said These Arti-
cles Were On Free
List.
By JOHN SNURE.

What threatens to be the biggest row
that has vet been stirred up in the
House over the tariff bill has started
because of the discovery Of a remark
able Joker in the Payne measure as
it went through the House Friday
evening.
The effect of this Joker is to put
petroleum products on the protected
list at duty of 20 per cent ad valorem,
despite the repeated assurances of
Chairman Payne. Of the Ways and
Means Committee, and the assurance
of Speaker Cannon himself that both
petroleum and its products were on the
free list. These assurances were given
TO the House publicly. and are mat
ter of record in the proceedings for FRI
day. April g.
Intense excitement has been caused
In Congressional circles bv the dis
sovery. This will come to climax
when the House meets at noon tomor-
row, when Representative Norris of
Nebraska will offer a resolution for
the recall of the tariff bill from the
Senate in order that the correction
may be made and the obvious intent
Of the House may be expressed.
Trickery or Mistaken
Ugly talk of jugglery and trickery is
heard in some quarters. In other quar-
ters. II is said the defeat of the In
tent OF the House has been the result
OF a mistake. One fact is not dis
puted This is that the tariff hill as
IT has been printed since IL passed the
House does not put the products of
petroleum on the free list. and viii af-
ford these products a duty of 20 per
cent ad valorem under a general pro-
vision that relates 10 manufactured
articles not specifically mentioned in
the tariff act.
The Importance OF this to the Standard
oil Company is conceded by those pos
sessIng information on the subject A
large number Of products Of petroleum
are manufactured abroad. largely IN
Germany These products number 2oC
or 200 They are to be found in every
drug store or grocery store. many OF
them at least. anG include such articles
asvaseiine. lubricating oils. toilet articles
and various drugs of which petroleum
extracts form the base. II the STANDARD
Oil Company can manufacture thess
products in the United States behind
the shelter Of a 20 per cent duty, th'
advantage to the Standard is apparent
WOIQlug OF Iue Dill
The bin as it appears in print, put,
petroleum. crude and refined, on the
free list Chairman Payne asserts thai
refined petroleum includes petroleum
products But this view Is not gener
ally supported The Dingley law refers
TO petroleum and its products. and 81
did the amendments to the Payne bill
which were adopted in Committee of tn,
- -
Of the House supposed the House rati
fed
When the Joker was first discovers
yesterday, there was bitter talk Repre-
sentative Burleson OF Texas, who ha'
been insistent in the House on getting
petroleum and its products on the FIRE.
list. vas especially angry. He wen
10 Representative Tawney and the.
locked over the Record carefully. The,
came to the conclusion that there Wa
no question that the House intended &
put petroleum and it's products on tn
free list and that a mistake had beeI
made at the clerks desk With this
1r. Burleson was considerably pacined
Correction Expected.
After ne had gone through the Record
Representative Tawney said that II Wa
clear there had been a mistake, that tn
House really put petroleum and its pro
ducts on the free list and that ne hai
no doubt whatever the mistake wOul
be corrected. He predicted the HoUs
would be unanimous for the correctio
Of the error.
since then, II has developed the Hous
will not be unanimous for the corrcC
ton. The expectation today OF thos
interested in making the correction an