Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-18
CHAIRMAN PAYNE
DEFENDS HIS BILL
Since Enactment Of Dingley Bill
Many New Complications in
Tariff Have Arisen.
PUBLIC DEMANDED A CHANGE.
Many Foreign Countries Have Ndopt
CT Maximum and Minimum
Rates

Washington. March 1s.--Immcdiately
after the house convened today Mr..
Payne OF New York. chairman OF the
c.mmittoe on ways and means report
90 back the tariff bin without amend
ment
Mr. Payne offered a resolution pro-
viding for the printing of 10000 copies
of it. $1,000 Of which shall be IN docu-
ment form and embodyIng the views
of the minority. After good deal OF
discussion the resolution was adopted.
REASONS FOR CHANGES.
The report accompanying tha bul
which was presented by Mr. Payne. is
made up in the main of extracts from
the statement regarding the schedules
which was yesterday given out by ST.
Payne, but the Introductory portion OF
&c is devoted Co an explanation OF the
committee reasons for It's course Two
principal reasons for the re-adiustment
of the schedules are given. The first OF
these is that after the lapse % a. years
since the enactment OF the Dingley law
MANY new complications IN the tariff
have arisen ana 30 is said that the
public demand r.s been confirmed by
the Information received by the COM
m.ttee since DC began it's investigation.
In the second place it IS stated that
since the Dingley bin went into effect
"a large number of foreign countries
have adopted tariffs with maximum and
minimum rates. 30 that section three
OF the present law rs not regarded
as sufficiently broad to meet the chang
ed condition. as these new foreign
tariffs provide for the higher rate on
large part OF our exports.
The committee expressed the opinion
that the new bill Is 80 constructed that
these conditions win be- fully met. u
is said that the bill proposes a reduced
late on the bulk Of imported articles
CHARACTER OF WORK.
The committee then undertakes to
give am idea ot the important char
actcr OF the work Boa which it has been
engaged. beginning with the statement
| that the preparation OF the hiu was
nu easy task. The popular demand for
| the cutting OF rates is referred 10, and
! against this o. set the Republican
! policy of protection whose cardinal
| principle % Be- said. is the protection
| of American industries and American
| workmeu. against the difference in cost
! of production az home and abroad.
| The necessity for more revenue az the
present time is also discussed at some
length ID is asserted that until tho
recent depression in business the rev
cuues under the present law have been
sufficient to meet the expenditures OF
the government and the fact Is pointed
| out that taking the entire period FOR
1897. the GATE or the enactment Of the
| DiuEley bin until 1903 there has been
surplus of receipts over eXpendi-
lures amounting To- S14.555.403. The
total receipts for this period exclusive
OF postal revenues was $6,55s.220. 26i
and the expenditures. also exclusive
OF postal expenses. S6683 664 $50.
Comment ia then made upon the effect
OF the present Industrial depression
and ln that connection the committee
says.
IN IS the hope of the committee that
with a. return OF business prosperity
the revenues VIII show large per-
Ceutagc Of increase and prove entirely
adequate for any natural ana econoin-
l,al scale OF expenditure
III is then pointed out that even since
the beginning of the present month
there has been an upward tendency
of receipts.
Iu explaining the provision for au-
thoIzng the issue Of $4,000 900 OF aG-
dluoual Panama canal bonds. the zee
port says that the belief OF the CONF
mlttae is that the entire expenditure
for the building OF the Panama canal
shopld boz met by bond issue.
Mr Payne calls attention Co the
great amount of labor Involved u the
Preparation of the bin now before thc
house, and he speaks of The great ass
sIetaueo rendered the committee hy
the department OF commerce and lu-
Dor and the state department