The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
NEARLY THIRTY REPUBLICANS
MEET AND AGREE ON
AMENDMENTS.
STRIKE OUT DUTY ON TEA
Send Petition to Chairman Payne Of
Ways and Means Committee-Fifty
Signatures May BE Secured to the
MemoriaI-CountervaiIing Duty on
Lumber Is Scratched.

WASHINGTON. April 3.-Fearing
that the demands which they have
made for an opportunity to vote on
some of the principal schedules in the
Payne tariff bill might result in
changes which they consider more
disadvantageous than the provisions
now in the bill, nearly 80 republican
members of the house met today and
agreed upon the changes which they
desired to have submitted in the form
of committee amendments.
At the same time, meeting of all
the members of the ways and means
committee was in progress to pass
upon the amendments which the sub
committee of republican members had
submitted
The committee will report about so
amendments. including those striking
out the countervailing duty on coffee
and the duty on tea.
Inferring that they would vote
against any rule to restrict amend
ments to the Payne bill unless the
changes they desired were provided
for by the ways and means commit
tee. the republicans who met today
decided to send the following petit
ton to Chairman Payne:
Amendments Submitted.
ITO the repl blican members of the
ways and .means committee:
''The undersigned request your COM
mittee to present the following COM
mittee amendments to the Payne bill:
IAN amendment providing for a duty
of As cents ton of 1000 pounds on
coal and striking out the provisions
for reciprocity.
..For duty of 25 cents a ton on
ir n ore.
.For a duty of SO ton on pig iron
and scrap iron.
For a duty of 10 per cent on hides.
ssThe amendment to the lumber
schedule to be confined to the pro-
viso:
"a rule which will provide for the
above will receive our support
Probably Fifty Signatures.
It was claimed by the leaders or
the movement that fully so signatures
Of republican members would be suo-
scribed to the petition by Monday.
The meeting of republicans was at
tended by three of the membrs OF the
WAYS and means committee-Repre-
sentotiyes Fordney of Michigan, Cush.
man of Washington. and Gaines OF
West Virginia.
number of those who attended
the meeting have contended tnat
their desire was merely to permit tne
offarine of amendments to the lum-
her iron ore. coal and hides scned-
ules. in order that there might be
vote en- them. That such Vo'e
might result in placing lumber on tne
free list and that the other changes
sought might be defeated mas oeooihe
evident.
Decide to Restrict.
r. was decided therefore, that the
fest way in which to bring ABOUT tne
desired changes was to have til1 Iuio
that is to be brought in on Monoay
restrict amendments to those whlcm me-,
the wavs and means commlttee VIII
.ort .au ond have that committee in
lido tho five amendments asked Tor
in the petition. ;++oa
The ways and means cOmmltIee,
mon motion of Mr.. Fordney. decloeu
to report an amendment STRIKING ou.
the countervailing duty proViso ""
,,,r,bor and in their petition, the op-
nosition express the desire tnat tne
r,,Ie for considering the tariff piIl
will limit amendments In the iuihoo.
schedule to the prOviso -, 90
This would make 1t lmposslDiee e.eo
have d vote on the question u
i,,r,har or to raise the duties TO Whal
.ha,, are under the Dingley law.
IT, had been the impression that the
uavs and means committee would re-
mort an amendment placing the saIne
dutv on scrap iron. as the Dill plo,
vide vides for pig iron, it having ,a meen ea
contended that no pig iron wou.o nc ne
imported under the PROVISIONS a,'tv o of sO
rayne bill. which places outy VI 'o
cents per ton en- scrap IRON "iiu TO-,
duty of $3.50 per ton on pig s.rticles
udde na;d duty of 81 a ton. The peti.
t;an pa,1 seeks to have the duty fixed at
So a ton on both ,..
Al But Four Presen'; .mbers
u,,o we're present at the meeting
who Which decided on the petition. i,s exo >
nressed m their intention OF vs voting ng
against the rule to be reported ..poa affers 1a
Monday unless the committee OFFERS
their amendments.