New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-14
Payne Tariff Bill Approved by
Vote Of 2I7 to l6L
PETROLEUM ON FREE LIST
Other Important Changes Made
: Before Passage.

Washington, April 10.-After three
weeks of consideration the Payne
tariff bill was passed by the house of
representatives by vote of PIT to
l61. One Republican, Austin (Tenn.) :,
voted against the measure and four
Democrats. all from Louisiana, Messrs.
Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo and Wick
life, voted for it. An attempt by
Champ Clark. minority leader, to re-
commit the bill with instructions
signa1ly failed.
One of the principal changes eff
fected in the Payne bill since its in
PRODUCTION was the placing of petro-
leum on the free list This involved a
more seriously contested fight than
any of the other amendments. Speak
or Cannon, in debate on the amend
ment to reduce the duty, took the floor
In defense of the higher rate of duty.
Although an amendment to place oil
ON the free list was lost Thursday a
Similar amendment offered by Chair
man Payne Friday was carried.
Among the other important amend
nents that have been made since the
bill came from committee were those
striking out the provision for a duty
OH tea and the countervailing duty
proviso on coffee. The elimination of
the maximum duty of 20 per cent on
coffee, contained in the maximum and
minimum section of the bill, was also
significant
To the free list were added ever
green seedlings, cloves and nut oil,
which is used in making varnish.
The patent law provision, intended to
retaliate. for the new British patent
law, was stricken out on account of
an international convention. The So
called "joker" in the cotton cloth
schedule, which, it was claimed, would
increase the duty of the Dingley bill
several hundred per cent, was correct
ed, the proviso for the. method of
counting threads in the cloth being
made the same as in the present law
Changes in Tobacco Schedule.
The section restricting the con-
tents of packages of tobacco was
amended to conform with the present
law that union labels may not be ex-
| cluded from such packages. The
drawback section was added so that
it could not be taken advantage of for
| the purpose of specializing in grain,
and the Philippine free trade pro-
vici0n hot Nj, will
not be admitted free from the islands.
The countervailing duty clause on
lumber was stricken out, but strong
effort to place lumber on the free last
did not succeed
The duties on barley, barley malt,
charcoal, iron, pineapples in crates,
saccharine, medicated cotton, and cot
ton collars and cuffs, as originally in
the bill, were increased. To retaliate
against Turkey, which country pro.
hibits the importation of American
| filler tobacco, a proviso was included
| in the tobacco schedule increasing the
| duty on filled tobacco from any cou1l-
try which prohibits the importation
| of the American tobacco.
The internal revenue was also
amended so that raisers of tobacco
will not have to pay manufacturer s
license to dispose of their leaf tobac
co. There were several technical
changes in the steel schedule, prin
| cipally downward. Lace curtain ano
netting machines were included il
the proviso which permits the entry
free of duty of lace machinery prior
to May l, 1910. Hides, hosiery and
gloves were left as reported by the
committee, hides remaining free, an6
an increased duty being presented fol
| gloves and stockings.
! INDICTMENTS ARE QuASHE[