The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-04-23
PRESIDENT SENDS 1
SPECIAL NESSlotlI
THE PHILIPPINES
ASKS TARIFF sEEsiC~ 50 "a
CNE cE gNcLE saws
PROVINCES
WOULD RAISE The Val. THERE
Revenues az Isisrd VIII g :+.r--.
sy payne siil-SrogGse1 70 s.rs
~ % 4 Certain =r-s-r-.tss..
auusE LsTrsr. I

WASEESGTON, Aprl i-E.
President THURSDAY sem -1Eg-.s,
special message IN -elaUon as
philippine T4rfn The message -
ufts recommendation 5ur '-v,Ea
II he Philippine tariff SO A. ~ 3sr
nit as much customs revenue Is JOS
sibIe tor the Islands and a. -le ians
time 70 extend % the Islands lie i'm.
-ciuIe az a protective 1ar,f ,l- Z I
dustrtes-
Under The conditions F1lcl vi
arise from the enactment II -le ar
II biII pending IN Congress Fl-al III.
vtdes under certain conditions or
rec trade batween the Philippines Ind
the Cuited States, the REVENUES Il M
island win De considerably l14cyst
and numerous protests have leeu =
csivgd here On this account Tie m
posed amendments TO the ill ara o
fnrerzfzrz az little as possible VIII
these free trade conditions alt II be
same time permit the collection Il an
pie revenue
The MESSAGE and accompanying let
ters tram Secretary Of War 1tcS.1.
5an aua Cen. Clarence l. 1tEar1a
chief az the Lna1Iar Bureau. Of ia
War Department. With 4 copy Il ne
proposed act, were submitted rs 10Th
houses az Congress- shorty at-sr hey
convened
Generally speaking. the bill sl5n--.
ted Hy the President makes a il-gh;
increase in the rates OF flIrT 1Gv 7ro-
vided IN the Philippine tariff. but 70
-ramer SAYS itz tendency Is ra insure
al Tar as practicable the 1enet- Of ne
philippine market for American MANI.
tacturas and products. The bill makes
some additions to the free LIST
There viii De an increase II 1.=r'
mai revenue duties BY which It Is lo2'
cd to make I'D the loss which -1e PM
iDufne Islands will sustain BY Tie '3er'
atoms af the free trade provisions I
.the pending Payne tariff bill
The internal revenue laws .7- ne
Philippines are enacted by he FIJI
iuuine Assembly.
The Presidents message Fellows
ITO the Senate and House 9t as2-
raseu tatiVes transmit herewith !
communication from the Secrerarv q
war. fncIosing one rom the chef q
the Bureau Of InsuIar Affairs. N w1-c1
is transmitted a proposed tariff rezis-
ion law for the Philippine Islands
This measure revises the present
Philippine tariff. simplifes II ana
makes il conform as near As pcss---7
to the regulations ot the customs Avs
Of the United states, especially WI
respect to packing and packages. liz
present Philippine regulations have
been cumbersome and Difficult -3E
American merchants and exporters %
compiv with. It's purpose is % U7e'
the new conditions that viii arse
under the section af the pending y II
red States tariff bill which provides
with certain limitations, for free trade
between the Unitsd States anu ~
islands. It is drawn with a view .o
preserving 20 the islands as much CD
toms revenue as possible and to 2r''
tect in a reasonable measure those
industries which now exist IN rhs =
lands.
The bill now transmitted, has eeel
drawn BY q board OF tariff experts o'
which the Insular Collector OF I2s
toms. Col George R Cotton, was
president. The board held a g-73'
many open meetings in Manila, Ar
conferred fully with representa- -
Of all business interests In the F--'
fDufne Islands. Il IS OF great In or
lance to the welfare OF the tslAnc'
that the bill should be passed At re
same time with the pending Paw
Bill. with special reference To A'
provisions for which it was prepare
II respectfully recommend tharN .a-'
hill be enacted az the present - Saa
OF Congress as one Incidental 10 and
required By the passage of the Pa e
Bill. WILLIAM H. TAI