Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-21

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Representatives of western states
are claiming that the new drawback
| provision in the Payne tariff bill is
| discriminatory against the west in
| favor of the east The revised draw
! back section permits manufacturers
to secure the regular drawback of 80
per cent OF the duty raid on import.
ed raw material without the necessity
of using the imported material in the
manufactured product that is export
| ed. a raw material Of domestic pro-
duction in equal quantity and Of
similar character may be used in
stead of the imported material
Western members of congress are
contending that this tends to give the
manufacturers at seaboard decided
advantage over the manufactures in
the interior owing to the freight rates.
one illustration offered was that Of
flour manufacturer I'm Minneapolis
who imports from Canada a thousand
bushels of wheat on which he intends
to collect a drawback when it is ex-
ported. He would find it more adj
provision to dispose of his -four in the
local market and purchase an equal
amount of flour at some seaport for
expectation.
This would save him the tfanspOrta
tion charges from Minneapolis to the
seaport. it is said. and the manufact |
urer would at the same time secure |
his drawback on the -four export. I'm |
der the present law the flour export |
ed would have to be made from the |
imported wheat in order to secure the
draw back
The ways ana means committee
claims. however, that the new draw
back is for the benefit of the hon
est exporter who has been laboring
under disadvantage because un-
manufacturers have taken
advantage of the difficulty of enforc-
ing the Dingley drawback provision.
1t is also contended that the new
drawback section extends this priVil-
cge to many industries which have
been unable TO make use of it, and
for this reason it Will encourage man
ufacturers in this country to the one
to the Payne bill which
has the support of the members of the
ways and means committee and which I
Will be submitted as a com
mittce amendment is that the proyi-
sion of that section regarding max
mum duties, which declares that a
favored duty to mother country by
1 dependency or colony shall not be
considered a discrimination against
eslt. Il ,1e lxf
n the case of the mother country
lower tariff to a depend
.ncy or colony. The latter provision
vas overlooked by the committee and
auscd criticism on account of its cf-
ect in reaching agreements with for
ign countries. the omission of the
PROVISION being characterized as un-
air because of the Philippine free
rade provision.
The rice growing ana distributing
interests of the United states are ap-
,rehensive of the affects on their in
ustry Of the new tariff bill permit
ing the free entry of that staple from +
he Philippines. Today representatives, \
+ that industry had conference with
ecretary Of War Dickinson and Sc
ured his consent TO an amendment
D the bill providing that when rice r
imported from the islands for com T
lercial purpose free of duty the pres
lent is to impose on rice coming in
0 the Philippines from any foreign
ountry a duty equal in amount to
hat imposed on such imports enter
AZ the United States from foreign
ountries Officials of the insular
urcau say it will be a long time be- l
)re the Philippines export any rice.
A long conference was held at the t,
White House today between President o.
aft, Secretaries MacVeagh and Knox,
nd Senator Aldrich. regarding the -
riff bill It had particular relation =
, the maximum and minimum fea- a
Ircs of the measure and To the gen !,
raj question of the revenue -produc- !,
ig effect Of the bill