Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-12
Document Will Deal only with Tariff
Revision an5 , al Subject
Of Raisii ( nue.
IT GOES TO CON 2 TUESDAY
Great Stress Will Be 1 E Necessity
of Prompt Al
DUTY ON COFFEE IS sSsED
Association Says it Will Not Produce
Revenue for Two Years.
PULP MAKERS ARE ALARMED
brief Filed Alleges that Recommen-
datiop Of Mann Committee would
sc Injurious to the Industry
and to Consumers.

WASH MOTION. March It.-President
Taft today began the work on his mes
sage which Is TO go to the extra session
Of congress on Tuesday next, according
to the present plans. 1t is understood the
message VIII deal only with the tariff re-
vision and the general subject of revenue
raising. President Taft has indicated that
he will ask congress to confne It's labors
at the extra session exclusively to this
subject The message will not go into
details regarding specific schedules. 1t
viii be brief and lay great stress on the
necessity for prompt action.
Andrew Carnegie was a caller at the
White House today, coming. he said. to
pay his respects to President Taft.
! wish President Taft a memorable ad-
ministration and think he will have IT,"
said M. Carnegie.
Major General Hoad. inspector general OF
the c)mmonwealth military forces of Aus
tra'io, also paid his respects to the presl-
dent
with the PAYNE tariff bin practically
In readiness to be introduced on the first
day OF tho special session. newspaper cor
respondents, anxious TO learn what has
been done with schedules affecting the
section In which their papers circulate
and manufacturers and others who have
interests that will be affected By the new
measure gather daily at the ways and
means committee room in an effort to
learn something regarding the new bill
No legislative measure has been so care
fully guarded as the document now being
framed
Proposed Duty on Conee.
The proposition that has given the com
mittec the most concern and which has
been tic most difficult to determine is
TIL plan 20 tax coffee. Some republican
ren;hers declare that the taxing of the
hr"aFtast table would make II impossible
&: The republicans TO carry their districts
et tho next election. The National Cof-
fee and Tea association wrote 10 the com
nttee thai tax on ecffeo or tea would
be unjust TO Tho consumer, detrimental to
trade, Irritating the masses and finally
will fan to produce any material revenue
% the government for nearly two years
q caue.
"A duty Of cents upon coffee would
mean an Immediate profit of at least $3.50
per bag upon every bag in the United
states to the owners thereof" is the
claim made IN the brief There being
nearly 100000 bags at present held here
BY individuals. corporations and Wall
street speculative interests. such dutv
would mean profit of s26,OOOOCo to the
owners ana holders thereof, but it would
not mean 81 paid into the United States
treasury"
Pulp Makers Alarmed.
Paper and pulp manufacturers have ex-
pressed great alarm over the report that
The committee would include in the bill
the changes In the pulp paper schedule
recommended in the report OF the Mann
commission. which investigated the pulp
and paper questions. The American Paper
and Pulp association. through it's president,
Arthur G. Hastings, has submitted a
lengthy brief urging certain changes in the
recommendations made by the select COM
mittee
we cannot too emphaticalIy state that
the recommendation OF the select COM
mittee will fill us with alarm" says Mr..
Hastings. and We believe If adopted would
be Injurious to our industry. to the coun-
try and ultimately to the consumer"
The Mid-Contlnent OIL and Gas pro
ducers' association, claiming to embrace
In Its membership the owners OF S7lS per
cent OF the producing oil wells of Oklahoma
and Kansas, which produce GO per cent OF
the high grade refining crude oil OF the
; United States, has submitted brief urR-
ing that the present countervailing duty
ON petroleum be maintained The counter
vailihg clause of the Dingley tariff i'm
poses on oil imported from other countries
the same duty which they collect on oil
imported to them from this country