Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-03-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON, ID. G., MARCH both.
The new tariff measure which takes
its nam.. the Payne Bill, from Chair
man Payn" of the Ways and Means
Committees, taken as whole, makes
provision for material reduction OF
the duties imposed by the Ding! y
law. and exp rts predict that it will
at the same time produce an import
ant inrr aSr Of revenue. 1t IL rs'l-
mated, by tn" f,am rs OF thu h'll,
that It's r.v mu pr ,dn'i0g power viii
be S335 ,Ol), O)O from Imports, and
S215 u 10000 from internal vm",
making an ii.crras' IN the gov m
ments ANNUAL r.v"nu of SO, WJiND
The provision for Il graduated mh n
tame. tax, similar t. that uf y w
York. is the most striking INN Walton
and the system of maximum amt
minimum duties whrrr' y tn" prlncl-
pie Of reciprocity j. to be- CARRIED out
practically automatically, Is an"ih +
innovation. 70 make up tn" NJ. q ii
rev .ru -, among other pnNi>'nu>,
luXuricS have been tranSf TT 1t - tn
dutmbl. INST. such a. p rEunr5 ant
highly priium Il soaps, aAd n Ia, &
list If spices hav b IN taken from
tine free. lit and put upon tn" dut'a-
bic >cl,dul :.
1t srXp ct,l that general drhat .
on th. payn" bill viii begin III tie
lluu>,, on u.'sday next. a tn mia
ority mrmh"rS Of the committee on
WAYS and n,au> hay" been given I'M
til that day to file their reports, and
the pr, sent indications are that party
lines will b. eliminated during the
consideration of the bill. Each mem
Der If the House will look after the
interests of his own district during
the fight, with but few exceptions.
Secretary McNcagh of the Treasury
Department express d satisfaction
with the general features of the new
tariff bill. From the viewpoint of
the Treasury Department the maxi.
mum and minimum feature Of tn"
bill is one of its most important pro-
visions. BY this provision the gov
eminent Is given Il weapon by winch
it Is in position t" r'talIat" for any
discrimination sought to Nc practlcrd
by foreign government, and 1t Is
considered that in this way the IN
tcrcSts of American exports Will be
conserved and promoted.
Another feature of the bill com
mcndcd 10y the Trca @ury officials Is
the paragraph providing an improved
way of establishing market value
for imports. The new bill provides
that in the absence of a home market
in the country of origin, the market
of such imports is to be determined
by working backward from the sell
! ing price in the United States. I'M
der this plan Il certain prrccntag
will be- allowed for profit on the goods
and to this will be added freight, cart
age, and other charges. Under the
method now in force, the so-callcd
German agreement, the market value
of imports from that country, OF
goods which have no sale there, Is
determined Ivy taking an average Ct
the export prce Of such goods sold to
all other countries.
Senator Aldrich, Chairman of the
committee ON Finance, intends t.
push the consideration of the tariff
bin in the Senate committee with all
possible dispatch and il is exp ctcd
that, beginning with Friday, the
committee will be in continuous SEES
sion. In this way the delay incident.
al to the usual method of committee
consideration will be avoided The
Senate leaders will engage their own
experts in tabulating information and
preparing comparative tables so that
all senators may have abundant data
bearing upon every schedule.
The Central American situation, III
all its phases, was discussed with
Secretary Knox by the various repre-
sentativcs from these republics, at
the State Department on Thursday
of this week, the regular diplomatic
day. From adviccs received at The
State Department, military activities
in Nicaragua still continue, and she
is blamed with being the cause and
the sole cause of the unsettled condi-
tons in Central America,
Official announcement is made that
the co. foot tower, which the govern.