Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
RATTLE OVER TARIFF
MFMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES
ARE DIVIDED.
chairman Payne, Supporter of the New
Tariff Bill, and Champ Clark, Head
of Opposition Forces, Have Estab-
,ished Their Headquarters Thousands
Of Documents Are at Hand.

Washington.-Tha there will be
lively contest over the tariff bill is evil
don't from the preparations that are be-
ing made by the sponsors of the bill and
NV those who oppose it. Chairman
PAYNE, supported by his chief lieuten-
ant, Representative John Dalzell of
Pennsylvania, and the other republican
members of the ways and means com
mittee of the house, together with Rep
resentative Broussard, ouisiana, the
newly appointed democrats, will be busy
with thousands of documents and com
munications for the defense of the pro-
visions of the Payne bill. The commit
tees old room is on the house floor of
the capitol, and "field headquarters "
were established there by Mr.. Payne.
Directly beneath the headquarters of
the Payne forces are the headquarters
of the enemy, the democrats. Champ
Clark has taken possession of John
Sharp Williams old room and was today
occupied with the preparation of the
report of the minority. The democratic
members have held "councils of war;
quarters. They will make a strong fight
against every protective duty in the
PAYNE bill unless it is a revenue pro-
Queer. While the Payne and Clark
forces will be lined up against each
other on many questions, there probably
will be several duties on which they
will Join in fighting other opposition.
MI. l.
is not high tariff man.
No United Front en- Lumber.
When an amendment is offered to in
crease the duty of 81 thousand feet
provided for lumber by the Payne bill,
Mr.. Payne and Mr.. Clark will stand to-
gether in opposition to the increased
duty and on many amendments each Of
the leaders will find that some of his
trusted aides have deserted him. This
illustrates the feeling that prevails
throughout the membership of the house
that every member shall work for the
interests of his individual constituency
and that the tariff question is local
one
There is one point about the new bill
on which little controversy is expected
in the house, but which it is believed
will be much considered in the senate;
that is, the revision of the present tariff
law with regard to ambiguous phrase
OlOgy. The changes in the wording of
various paragraphs and sections of the
bill have been made in accordance with
the recommendations of Thomas J.
Dougherty, assistant counsel for the
treasury department, who has prose
cuted customs cases for the government
throughout the country and has extens-
i've information, supported by Major
Herbert M. Lord, U. S. A., who was
clerk of the ways and means committee
during the Dingley revision.
Notable among the changes brought
about by the suggestions which were
based on the decisions of the courts and
the board of appraisers are the new
paragraphs in the metal schedules pro-
Vldlng duties on steel wool or steel shay
lngS; diamond steel, grit, iron and SINH
lar articles; chrome metal and ferro
manganese, ferro tungsten, ferro silicon
and similar metals; alloys and other
mixed metals not specifically provided
Tor; and the general provision restrict
ing the terms iron plates, steel plates
. ana plate iron and steel to figures hav-
ing plane surfaces for use as parts of
construction, but as tools or instruments
IN manufacturing,
Many changes in the phraseology of
paragraphs imposing duties ON articles
winch contain alcohol have been incor-
Porated in the bill and are expected to
increase the revenue considerably.