Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-15
P PH|L|PP PINT:
7 TAR|FF BILL.
BEFORE SENATE
HEATED DISCUSSIONS OF coMMlW
TEES PROVISIONS FOR IMPORT
ING ARTICLES FREE FROM THE
ISLAND POSSESSION.

Washington, ID. c., June Id Tho
Philippine Islands were the subject Of
consideration by the senate as soou
as the tariff bill was taken up today
The finance committees provision reg,
ulating the payment OF dutieslon CONT
modities coming into the United
States from the islands became tho
subject Of animated discussion. Tha
provision permits the free importation
of Philippine goods with restrictions
and exceptions, and on motion of Mr..
Lodge it was made applicable td
Guam and Tutuila on the same terms.
Want Duty on Oil.
The senate committee on finance i'm
all probability will recommend that a
duty be imposed upon crude and rei
fined petroleum and the products OF
petroleum in spite of the action Of tho
house in putting these articles on the
free list.
This subject was the most imports
ant Of many matters discussed at a
meeting of the Republican members Of
the committee Sunday. The oil quesJ
tion was not disposed of finally, but
the indications are that crude oil will
be made dutiable at a quarter OF q
cent a gallon, and on refined petroleum
rate of 25 per cent ad yalorem will
be fixed. 1t is probable also that the
latter rate will be made to apply to
| products Of petroleum.
Many members Of the senate fa-,
vored the countervaiiing duty on pc
troleum, but the representatives of oil
producing states did not favor It, The
demands for protection upon oil comes
principally from the independent oil
men.
Coal Question.
The coal question was another I'M
portant subject under consideration,
but was not disposed Of The senti-
ment Of the committee is in favor of
reducing the rate on bituminous coal
from 67 cents to 80 cents ton, but
the Wyoming senators in opposing a
reduction asserted that the western
| Canada coal would come into tho
United States at the lesser rate and
the Wyoming coal fields could not
compete with It, According to tho
view expressed in the committee, how
ever, representatives Of the largest
coal fields of this country agree that
the fifty cent rate will afford ample
protection to American COAL
May Finish This Week.
The feeling in all factions in the
senate Is that the tariff bill is ap4
preaching the last days of, its consider.
alton by the senate. Senator Aldrich's
proposal that the end may be reached
by next Saturday was received with IA,
vor by the Republicans, but the PRO
gressive Republicans" are not quite
SO optimistic, but Senator Beveridga
is Of the opinion that the vote will not
be postponed beyond the end of this
week.
The income tax provisions will be
taken on next Friday. 1t is possible
that efforts may be made to secure
still further postponement OF vote.
With the exception of one disputed
point in the silk schedule, the senate
last week concluded it's second con-
sideration of the bill and disposed of
all paragraphs of the schedule on
which the committee had. reported. !.
Among the questions not acted upon
in committee were many disputed
points.
Rough lumber remains on the dI.
table list, but the question OF the
!, amount of duty and the differentiaI be-
tween the duty on rough lumber and
! on the manufactured article remain to
be settled. In the paper schedule tho
principal items to be considered are
, the duty on ground wood and print
} paper.
, Hides, coal and petroleum are CIV
ing the finance committee no little
concern, but the present indications
are that the senate will place duty
on all Of these Zines, zinc ore and
zinc in blocks, pigs and sheets, and
other zinc paint products are still to
be considered as are sulphate Of
ammonia and barytes.
The outcome is uncertain.
Some Contested Schedules.
There Is a demand for reduction
and q reclassification Of the window
glass schedule, but any predication as
to what the result might be would be
misleading. The same may be said of
the contest between pig iron and scrap
iron in the metal schedule. The house
! placed a duty Of $3.50 per ton on pig
but gave scrap iron q duty Of only 80
cents The senate raised scrap to the
! same level with pig and the contest
is between the rates Of the two houses
on these items. The southern senators
are making an earnest effort to have
. cotton ties and cotton bagging made
: free of duty and the binding twine
provision has been held up until the
cotton tie question could be decided,
probably on the theory that the north
:, western senators could be prevailed
a upon to combine with the southern
t senators In the interest of the two
g articles together,