Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-21
WESTERNERS MAKE COMPLAINTS
Declare That Drawback Provision
Will Ocerate to Detriment Of Sec
items Far from Seaboard-Rice
Growers Also A,armed-Cuban Re-
ciprocal Agreement Stands in Way.


WASlIl\GTON, y C.. March 20 -
That III. Pawn" ,ay'n hill H2uld
bring ahou; ere" r.!,';Hali"nni tnrih
war = ,na"'.l. t,'cun. 81 az" So"
tIor vni,l Z n''uu"> T. operation
the Cuban ircirr'' i'y = - 4. T. ~.'r
81 ;h,. ur",i'i,''.,: /: IS j. &C." ihld"I
a.uirS' the !ntHiI.' J. - III sea
tnaL for, i'm ,"u.:'', "&'"h ""uh|
rtb.rwi.u assoc ~ e, IT," United
States III" benefits Il n"i' IL.
favrIt l.. i"r cIT"e" IN !"tl'r Tor
tn, minimum scale % n"ri.'' ru\thrd
l-r III IN rayr" }'ill. viii c"ni"nN that
tn. Cuban i"ciploc'ty provision Is
Tie most favored nation claus" Of ih"t
American tariff, and Wild therefore II"
.usr to enter into 4 low tariff agree
men: with this county.
Franc" is enc Of tn" countries that
viii h" most affected by tn" maximum
schedule Of tn" Pawn" tariff.
Would Hit France Hard
| The duties imposed by the present
law on wines liquors and spirits ar"
increased fcrty per cent. in The maxi
mum provision OF the new bill and
this advance would seriously affr"t
, the impcI tation from France of Wines
principally on the low grades Italy
anC Spain would also feel III" effects
4 The duties.
, Germany now gives the United
Safes nearly all tn" minimum duties
Of her tariff under the p-uviSicns o!
the German trade agreements. but
unless she should Cffer to abroga;e
the agreement, and give this country
all Of her favorable duties, the maxi
mum rates of the Payne tariff wouiI
apply.
The German agreement rrnvidcS
that six months notice of is discon
tinuati~n must be given by either
country. but it can be abrogated by
mutual cCnseEt.
Weet Disseminated Against.
Representatives Of Western States
are claiming that the new drawback
PROVISION in the Payne tariff bill +
dsci iminatory against the West il
fav;r OF The East.
/ Til" revised drawback sectiCn per
n.its manufacturers to secure the rcgu
lar drawback CT % per cent. OF TIN
duty paid on imported raw material
without the necessity Of using thu
implrtcd material in the manufac'ur
= cd rroducr that is exported.
A raw material CT domestic prOiuc
tiCn. in equal quantity and of simi
lar cha! actcr may be used instead o
the imported material.
Western members OF Congress ar
CCnt"ndiug that this tends TO Civ
the manufacturer at the scabOard
decided advantage over tn" Eanufac
turor in the interior, on accom-; O
tn" freight rates.
Rice Growers Dissatisfied.
The rice growing and GistributiCt
interests of the United States are ap
proh"nsiy. Of the effects on their il
uustrv Ct the new tarin hill Permit
ting the free entry Of that stabl" fr, u
Tho Philippines. To-day. representa-
tiv"s 81 the industry secured con
ference with Secretary Of War Dick
insUn and secured his CT scn; tO ~
Amendment to nc bill providing thu
wh"n rio" is imnort"d from the
jsiaAiS f0T commercial purr".";. FREE
81 du'v tn" Pr'.Sid"ui Is Ia irnpo.s" O.
rio" 'E.mIng into N" Philippines from
any foreign country a dU'y coal II
Amount 20 hat imp, SCI "n such in
ror'< "rt"TinG IN" United states iron
foreign countries
officials e 'hr ,nsTiar bur an ~.
il will b. long tim" before III" PM
irTir'S "NIr!t an :iC'
Cerfereoce At White House
y ioI. conference" Wa h"h At 49,
Whit" I r'' ;r.dv |" 'wc"n r.,
Q id"U' To. secretaries N.CN"GEl
and Knox and Scrai hldr'ch. r
'gardrug tho farih bilI Il bal :sr
ttcuIar relation 30 if~ maximum rca
tur"s ~ ~" msaSUr" and -" a"n"ra
= question ~ n" -cycnur producing q
frc' e III" bill
- secretary MI"N cash has tak,u -
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