Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-04-15
SENATE and HOUSE
SAID TO Be JUGGLING With The
PAYNE TARIFF BILL.
House Members Declare Seuatg Made
Certain Changes tor Trading pur-
poses. Debate on Measure Set for
Tc3c., =. 10y ? -. !
Until Monday.
Until Monday.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 13.-
Especial. 1.-The tariff bill reported
to the senate yesterday places the
lumber tariff at 81, the figure set by
the house, but with the provision
that it will be submitted to vote.
Upon vote it is generally conceded
that the Dingley rate will be re-
stored.
Senator McCumber, one of the
leading free lumber" members OF
the upper chamber, said today that
he had been able to get together
only thirty votes for putting lumber
on the free list, and that he did not
doubt that instead of being revised
downward the lumber schedule would
be boosted back to the 50 rate.
The amended tariff bill is now on
the senate calendar, consideration of
the measure will be begun Thursday.
1t was laid before the finance commit
tee, with the Democratic members
present, this morning, and after ~
minutes parley a vote was taken on
the question of making a report to
the senate today, all the Republic
the Democrats in the negative.
Soon after the senate met Senator
Aldrich presented the amended bill.
Senator Daniel, on behalf of the mi
nority. protested that the Democrats
had not been given an opportunity
to examine the measure, and Mr..
Aldrich replied that tney could make
their examination by Thursday. He
said also that as the majority was
responsible for the bill, its course
in fastening the report was war;
ranted.
AS reported, the bill does not con-
tain all the changes in rates which
the finance committee purposes to
make. The revenue producing pos
sibilities of the bill are little chang
ed.
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the
finance committee, furnished the fol-
lowing summary of the changes pro-
posed:
IL TIE main the rates in the
tariff bill as reported from the SEN
ate finance committee are lower than
those in the bill as it passed the
house, the actual number of reduc-
tions being about three times the
number of increases. Such increases
as have been made have been largely
rendered necessary to preserve the
symmetry of the schedules.
A considerable number of articles
in common use have been taken from
the dutiable list of the house bill
and restored to the free list. The
great mass of the rates reported are
below those Of the existing law.
In the chemical schedule the prin-
cipal changes are in the nature of
reductions below the house bill. One
important change Is in putting dis
titled and expressed oils on the free
list.
The senate committee restored
iron ore to the dutiable list at 25
cents per ton-a reduction of Is
cents a ton in this schedule through
Nho 70 1nod Of
1 1-2 cents per pound is retained,
but the rates on lead products
throughout the bill are raised to
correspond with this duty on lead
ore.
The house rate of 81 thousand
o. .o-.s-. .,4.~~4 =. .etained, and the
hc-ec r>tns on manufactures Of wood,
nearly all showing reductions from
the Dingley rates, are also left in
the senate bill. The only important
change in the lumber schedule was
the restoration Of imported hard
wood to the free list.
The agricultural schedule, includ-
ing meat products, remains practi-
cally unchanged from the existing
law, but where reductions were made
by the house the senate committee
has restored the Dingley rates, in
response to the demands of farmers
throughout the country and Of the
representatives of the great agricul-
tural interests.
In the house the statement that
the Aldrich amendments to the
Payne bill tend to increase the du-
ties on luxuries and reduce them on
necessities is taken with grain of