The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-04

Ave amendments asked for in the pc
tition. Besides tho three members of
the committee the following Repub-
licans were present at the meeting:
Hughes, woodward and Sturgiss,
Kciffer, Kennedy. Johnson and Thorn
as. Ohio; Ellis aud Hawley.. Oregon,
Loud and Young. Michigan; Morehead,
Iowa. and Grant. North Carolina,
Fitch, Bradley and Wheeler. Pennsyl-
yania: Howland. Utah Mondell Wyo-
ming; Langley, Kentucky, Hum.
phreys. Washington.
The ways and means committee,
upon motion of Mr. Fordney. decided
to report an amendment striking out
the countervailing duty pYovlso on
lumber and in their petition. the oppo-
Sition express the desire that the rule
for considering the tariff bill will limit
amendments In the lumber schedule
TO the proyiso.
This would make it impossible to
have a vote on the question of free
lumber OF to raise the duties TO what
they are under the DiDsley law
1t had been the impression that the
ways and means committee would re-
port an amendment placing the same
duty on scrap iron as the bill provides
for pig iron, it having been contendeJ
that no pig Iron would be imported
under the provisions Of the Payne bill.
which places a duty of 80 cents per
ton on scrap Iron and duty of 81 80
per ton on pig iron. Under the Ding
ley law both articles pay Al duty OF 81
a ton The petition seeks to have the
duty fixed at 50 ton on both.
All but four OF the Republican mem
bcrs who were present at the meeting
which decided on the petition, eX-
pressed their intention Of voting
against the rule to be reported on Mon
day unless the committee offers their
amendments.
Besides taking of the duty on tea
and the counteryaillng clase for coffee,
the ways and means committee To-
day decided TO report numerous other
amendments reducing the duties in
the original bills. The duty on peas
was reduced to 20 cents a bushel, 10
cents less than at present Evergreen
seedlings and clover stems were placed
on the free list The phraseology of
the paragraph defining the term cot
ton clothing" and the method Of de"
tnrmining the count of fhreads TO
the square inche which would have
increased the duty on cotton cloth 200
or 800 per cent, was amended to read
the same as In the Dingley law.
Finding that Section IL of the Payne
lie.
sued by the United States to a citi,
zen or subject of foreign country
shall be subject to the same conditions
imposed by that country on n citizen
of the United States. was In violation
of an international convention which
precIudes any discrimination against
foreign citizens In the patent laws, the
committee decided to strike out that
section.
The section which prescrlbes that
no packages Of tobacco or cigarettes
shall be permitted to have packed in.
attached to. or connected with them,
any articles other than the manufac-
turcrs' wrappers and labels. the In
ternal revenue stamp and the tobacco
or cigarettes was amended to conform
with an amendment that was made to
the Dingley law. The object OF this
section Is to prevent the use OF cou-
pons or other premiums but 1t was
claimed that the Payne bill would pre-
vent the use of Union labels.
On motion of Mr., Broussard of Louis
lana an amendment was agreed to
making dutlablc all rice coming from
the philippines. IL was contended that
the Philippines. which do not raise suf-
ficient rice for their own consumption,
would tnke advantage OF the free trade
provision OF the Payne bill TO send
their rice to this country and import
the cheap rice of Japan and China for
their home consumption. Specific du.
ties are provided by the amendments
for mica and saccharine, on which tho