Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-14
Wyoming Senators Protest Against
Reduction Of Coal Duty.
BAGGNG is TO BE DUTIABLE
Southern Senators Will Lose Their
Contention Upon This Article.
IITHoGRAPHERs SCORE POINT
Cheap View Cards from Germany
Must Pay Tariff HereRfter-LarEe
increase H. Made Thereon
over Present Rate.

| WASHINGTON. D. c., June 1S,-The sen
ate committee on finance will in all prob
ability recommend that a duty be imposed
upon crude and refined petroleum and the
! products of petroleum i'm spite of the sc-
ton of the house in putting these articles
on the free list
! This subject was the most important Of
many matters discussed at a meeting of
the republican members OF the committee
| today. The oil question was not disposed
of finally, but the indications are that
crude oil will be made dutiape at a quar-
ter of a cent a gallon, and on refined pc
troleum rate OF 25 per cent ad valorem
will be fixed. Ii is probable also that the
latter rate will be made to apply to prod
ucts of petroleum
! Many members of the senate favored the
countervaillng duty on petroleum. but the
representatives of oil producing states did
not favor it. The demands for protection
upon oil comes principally IL is asserted
from the Independent oil men.
Coal Schedule Not Settled.
The coal question was apother important
subject under consideration today, but
was not disposed Of. The sentiment of the
committee is in favor of reducing the rate
on bituminous coal from 81 cents to so
cents a ton, but the Wyoming senators,
in opposing a reduction, assert that the
Western Canadian coal would come into
the United. States at the lesser rate and
the Wyoming coal fields could not com
pete with it.
According to the view expressed in the
committee today, however representatives
of the largest coal fields OF this country
| agree that the so cent rate will afford am
| pie protection to American coal.
Regardless of the fact that southern
senators have been able to hold up the pro-
vision for free binding twine for the
northwestern farmer pending disposition
for the cotton bagging question, the com
mittee do not recommend that bagging be
Nplaced on the free list. This will prove
a great disappointment 20 senators repre-
senting cotton producing states
photographers Get Protection.
The protection asked by American ltho-
graphers against the importation of cheap
vi y cards from Germany will be recon-
mended on Photographic post cards ltho-
graphed in one color a rate of Ii cents a
pound, and % per cent advalorem will be
recommended. This is a large increase
over the existing rate. but one which the
committee thinks the condition of the lth-
ographing industry In. the United States
demands. Additional protection will be
recommended also on other labels, decal-
comanias and other articles connected with
the industry.
Many changes in phraseology, made nee
essary by amendments TO the bill, which
have been made since It was reported,
were adopted today.
Another meeting will be held tomorrow
morning.
Vote Expected This Week.
The feeling in all factions in the senate
hot a-;ff
of consideration in the senate Senator Aid
rich is hopeful that the end may be reached
by next Saturday and many of the con-
servatve republicans, as we'll as many of
the democrats, are inclined to agree with
this prediction The progressive repub-
licans are not quite so optimistic, but
Senator Beveridge is of the opinion that
the final vote will not be postponed beyond
the end of next week.
The income tax amendments to the bill
will be taken up for consideration on Fri
day and a vote may be reached on the
proposition the same day. It is possible,
however that efforts may be made to
secure a still further postponement Of a
vote The week will be devoted TO a gem
eral cleaning up. 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 schedules on which the
committee had reported.
Many Duties UndispOsed of.
Among the questions not acted upon in
committee were many disputed points, but
there will be an effort to clean them up
rapidly and it is believed that compare
D lively little time will be taken on any of
5 them. Many of the more important pro-
$ visions still to be considered are those
e pertaining to lumber. wood pulp, print
paper, hides coal, zinc, window glass.
scrap iron, cotton ties, cotton bagging,
, leather goods binding twine and petroleum.
Rough lumber remains on the dutiable
list, but the question OF the amount OF
duty and the dfferential in duty between
rough lumber and the manufactured article
remain to he settled.
In the paper schedule the principal items
to be considered are the duty on ground
wood and print paper. 1t seems probable
that the ground wood. or pulp, win be left
free but that the rate on paper will be
made 81 per ton instead Of 50 as fixed by
the house, and s. as in the present law.
This provision will be left open as long as
possible to permit Senator Hale, who has
been absent because of Illness. to he pres
ent when the subject comes up. He will
stand out staunchly for a stiff duty on all
OF these articles.
D Hides TO He DutihbIe.
( Hides, coal and petroleum are giving the
( finance committee no little concern, but
y the present indications are that the senate
y will place a duty on all OF these articles
Zinc, zinc ore and zinc in blocks. pigs
! and sheets ana other zinc paint products
? are still TO be considered, as are sulphate
4 OF ammonia and barytes. Suphate OF am
e monia is used in fertiliEing and the farm
= ers are makinL strenuous efforts 70 have II
retained IN the free list, whore the house
bill put I. while the manufacturers are