Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-13
PAYNE BILL
 BENEFITS ID
 THE FARMER
Congressmen Point Out the Provisions in the Tariff Bill Which Will Help TillerS of the Soil

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Apr1i 1z.-I How does the farmer fare In the Payne tariff bill?
 Several congressman have an swered the question on the floor Of the house within the last few days Each one revealed a new joker. II the bill becomes a law, the Interna- tional Harvester company. which, next to the United States Steel cor poration. is the most powerful com bine in the country, will profit to the extent of millions, which will flow directly into it's oofeTs from the pockets of the prosperous American farmer.
 We have taken care of the farm CT" declared Chairman Payne or the ways and means committee, just aft CT his tarin bill was reported "rhe duty on agricultural implements has been materially reduced"
 Here Is how: The Payne bill pro yides. in one place. that the duty on blows. tooth ana disc harrows, har- yesters, reapers. agricultural drills and planters, threshing machines and cotton gins. shall be 15 per cent ao valorem. But the bill does not stop there. Immediately following is the usual Provided. however, that any of the foregoing when imported from any country. dependency or colony, which imposes no tax or duty on ] ke articles imported from the United States. shall be imported free Of duty
 This is a seeming reduction of , per cent ad vaEoreaL as the present law nrovides q dry of 20 per cent ad xalorsm. but it is only seeming re 6uction. for later on the bill provides for duty Of s per cent ad valorem- The duty on agr rCaitural implements Is increased , per cent instead of de creased. The actual joker is on page 27 of the Payne bill. and reads as follows. Upon each article enumer- ated in paragraph 46S of schedule x % per cent ad valorem.
 Manufacturers of agricultural i'm plements are selling their goods abroad. after paying transportation charges and tariff duties imposed by other countries, from 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than they sell the same grades of implements to American farmers. This is under the 20 per cent ad valorem duty. Under 20 per cent ad valorem duty they will be able to extort much higher price as the high duty will keep out of the country the implements of the few foreign independent manufacturers that the International Harvester com pany permits to remain in business.
 sThe farmers are making more money than anybody else" say the lobbyists for the implement manufac- Iurers. They are able to stand a good, stiff tax on agricultural imple- ments''
 The farmers reply by admitting their finances are in a healthy condi- tion but that is an insufficient reason why the republican party should per init them to be unreasOnably taxed by the agricultural trust.
 The value of farm property in the United States in 1900, the census year. was 20,514, ,0oI ,S3S; the value of farm animals, s2,22S,I23. .134; to tai, s22,742,I25972 The total capital invested in manufacturing industries in 1900 was s9,S17,43 ,799. On the farmers investment there was a re turn in money of IS 5-10 per cent while on the manufacturers invest ment there was return of Al 5-1C per cent.
 "The Payne bill provides a g per cent ad valorem duty on agricultural implements" said Representative James Hay of Virginia. in protest ing against provisions of the measure which discriminates against tn farmer. Every country which man ufactures agricultural implements ha! a duty on agricultural implements and thus these countries would b' compelled to pay a duty of 25 pe cent ad valorem- The trust is there fnra rarnfacfad as never hafnra frnr