The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-05
RAYNER DEN0UNCES
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
Senator Says He Is Not Believer in
Free Trade, But Says Measure
Is PiraticaI.

that free trade is impracticable in this
country, and asserting that not a sin.
gle Democrat would vote for it if pre-
sented to him in bill, Senator Ray.
ner of Maryland in the senate yester.
day delivered an address denouncing
the Payne-Aldrich tariff measure as
failing to provide revenue and protec.
ing industries controlled by trusts
rather than giving any relief to the
consumers of the country. Senator
Rayner frequently entered upon oratori.
cal flights and concluded with a series
Of condemnations of the so-called trusts
of the country. He declared his belief
in incidental protection in order to
maintain the wages of American work
ingmen.
II have never believed in free trade
between this country and any other
countries" Senator Rayner said. II
think from every practical standpoint
it is perfectly preposterous to talk
about it. think the country would vote
such a proposition down almost with
practical unanimity. believe in Gus.
toms house taxation and 1 do not be.
lieve any other system will ever take
it's place.
II do not find within this bill line
or sentence that weakens the grasp of
great corporations upon the commerce
of the country. On the contrary they
show their hateful front in almost
every schedule of this bill
GAS against them, if l had the op.
portunity in the framing of a tariff
bill would open the ports of entry
of this Republic. I would bring them
in competition within the markets of
the world. It is said that if we do
this, we will interfere with other in.
dustries that are competing with them.
There is hardly word of truth in
that statement, because they tolerate
no rivalry and permit no interfer.
ence."
The impossibility of adding an in
come tax. amendment to the pending
tariff bill is virtually admitted by the
Democratic leaders and the progress
sive Republicans. The sorrowful con-
fession was made that the defections
have occurred in both ranks and the
situation is expected to grow worse
rather than improve.
Senators Culberson and Cummins
held a long conference in the Repub-
lican cloakroom and subsequently
after conference comparing notes,
began to make preparations for the
6ofpof fhof Sc E~1
will be continued to the bitter end,
but such triumph as has heretofore
been predicted appears to be gradual.
ly vanishing.
From Mr.. Culberson's report it
seems that several Democrats have
lost all interest in the income tax
amendment and will not vote for it.
From Mr.. Cummins' report it was
plain that at least five progressive
Republicans had wandered away from
their allegiance and would not return
in time to vote, leaving only 16 in it's
favor.
The finance committee is still work.
ing on some of the disputed portions
of the bill, and Washington is still
overlooking with lobbyists for and
against a thousand features of the
measure.
A delegation of leather manufacture
ers, headed by ]. H. Sell and Milton
]. Florsheim of Chicago, arrived to
plead for free hides. They saw
Speaker Cannon and Senator Cullom
to-day and will see President Taft to-
morrow.
There will not be free printing pa
per wood pulp if the advice of the
finance committee is followed by the
senate. The chances now are that
this will not be done. The committee
has reached a determination to fix a
duty of five dollars a ton on printing
paper and $1.3S ton on wood pulp.
This is reduction of one-sixth of
one cent per pound from the Dingley
rates. The Payne bill placed paper
and pulp on the free list.