The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-13
REGARDS TARIFF BILL AS A
GREAT MEASURE.

GREAT MEASURE.
Cong. Fordney Believes No Othe,
Revision Will be Needed for Years
Maximum Feature of Creates,
ImpOrtance-All Agricultural and
Manufacturing Interest We'll
Cared For.
From the Saginaw Courier-Her.
aid:
Congressman j. w. Fordney ar.
rived home from Washington yes
terday afternoon. He was somewhat
fatigued by the long, hot journey
and by the strenuous work of the
last four weeks as a member of the
conference committee on the Payne
Dill. He was, however, in good
spirits and satisfied with the result
OF the work of Congress in extra
session. OF the Payne tariff bill he
said:
On the whole it is a satisfactory
measure. Had I been making a tar.
iff bill might have added some
things. I might have changed a few
The Congress of the United States
is a large body 1t is many men OF
many minds. Any tariff measure Is
of necessity to degree q compro.
misc.
The Payne tariff is a revision
downward. The rates have been
lowered from what they were under
the Dingley law. / believe it a fail
measure and / think it will be adam.
ted to the needs of the country 70,
a longer time than the Dingley tariff
proved satisfactory. Barring the
chance of the Democratic party com.
ing into power, do not believe an.
other revision will be necessary fol
many years to come.
Maximum Feature Advantageous.
regard the maximum tariff fea.
ture as one of the most valuable OF
the bill. 1t empowers the president
to add 25 per cent. ad valorem tC
existing rates on imports from coun.
tries discriminating against the Unit.
ed States. or more exactly speaking
giving any other nation more ad.
vantageous conditions than are af.
forded to the United States.
The work of the past four weeks
has been very strenuous. The Sen.
ate made between 400 and SOC
changes in the schedules of the
House bill. The Senate made S47
changes in all, but nearly one-hal1
of them did not affect schedules sc
that the 400 or 500 changes il
schedules gave the conference com
mittee its work The changes made
by the Senate were generally reduc
tions of the House rates. I regard
the bill. as finally passed as a grea
measure.
L am satisfied with the lumber
schedules. The Philippine tariff, i.
all right, and good thing, I believe
The agricultural interests are wei
cared for. This means much foI
Michigan. The Dingley rates were
not reduced.
Protect American Manufacturers.
4 believe the rate imposed will
be sufficient to protect all American
manufacturers, that is, they are higG
enough to prevent importation
reaching the danger point.
I have my doubts about the wis
dom of the print paper duty. l thinl
there may be a real danger on ac
count of action Canada may take
with reference to pulp wood. w,
have not got this raw material. Ac
tion on the part of Canada whicl
would compel the manufacture O
pulp wood in that country instead o
this country would force some O
our mills to move. I do not thinl
such action would be discrimination
and therefore we should be withou
remedy.
The statement widely published
that the new tariff will increase thu
cost of woolen goods is entirely er
roneous. The wooden schedules ar,
not higher than in the Dingley tar
if.
L believe the fact that the tarif
question is now settled will have
very stimulating effect on bushes
and within the next twelve months
expect to see a complete restoration
of the wonderful prosperity tha
prevailed before the panic of 1907.
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