The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-20
ALL WILL HUSTLE
FOR NEEDS
LOOKS As III PARTY LINES WILL
he ELIMINATED TO LARGE En-
TENT IN APPROACHING TAR
IFF DISCUSSION.


party lines will be eliminated during
the consideration in the house of the
Payne tariff bill seems to be indicat
ed. With few exceptions each mem
Der will fight for the interests of his
home district There is little pros
pect of lengthy general debate and
the consideration of the measure I'M
der the five minute rule for amend
ment will be proceeded with as soor
as possible.
Unless gag" rule for the pre-
vention of unlimited amendment UNI
der the five minute rule is brought
+ in, the minority members of the ways
and means committee will not report
a separate bill. Their report will be
drafted by Minority Leader Clark
and will severely criticise the wool
schedule. 1t is contended by the
Democrats that it has not been cut
sufficiently 10 place it on a revenue
basis. Probably numerous amend
ments will be offered and heated dis
eussions are anticipated
The inheritance tax, Philippine
free trade, internal revenue and max
imum and minimum features of the
bill are Endorsed by the minority
leaders, and there has been much ia
vorable comment on the measure by
Democratic congressman.
1t is expected that minority lead
ers will fight the recommendations
on the quantity of sugar and tobacco
that can be admitted from the Phil
ippines free of duty. Several south
ern Democrats favor free trade pro-
visions amended so as to exclude rice,
their contention being that rice could
be sent from the Philippines to the
United States markets and sold for
cents a pound If admitted free
from the islands. This, they say,
would ruin the rice industry In this
country.
A number of Democrats will join
with some Republicans in an effort
to keep the duty assessed by the
Dingley bill upon lumber. The fight
for free lumber will be headed by
Champ Clark, il is understood. He
has frequently expressed himself in
bitter terms regarding the lumber
situation in this country. During
the tariff hearings he arraigned the
lumber magnates and delved deep
into the intricacies of stumpage and
railroad land grants.
Great Britain and France proba-
bly, will be the first countries to Sc
cure the benefit of the minimum rates
named in the Payne bill.
According to the committees re-
port, made today, Great Britain has
been unable to secure the benefits OF
reciprocal trade agreement provided
for the Dingley bill, although she has
treated this country fairly in her GUS
toms acts.
AS the French trade agreement
with the United States contains nc
provision for the continuance or any
time after IL has been abrogated by
either nation, France may receive
the Payne bill as soon as 1t is enact
ed, the matter being entirely in the
hands of the French government
France is now revising her own tarifi
on a minimum and minimum basis.
The ways and means committee es
| Inmates that the entire revenues tC
the government for the fiscal year
1910, provided the Payne bill is II
operation, will be 1862 ,065,SS A!
the amount for which revenue will bs
required for 1910, is estimated a
/ 1912, 221,701, it is claimed the defiei
i for 1910 will be about $40, 200, 900