Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-12
ALDR|CH SAYS
SENATE BILL
IS ALL RIGHT
DENIES CONSUMERS
BURDEN IS INCREASED
Two Per Cent Reduction Gener-
ally From DingIey Law Sche-
dulles Is Expects Analysis of
Measure as Passed.

lby Morning Journsi SpecIaI reaseJ Wirel
Washington, July Senator AID
rich reiterates his statement that the
senate tariff bin. II enacted into law.
would not impose additional burdens
upon the consumer.
isolated cases Of increases Of rates
are taken and the entire bill con-
demned because OF these" said Mr..
Aldrich. 1t Is usually the ease that.
If the section OF the country which
has found fault With one schedule
would consider the transfers of ar
ticles tu the free list and compare the
Increase with reductions that have
been made, that section would see
that it had been made a beneficiary TO
no small degree by the general re-
vision
General r. 5. Seharrets. veteran
tariff expert who has been member
of the board of general appraiser in
New York for many years, is author
tN for the statement that the senate
bills Will show a > per cent. reduction
from the rates Of the Dinglcy law
ANA material reduction from the
house rates.
Some folks may say that two per
cent is not a great reduction" said
General Scharretts today, but when
You consider that rates of the Wilson
NH the democratic tariff measure
adopted in the Cleveland administra
ton We're not two per cent, lower
than the rates of the existing law, you
win realize how extensive two per
cent reduction really is
General Scharretts, who is a demo-
crat is assisting the conference COM
mittoe in its dclberation He per-
formed the same office for the demo
Gratis when the Wilson bill WAS in
conference and was Of valuable as
sistance
Representative Payne said tonight
the rates of the house bill, judged
from the standpoint Of the interest OF
the general public are materially low
eI than those of the senate bill. Mr..
PAYNE pointed out thai hides. tallow
iron ore. icorice extracts and other
articles of great Importance to the
public. were transferred
to the dutable list by the senate.
While alligator skins, radlum, spices.
appliances were the most important
articles placed ON the free list by the
senate
Mr Payne declined to discuss at
this time the relative merits OF the
separate provisions of the two bills,
IT Is unfair to compare the two
bills by figuring the average ad val
1rem rates of each" said Mr., Payne.
. Al. n 80 ~.
house on articles where the Dingley
'otcs were practically prohibitory and
IN these articles the ad valorem
method of comparison would not APP
pear to the advantage of the house
measure, The only way to compare
hc bills is to consider what each
lousc did with the important items"
Members of the house tonight
allied attention to the fact that iron
wire nails. scrap iron, shoes ana
Gather. cotton and wool mpnufac-
urcs. petroleum. potatoes, rough lun-
,or lead paints. structural iron, cut
cry. zinc bullion, pig lead and other
rticles of general consumption were
increased over the house rates, while
ressed lumber, gloves, hosiery and
crtain iron and steel products were
he principal senate reductions OF IN
crest to the general public. The con-
orocs hope to conclude their Work
a. the end of next week, holding
,ngthv sessions daily and extending
hem late IN the evenings. In the
Meantime both houses viii mark
mc. holding sessions every three
avs
The house will meet Monday and
he senate Tuesday, but having no
usincss to transact Will Immediately
,liourn.
Leaders in both houses are hopeful
f finally diPosing of the tariff be-
are the end of the present month.