Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-03-19
TARIFF BILL IS REPORTED
House Committee Recommends that it
Be Passed Without Change.
BRoUssARD WITH REPUBLICANS
Minority is Given Until Tuesday to
Prepare It's Report--Clsrk Says
Wool Schedule IL TOO
High.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Immediately
after the house convened today Mr.. Payne
Of New York. chairman of the committee
on ways and means, reported back the
tariff bill without amendment.
Mr.. Payne offered resolution provid-
ing for the printing of $1,000 copies OF It,
1900 of which shall be in document form
and embodylng the views of the minority.
After a good deal of discussion the reso-
luton adopted.
Representative Broussard of Louisiana
voted to report the bill without amendment,
but all the other democrats of the COM
mittee voted against II. The vote was
13 to 8.
The democrats were given until next
Tuesday to prepare a minority report.
In the report the cnwwittee says:
"It is the hope OF The committee that
with a return of business prosperity the
revenues will show large percentage of
increase and prove entirely adequate for
any natural and economical scale of ex-
penditures."
1t is then pointed out that even since
the beginning of the present month there
has been an upward tendency of receipts
Report on the Bill.
The report accompanying the bill, which
was presented by Mr.. Payne, is made up in
the main of extracts from the statement re-
garding the schedules which was yesterday
given out by Mr.. Payne, but the introduc-
| tory portion of II is devoted to an eXplana-
| ton of the committees reasons for its
course. Two principal reasons for the re-
| adjustment of the schedules are given The
J first of these is that after the lapse of
| twelve years since the enactment Of the
| Dingley law many new complications in the
| tariff have arisen and it is stated that the
public demand has been confirmed by the
information received by the committee since
| it began its investigation In the second
place it is stated that since the Dingley
bill went into effect large number of for
| elgn countries have adopted tariffs with
maximum and minimum rates, so that sec
tiOn Of the present law is not regarded
as sufficiently broad to meet the changed
conditions, as these new foreign tariffs for
the higher rates are on large part of our
exports The committee expressed opinion
that the new bill is constructed that
these conditions will be fully met. 1t is
stated that the bill proposes a reduced rate
on the bulk of imported articles.
Broussard Votes with Republicans.
| That party lines would be eliminated dur
ing the consideration IN tho house OF tho
Payne tariff bill was indicated by the ac
ton of Representative Broussard Of Louisi
ana in withdrawing today from the meeting
of minority members Of the committee be
cause he differed from their views on th'
tariff. With a few exceptions each membe,
of the house will fight for the interests o
mis- home district. There is little prospec
of any lengthy general debate on the bill
and the consideration of the measure unde
the five-minute rule for amendment will b.
proc eeded with as soon as possibly, prob
ably by the end OF the present week. In
less a gag" rule for the prevention of un