New-York tribune., 1909-04-01
SCHEDULES UNDER FIRE
EIGHTY ASK FOR TINE.
Necessary to Limit House Speeches
to Half Hour Each.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau


tariff bin continued to-day and tonight IN lle
House Representative olmsted, Of Pennsylvania
chairman OF the Committee Of the Whoe' salo ie
had about eighty requests for time and TOT thls
rea son most OF the speeches are limited TO nan an
hour II is understood that many Of the eishts
applicants Viii merely ask leave 10 eAlehu '
remarks IN the Record
Representative Mann. OF Illinois, mace conpio
hensive speech to-day the subject OF Wooo pup
He was chairman OF the special comn1ittee appoiii'
ed last year to investigate this SUBJECT and' L"
keeping with the report Of thst committee ne
go ,be reduction Of the wood pulp and paper
schedules MIR Rotherme Of Pennsylvania TOOK
the same ground. or the other speeches 'hal VI
Mr. rarrinaga, the Porto Rican commissioner ex-
cited the most interest. He asked for hlsn au'y
on coffee.
Nr Morgan of Missouri. pho opened the oeOa'e'
urged protection for the zinc industry
Atr ErantIez OF Georgia, quoting from sreech
by President Taft that the primary purpose OF
tariff was that more revenue might De proEiueN 1''
the government declared this TO be true beiAo-
cratic doctrine The primary purpose OF the faEne
hill. he contended was not revenue, but the mann
tenance Of the Republican theory OF protectlo"'
Afr Rrantey attacked the cotton ana iuhoeT
schedules. The countervaiIng duty on cohee was
opposed by Mr.. Douglas, of Ohio.
The provision OF the Payne Dill widening uhe
scope Of the drawback system was supporter oy
N- Lowering Of Massachusetts, He took issue
nth Nfr Underwood OF Alabama, the subject.
and denied that such law operated against the
American laboring man.
Standing behind table loaded down with all
sorts OF exhibits showing the various stages OIL
making wood pulp and paper. Mr.. Mann discussed
the recommendation Of the pulp and paper COM
rnirtee Of which he was chairman, for reduc-
ton OF the duty on wood pulp and paper II
was but Just for him say, he remarked that
not only himself, but the other members OF tee
committee, in making their report acted accord
ing 10 what they believed was right unihlu-
enced by any demands.
Mr Mann said that the whole theory Of cheap
paper depended upon the cheapness OF the srouno
wood and Of the supply of spruce WOOD MI
Mann said a fair estimate that there were
fifteen million acres OF the Mississippi carry
ing thirty-fve billion feet of spruce timber he
declared that 81 the of spruce timber for
lumber or wood pulp were 10 be confined 10 'hs
domestic supply. II would last only from ten 10
fifteen years. Il. he argued, the United states
was 10 have cheap paper in the future the ques-
ton was where would the spruce come from!
and he pointad out that the reduction OF the duty
on mechanically ground wood pulp would bring
the desired relief
In closing Mr. Mann said that the pulp and paper
schedule OF the Payne bill would not injure single
mill in the United States, and yet would treat
Canada fairly.
The bill as a whole. attacked by Mr. Sulzer.
OF New York He said that the measure would az
ford no relief to the taxpayers or the consumers
m n OF
the consumers OF the country, ne said. and for
the benefit OF the toers OF the land. am in favor
OF reducing the tariff taxes wherever they foster
trusts or monopolies. I would reduce the tarif
rates on all goods. wares and merchandise Whlch
are manufactured IN this country and sold cheaper
abroad than at home. I would revise the DtngieY
tariff schedules IN business way IN The interest
of the people
Mr. Pujo Of Louisiana protested against the pro-
posed reduction in the duty on lumber and against
free trade with the Philippine Islands and ufged
income tax instead OF the inheritance tax feat-
of the Payne bill.
Free importation of tobacco from the Philippines
was opposed by Nj. Griest, OF Pennsylvania II
was question, he said, whether that provision
would not prove boomerang 10 the Fihpinos' as
well as a detriment to the American people.
The Porto Rlcan Commissioner to the United
States Mr.. Larrinaga, incorporated in his remarks
facts and figures which, he argued made II abso-
luteIy necessary that q tax should be imposed or
coffee that the Porto Ricans might obtain the pro
lection which he declared they so sorely needed
He said that the threat that millions OF bags OF
coffee would be rushed into this country to avoid
the payment Of duty under the countervailing
clause Of the Payne bill entirely an empty
one, impossible of fulhlment.
was an unjust discrimination against North Caro-
Ina 10 reduce the tariff on lumber and mica. Mr.
O'Connell, OF Massachusetts,, discussed at length
the tariff tea, coffee cocoa and other articles
OF food, and said that the Payne bill should have
reduced the duties cotton and woolen clothing.
Mr.. Rucker, Of Colorado. in his maiden speech,
made at the evening session asserted that elections
in Colorado had been purified by the extension OF
suffrage TO women. He criticised his predecessor.
Mr.. Bonynge who a member of the Ways and
Means Committee. for voting for the Payne bill
increasing the tariff on wonens hosiery and gloves
and chiIdren's toys.
Protection for the lumber industry was advocated
by Mr.. Edwards OF Kentucky Mr.. Palmer. OF
Pennsylvania, said he would like to see the Demo
1oft
measure in a concrete tariff bill. Arguing IN favor
OF an inheritance tax, Mr.. Hubbard, OF West Viz
gina, said that this should be left for the
states
AT 1910 the House adjourned, the clock having
been turned back ten minutes.
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