Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-04-08
SHARP PRACTICE
IN TARIFF BILL
DISCOVERY or ~JesTR' N LIN
EER SCREDVIE CAUSES
PROFOUND SENSATION.
TAFTsAYs WILL NoTSIGN
President Wants Lumber and HSde- o.
free LlSt-Payne BIN Noul1 Ef-
Ieet No Relief to High Prices
OF Rither Commodity.

WASHINGTON. ID. Spec ial.-The
nercest c. Otests ever the Payne biz
so Tar eaNe been over the lumber sad
alds schedules. Democrats and Re
puhlicans are hol,elessly divided on
u.,se t~o articles rev a the dutiable
list. the Payne bli proposes 90 reduce
lunb, ard place hides on The free
list The Northwest - CONDUCTING
great Hobbies for and against free lum-
ber The south Is looking OF praging
and hoping THAI the present 14ty Wiu
"a retained
In talking concerning tac humber
schedule ia the bin a visitor from
,ar Western State said
Another joker. this ~ the ncrc.st
/ crsc-ipti, u. asa. been discovered in -he
I humber schedule oi tho Pawn bal. 10
I Isl prov idcd tuat the nominal re- ilction
.u tee lumber schedule shall not ap.l1
F iu case any country or any pcliucal
b suhdi1 isiCn Of any country Vahch shall
/ Pos local regulations or otherwise in
ans way Interfere with Che free expo-fa-
f uon Ci forest products % the lit,d
+ STATES
I'm case sny such country or p.i-
/ t,al subdiv ision shall So oheud in ~
sl"C' to any forest product the maNt
tIuui duties provided Pos the Payue
bin Vhich are the present Dingles
duties shall 10 into edeCt agsinst Oil
The forest products az every part ct
The offending countrs. even II the Of
Tense De- committed only oy q singh.
county.
Aimed AZ canada
This Is clearly aimed az Canada.
which rs about tne only country from
Vhich AZ import lumber. A large part
90 the forest lands az Canada are
owned either By the Dominion gov
eminent. or by the provincial govern
ment. the latter having the major hold
inEs. Now both the provinces and the
uOminian government have their PEE
culiar regulations governing timber
lands The provinces generally pro
side that logs cut from government
lands must not De- exported from the
province and the Dominion provides
that logs cut from the Federal lands
must not De- exported os such from
canada Under the Payne Law con
srgueuuy even lumber cut from pri-
waite lands Cn which no emhargo is
laid could NOT come into the United
States without paying the maximum
duties And even DO am the provinces
except unT we're 90 withdraw their
lC.al forestry restrictions anna maxi.
uum rates. OF the Payne Din would
.I'N.NN AIMS. f.NH.NH .N|IN'.
.uoi of tn whole Dominion CO.. Canada
Ins nt,le province of Prince Pea
uaId Island. which is no iarler fnaU
500 ordinary county uIeht choose fD
In.u,se faN OBJ. cent a huudl. uu
.at Dut frnm iD-s fAkrn from Uuhl,
lands AMID intended Irr expectation n.
fr- uled States AND immediate. fht
maximum rates. co the Payne hIlI NuuI.
anllt Geo ,.ert forrest product uuf OLD,
ut that pros iuce. boo Go thc whole o
Canada
lt IS said that majority of th,
Republican members Ul the Way. anU
Means Committee admit that they dIo
NOS unde rstaud the effect Df fhls pro-
tIso 10 is understood that Nr Ford
neF. the hlgh protection member o
tne committee. is responsible FOR th.
reulAr halle prov iso. The discover ha.
caused sensation. and threats ur,
heard that this sharp practice pu
result m tearing thr whole lumbeI
schedule fo pieces
Making Hard Fight
Representative Charles b. W-isse
|cf Wisconsin. is making h bard nEn
Tor free hides
s "If We would remove the Is pei
b cent duty ON hides said he "w
. would give -mplo- meut Co America.
s. labor and capital. the hides would b
p made into leather and heather goods
. which would be- exported and vi
would have s. worth OF the hnlshe,
- product to every dollars worth or ras
- material ou which duty 81 Dc pe
F. cent les levied The tariff causes th
foreigner Go sell his hides In tho Eu
rOpean markets. and the tanners Their
buy our extracts and tanning mate
y rails and tan them in that country
For every ~ per cent that We lev
A Ne take s 90 from labor. and abOu
d g. from the manufacturer In othe
4. words We lose about SIS worth II,
Z business Co every dollar We collect
Z II have eadeavored TO secure stats
q ties from the Bureau of Animal n
r. dustry but have not BEEN furnishs
D. with any Information that can rel
q on. ioOk the census reports OF mar
n ufacturers for 1906 and compiled n
figures that / here submit. which al
as nearly correct as can De- Obtaine
Dutiable hides used that year amour
ed 10 $50 16.593 large packers pr,
duced S4f .2O6. t07. imported SASS
CPS. total. $50 t56. 735.
The Kill OF the farmer small paCl
ier and butcher therefor. Is about $50
O9V 900. two thirds OF which. 40 doub
, Is marketed through the butcher an
small packer. the most OF these sale
= being controlled BY the packers. lea'
ing only about $40 60s 900 70 Be- sol
direct BY the farmer which would nC
net him more than 10 per cent. OF th
dutiable hides sold
There were used in 1897 by ID
tanners Os leather. cah skins. kip
and other skins. hides 70 the value {
SfS.Si4.5fS free OF duty. aRd S6.426,sl
worth OF domestic skins OF the sam