Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-03
DECLARES PAYNE
MEASURE MEANS
DEATH OF PARTY
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Mr.. Madden of Illinois.
Mr.. Clayton pictured Mr.. Payne COM
ing in Monday with the backing of the
rules committee and making ready 10
put the bill through.
Mr.. Clayton referred to the Iowa
idea and was interrupted by Mr.. Ken
dali of Iowa with the remark that
there was mo idea in Iowa that did
not indorse protection"
This led to an exciting colloquy In
which Mr.. Clayton referred Mr.. Ken
dali to Cenator Cummins
Mr.. Clayton said he had been told
that Senator Cummins had made the
statement that that same tariff had
robbed the people of more than a Lun-
dred million dollars a year"
He asked Mr.. Kendall to correct
himself if he was wrong.
81 challenge the statement" replied
Mr.. Kendall.
challenge does not CO." Mr.. Clayton
exclaimed.
us it so, or is not? Now confess that
it is SO or is not so, or that you don't
know"
Mr.. Kendall declared while he had
no authority to speak for Senator
Cummins he had too much confidence
in his good sense to believe that he
made the statement imputed to him
by the Alabaman.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri declared Sem
ator Cummins had said that "all the
robbery committed by all the insur-
ance companies for all that time has
not equaled by one-twentieth the
amount the American people are rob-
bed of every year under this high pro-
tective tariff system"
Mr. Townsend of Michigan argued
that free lumber would help only the
owners of Canadian stumpage.
Mr.. Morse, Republican, of Wisconsin
served notice that if permitted he
would introduce an amendment to pro-
vide for permanent tariff commission.
Mr.. Cullop of Indiana denounced the
Payne bill, "as the embodiment of a
gigantic struggle of it's beneficiaries to
see who can plunge his hands deepest
into the consumers pockets"
A plea for protection for the zinc in
dustry was asked by Mr.. Copp of Wis
consin.
Mr.. Chandler of Mississippi attacked
the bill as containing higher average
rate of taxation than any tariff law,
not excepting those enacted to meet the
exigencies of the Civil War.
Mr.. Hamilton of Michigan pointed
out that the American manufacturer
started out with handicap, owing to
the higher cost of his plant as against
and Belgian manufacturers.
That handicap, therefore, he argued,
had to be overcome by protection of the
home products.
Sessions Postponed
The sessions of the senate committee
on finance for the consideration of the
tariff bill have been postponed until
Monday.
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the
committee, had a brief conference with
the president today, and later left for
New York. He assured President Taft
the committee was making satisfactory
progress in framing the tariff bill and
that there would be little delay in
getting the measure through the sem
ate.
President Taft was informed of the
senate program for the administration
of the new tariff bill. 1t provides that
a minimum tariff shall apply to all
countries for one year. At the end of
that time the maximum rates will go
into effect against all countries which.
in the opinion of the president, are not
giving the United States their best
tariff rates.
President Taft, it is understood,
the maximum and minimum principle
and it is believed it will be agreed
upon fully.
The plan of administering the mini
mum and maximum rates In the house
bill as it now stands is said to be in
definite and less effective than the one
proposed by the senate finance COM
mittee.
Prior to the cabinet meeting today,
Mr.. Taft conferred with Chairman
Aldrich of the senate finance commit
tee and Secretary MacVeagh. Senator
Aldrich assured the president the COM
mittee is making most satisfactory
progress with the bill, and said there
would be little or no delay in taking
the matter up in the senate.
The administrative features of the
senate bill were discussed. Senator
Aldrich left later for New York, and
the finance committee will not meet
during his absence.
Opposed to Principle
Reports, apparently authentic, have
been current that the majority senti-
ment in the senate opposed the mini
mum and maximum principle as enun-
ciated In the Payne bill.
President Taft has not shared this
belief, and he received definite assur-
ances today as to the correctness of
his position when Senator Aldrich OUT
lined his own position and that of the
majority of the finance committee.
The difference between the minimum