The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-23
STATEMTNT BY HIM ALSO SAID
TO EXPRESS VIEWS OF
OTHER PRoGREssIvEs.
PRESIDENTS DEMANDS
Should Not Be Confined to Raw Ma.
Observation-Disclosures Should Be
Made in Duties to Manu-.
factures AS Well.

Washington, July 22.Emphasizing
the Importance of Insisting upon r.
ductions in the duties upon marn ac
lures as we'll as apon raw material,
Senator cummins, of Iowa, late today
made publis statement which Is &C.
cepted as expressing the views Of at
least a majority of the progressive"
Republican senators relative to the
present situation with regard TO thu
tariff bill.
Previously Cummins had been Ia
consultation for two hours with the
president and an exchange Of views
had passed between Cummins ard
cthers ~ then who voted against the
tariff bill in the senate.
The announcement is evidently in
tended to meet the idea that the
president, in his demand for down
ward revision is to be content with
free raw material Il endorse every
word of the statement recently made
by the president. AMI earnestly hope
that he will be successful In bringing
the conferees to his vews,' SAYS
Cummins. who then called attention
to the fact that especial emphasis has
been placed upon the se.ca"el raw
materials.
Manufactured productr.
Il feel compelled says Cummlns.
ito remind the public that neither
the presidents statement nor our
fight was so corfincd" He then pro-
ccedcd to continue while 1t Is of ut
most importance that iron ere. oil.
hides and coal be dealt wits as pro-
posed by the president II Is CT stu
greater Importance that the dutiss on
manufactured products shat be
brought down somewhere near the
productive point. 1t will be Of little
advantage TO the body Of people to
upon raw materials II the manufac
turers are permitted to enjoy exces-
sive duties that enable them TO take
Stortionate profits upon things the
people must buy and use"
Cummins outlines his principal obier-
tions to the bill as II left the senate.
He says the reductions In the steel
schedule generally are not sufficient.
hut the schedule might be accepted
but for the increase on structural
iron and steel. This increase, he says
means a duty Of SIG a ton. "An in
crease over the present low of Sc
ton. and over the house provision OF
$40 tom
Steel Rails.
"When 1t Is considered" he con-
tlnues that the duty on steel rails
is $3.50 ton. and their market price
S2S a ton, the proposed iuty uron
the form of steel which sells for sS5
ton is wholly indefensible."
Cummins says further. commenting
on the lumber schedule, il both rough
and dressed lumber are not free as
they ought to be, the house rate of
81 on ropgh lumber should be pre-
served and the differential upon
dressed lumber should begin at %
cents thousand, and net go beyond
sixty cents per thousand
The Paper Sheedule.
I'm the paper schedule the horse
rate of 81 a ton on print paper. with
out the possibility of increasing II BY
a countervailing duty. and free wood
pulp, also protected agairst
countervailing duty. should be rigidly
insisted upon"
He believes the senate increases in
cotton should be rejected. The wooden
| schedule, he considers to be mani
festly wrong. The wool grower. he
saws. is sacrificed in order to give un-
due protection to the worsted wool
manufacturer The whole schedule
is so indefensible that readjustment
seems imperative. even though TO ae-
complish it the conference report will
be voted down and the bill broug'
before the sente againfor amendment
Manufacturers Would Profit.
| Concluding. Cummins saws: Our