Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-19
TARIFF BILL IS UP.
Measure Follows President S
Views on Duties.
TAFT MESSAGE is SHORT
Tells Congress $1oo, ooo, 900 la Needed
to Make Up Deficlt-Declares Re-
vision 10 Necessary Because OF
Changed Conditions.


day to introduce the new tariff bill. 1t
was generally supposed that it would
be introduced yesterday, but this plan
was delayed by the necessity of secur-
ing the approval of a new member of
the ways and means committee, whom
the speaker appointed to succeed Mr.
Bonynge of Colorado.
No tax will be imposed on coffee;
lumber will be reduced from two to
one dollar per thousand; there will be
free hides and lower schedules on
shoes and leather goods; steel will be
materially reduced-one-half on the
bigger articles; the duties on sugar
are undisturbed, but concessions are
granted Cuba and the Philippines;
the wool schedule will be aimed at the
amount of secured wool in the fleeces.
This will permit cheaper grades of
wool to get in at less duty; woolens
will be slightly reduced; iron ore will
be reduced and pig iron will be cut
down; fuorspar, a component part of
steel manufacture, will be taxed at
three dollars ton. 1t Is now on the
free list
Loud Applause at Message.
In both the senate and the house
the Republicans broke into applause
when the message was read 1t was
known that the document was to be
especially short, but no one supposed
1t would be less than 1000 words, but
when the personal messenger of the
president deftly plucked it from his
vest pocket and informed the clerks
that it was only 1856 words in length
there was sigh.
mercial conditions had greatly changed
in the past IL years and that tariff re-
vision was needed and had been
promised by the Republican conven-
ton, there was little else than the as
surance that the country was ready
and congress should get busy.
Calls Attention to Deficit.
President Taft also called attention
to the $100.000,000 deficit which the
country faces as result OF the ex-
cess of expenses over the receipts for
the current fiscal year, which ends
July /. A tariff increase is limited at.
as the executive says that the present
tarih act, with other sources of gov
eminent revenue, does not furnish in.
come enough to pay the authorized ex-
penditures.
But the demand for revision is
there. and for that reason congress
was scheduled to-day to "get busy"
on the matter
Cannon Names Committee.
Speaker Cannon yesterday an
nounced the ways and means commit
tee and rules committee. The new
members of the ways and means com.
mittee are: Cushman, Washington
(Republican); Harrison, New York;
Broussard. Louisiana (Democrats).
The full committees as announced
follow:
Rules-the speaker. Dalzell (Pa.)
Smith Ia). Clark (Mo), Fitzgerald
IN. W.
Ways and Means-Payne IN. W,
Dalzell (Pa.), Mccall (Mass.), Hill
Comm, BouteN CHI, Needham
(Calif.). Calderhead (Kan), Fordney
(Mich). Gaines CIV. Va), Cushman
(Wash.). Longworth (O.), Crum-
packer (Ind.). Clark (Mo.). Harrison
IN. 70, Broussard Na.), Underwood
(Ala.), Griggs (Ga.), Pou IN. CO.. Ran
dell (Texasl.
Seats Are Drawn.
Seats were given out in the house.
Some Of the old members were es.
pecially fortunate. Messrs. Dalzell
Pa.) and Mann (Ill.) got their for
mer SEATS. the latter through the cour.
tesy of Mr.. Kennedy (O.). Messrs.
Olmsted (Pa.), Dwight IN. ", the
new whip: Maynard (va.). Lowering
(Mass.). Dearmond (Mo). Hamilton
and Townsend (Mich.), Hitchcock
(Neb). Goulden IN. ". Cooper and
Nelson (Wis.). sulloway IN. H., Ash.
brook CO.,, Howard (Ga.) and Pujo
ua.) are among those equally lucky
In their locations.
New Members Fare Well.
In the main the new members Jared
we'll, while of the other members
Aessrs. Longworth co.,, Prince (Il)
Moore (Pa.). Ollie James (Ky.), Per.
kins IN. ", Currier IN. HI, Fitz.
gerald IN. ", Shackleford (Mo.),
DENLY (Mich), Gambler MISSY, Pad
gett (Tenn.). Gillett (Mass.) and Byrd
(Miss.) failed to get desirable places.
A storm of laughter at the expense
OF Mr.. Clark Of Missouri was created
when he suggested that the Democrats
who were forced to occupy the so
called Cherokee strip to the extreme
right Of the speaker be allowed to
choose seats in the last tier and not
be compelled to mix up with the
Republicans.
Report from Aidrich.
Forty-four Republican and II Demo.
cratic senators were in their seats
when the presidents message was
laid before that body and read yes
terday.
The first business of the senate was
the reception Of verbal report BY
Senator Aldrich, who with Senator
Daniel had waited upon the president
to ohicially inform him that congress-
was ready to receive message from
him. As soon as the announcement
was made that the president would
communicate with congress the presi-
dents secretary presented the special
message, and 1t was at once read. It
received careful attention on the part
of senator's. many of whom laughed
when the presidents suggestion that
no legislation except in relation to