The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-26
TARIFF DEBATE
STARTS IN HOUSE
PAYNE LEADS OFF WITH FULL
ATTENDANCE AND THE
GALLERIES CROWDED.
ROUGH SHEDDING IS EXPECTED
House Republicans and Senate Lead.
ers Take Different Views Of
Measure-How the People
Are Affected.

Washington, ID. C. With q full
attendance Of members and crowded
galleries the great debate on the tar.
In OF 1909 was begun in the house
Monday.
Representative Payne rep, N. ".
chairman OF the ways and means com.
mittee, led of for the Republicans
On motion Of Payne the house decid-
ed to meet hereafter at IL o'clock
every morning, which is an hour
earlier than usual.
Payne then made n motion that the
house resolve itself into committee
OF the whole for the consideration of
the tariff bill Speaker Cannon desig.
mated Representative Olmstead rep,
Pa as the presiding officer of the
committee. 0lmstead recognized
Payne and as the latter arose to make
his speech he was generously ap-
plauded by his Republican colleagues.
1t is not expected that the general
discussion will be prolonged. Mr..
Payne thinks it will be necessary to
bring In rule for its limitation. But
consideration of the bill for amend.
lanche OF five.minute speeches. and 1t
is predicted that an order will be in
troduced fixing n time for the final
vote. II is not believed the voting
utaga will ha raachad vptthtp Iaao TINA
than two weeks hence.
The bill will start with the approval
Of the Republican majority In the main
and the hearty approval of minority
of the Democrats as to some details.
Before II has passed through the
house party lines will have been OBJ
lyiterated Southern Democrats will
be voting with Yankee Republicans.
Northwestern and western Republic.
ans will vote with midwestern and
northern Democrats, and n half dozen
other combinations will be formed by
Republicans and Democrats who have
seemingly forgotten the names OF Nc
Kinley and Cleveland and are now
firm disciples OF the teaching of Gen.
Hancock that the tariff Is q local
issue"
Rough Shedding Expected.
The Payne bill will have rough sled
ding. In the house the Republicans
agree that the maximum and minimum
tariff bill is the thing; the leaders of
the senate think il a mistake and that
the Payne bill Is retaliatory bill in.
stead Of reciprocal tariff law.
The chief objections raised to the
bill at this time are:
That II will increase the cost Of the
breakfast table and the home.
That too much has been done In re-
1ucing the cost Of raw materials with
out corresponding reductions of the
duties on the manufactured articles,
viz: free hides, and still well protected
shoes and leather.
The inheritance tax provision will
be opposed by representatives from
large cities and by some OF the repre-
henlatlNeS from lHc 90 stdttb WHICH
now have similar law.
That the countervailing duties on
coffee and petroleum will benefit none
but the dealers in these articles in |
the United States.
That the tax on tea and cocoa will |
diminish their consumption in the
United States and finally be assessed
On the head Of the family.
That the drawback features will |
work disastrously on American enter
Drises.
Then there are the complaints of
he independent steel manufacturers
hat the new steel schedules will give
he steel trust n monopoly. Next, the
loft coal mine operators are object
ng to the reciprocity with Canada on
,oal The Maine representatives OBJ
ect to the removal of the duty from
wood pulp. Altogether, there are bar
els of kicks on the bill in congress
tself.