The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-19
INTERESTS OF
FOLKS At HOME
COMES FIRST
Views of Members of Congress
Upon the Tariff Depends
Upon Locality.
CHAMP CLARK TO LEAD
THE FIGHT ON LUMBER
MINORITY WILL NOT REPORT A
SEPARATE BILL UNLESS A
Gag" RULE is BROUGHT IN.

Washington, March 1S.-That party lines
will be eliminated during the considera-
ton in the house of the Payne tariff bill
was indicated by the action of Represen-
tative Broussard of Louisiana in with
drawing today from the meeting of the
minority members of the committee be
cause he differed from their views on the
tariff.
With few exceptions each member will
fight for the interests of his home dis
trict. There is little prospect of a lengthy
general debate. and the consideration of
the measure under the fiye-minute rule
for amendment will be proceeded with
as soon as possible, probably by the end
of this week.
Unless a gag rule for the prevention
of unlimited amendment under the five
minute rule is brought in, the minority
members of the ways and means com
mlttee will not report a separate bill
Their report will be drafted by Minority
Leader Clark and will severely criticise
the wool schedule. 1t is c0ntended by
the Democrats that il has not been cut
sufficiently to place it on q revenue ba-
sis. bly, numerous amendments Will
be offered and heated discussions are
anticipated.
Inheritance Tax Favored.
The inheritance tax, Philippine free
trade, internal revenue and maximum and
minimum features of the bill are en-
dorsed by the minority leaders, and there
has been much favorable comment upon
the measure by Democratic congressman.
Champ Clark today declared that he had
not had sufficient time to look into its
provisions to enable him to comment upon
them.
1t is understood that the minority lead
erS favor the removal of the restrictions
on the Quantity of sugar and tobacco that
can be admitted from the Philippine isl
ands free of duty On the other hand
several southern Democrats are enoeaV-
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amended so as to exclude rice. their con-
tention being that rice could be sent from
the Philippine islands to the United
States markets and sold for cents a
pound if admitted free from the islands.
This, they say. would ruin the rice in
dustry in this country.
Fight on Lumber Schedule.
A number of Democrats will join with
some Republicans in an effort 10 keep
the duty assessed by the Dingley bill up
on lumber The fight for free lumber
will be headed by Champ Clark, ii Is IN
derstcod. He has frequently expressed
himself in bitter terms regarding the luTn-
Der situation in this country, During the
tariff hearings he arraigned the lumber
magnates and delved deep into the m
tricacies of the stumpage and railroad
1t is thought there will be no serious
opposition 70 the tariff on tea.
Great Britain and France probably VIII
be the first countries TO SEIZURE the btuS-
fit of the minimum rates named in the
Payne bill According to the committee S
report, made today, Great Britain has
been unable to secure the benefits OF
reciprocal trade agreement provided for
by the Dingley bill. although she has
treated this country fairly in her Gus
toms acts.
French Trade Agreement.
As the French trade agreement with
the United States contains no provisions
for its continuance for any time after
il has been abrogated by either nation.
France may receive the benefit of the
minimum rates of the Payne bill as soon
as it is enacted. the matter being entirely
in the hands OF the French government.
France is now revising her own tariff
on a maximum and minimum basis
The ways and means committee est
mates that the entire revenues to the gov
eminent for the fiscal year 1910, provided
the Payne bill is in operation, will be 1857
055 $50 AS the amount for which reve-
nue. will be required for 1919 is estimated
at SS72. 22I, 7O1. It is claimed the deficit
for 1910 will be about $10,0O0,O0O-