The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
New Tariff BiU IS , Cheered by Repubs;\
 Brought in by Payne

was under discussion in the Rouse fol only ten days, and of that time. four days were devoted to general debate It was considered under a rule fixing the hours of meeting. limiting the time of debate and prescribing the method of offering amendments. The Demo- crats still remember that under the regulation concerning amendments they found no opportunity to force test votes on any particular schedules
 It Is MT. Payne's present purpose to begin the general debate before ask ing to have rule brought in and whether any will be ordered probably will depend on circumstances. He ex- poets also to give somewhat more time for the consideration of the bill by the House than was given to the Dingley measure.
 Bil1 in the Senate.
 Senator Aldrich, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance. which will deal with the bill in the Senate. announced today that he would call a meeting of the Republican members of the committee for tomorrow with the idea of immediately beginning consid- eration of the House measure.
 The Finance Committee suffered se- riously from the defeats of the recent elections, and as a consequence the
 
 four Senators. They are Messrs. Aid- rich of Rhode Island. Burrows of Mich igan, Penrose of Pennsylvania and Hale of Maine. MT. Aldrich says, however, that they can take up the bill as a sub stitute committee and he hopes to have them do so. As soon as the Republican vacancies are filled. the new members will be invited In and the consideration of the measure will proceed with the ha povf nf chi nf the Senate committee may be prepared to make It's report very soon after the receipt of the bill from the House.
 Mir. Aldrich said today that he had not looked at the House bill and he de- clined to make any comment upon It. It is known, however. that many Sem ators make serious objection to the changes from the present law.
 Senator Hale. chairman Of the Re- publican caucus, is among those who find the bill objectionable.
 "It absolutely murders the wood pulp and paper industry of Maine.' he said. "rhis Is the most important industry in our State. and we shall resist the change with the utmost possible vigor,"
 Mir. Hale authorized this statement, but while he found many of the other features of the bill to be objectionable from his point of view. he declined to specify them. He predicted that the bill would be before Congress for the next three months or more.
 The Committee on Finance will not grant any hearings, but will consider any written or printed statements which may be presented to it.
 sTo Hold Long Sessions.
 The probabilities are that when the House begias the debate on the bill, the hours of the sessions will be ex- tended. The sittlngs win probably be. gin at 10 in the morning and continue until 10 or Ii o'clock at night.
 One of the most significant features of the Payne bill Is the new drawback provision. It extends this privilege so that an American manufacturer need not use the material which he has im- ported in order to secure the refund of the duties which he has paid on his material. If he uses materials pro- duced in this country in equal amount with the materials which he has inn ported, he will be entitled to the draw back benefits provided the domestic materials are of equal productive man ufacturing quality and value.
 The legal deduction of per cent. or the draw back Is provided, but the ex- portation upon which the manufactur- CT proposes to collect the drawback must be made within three years after the importation of the foreign mate