Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-05
THE PAYNE ARIFF BILL
History the Measure and a.
Summary Of Its Z Principal .
Professionally New,
! T. +. Free list. !. :.

4 After. one Of the bitterest and one
of the most momentous legislative du-
els in.the history Of the national cap
ital the new tariff measure, the Payne
BILL, has been completed. -.s,j-
81 The progress Of the bill through the
legislative mill Of both houses was
8eYentful enough to satisfy the most
y pronounced cravers for parliamentary
Il warfare. The real battle opened when
the bill (house report 1889 was re-
ceived III the senate and referred to
The committee on finance, April 10.
4Aldrich OF Rhode Island, the leader Of
\ the senate as chairman Of the finance
committee, subsequently 3becamesASair
man Of the conference committee,
4 which was appointed to adjust the diff
ferences arising between senate and
+ house and between both houses of
+ congress and the president. ..sa
81 / n g. Taft For Free Hides.
siS The report of the conference COM
II mittee which determined what would
Z be the provisions of the Payne bill in
! its final form was victory for Pres
ident Taft. He Informed all Of the
: conferees that hides must be placed
on the free list, together with petro-
leum, crude and refined. They there
upon decided to cut the; Dingley tariff
on hides to 8 per cent. The president
heard the news and sent word that
he had meant what he had said about
free hides The J, figures were then
! lowered to z per cent. Now Chairman
Serene E. Payne Of the ways and
means committee decided to demon,
strate that his original bill, providing
for free hides should no longer be sub:
jected to the eniasculatory operations
Of the majority of the ,conferees. He
announced that not even a per cent
duty on hides would be accepted by
either himself or the house. without
free hides this tariff bill will not pass
the house" he was quoted as saying.
The tariff came on hides instanter.
and as quickly was oil put on the I'M
taxed schedule, together with gaso-
/ line, benzinez and naphtha. The leather,
rough lumber, print paper, coal and
iron and glove schedules ranked next
. In Importance during the closing days
Z Of the controversy. ......r ...s4
: II hides came in free. the important
New England boot and shoe manufac-
turing interests would consent to a re-
duction Of the tariff on their products.
otherwise they would continue to fight
The solving Of the hides problem left
1t q simple matter to agree to lower
duties on boots and shoes--the Ding
ley rate being % per cent. Saddlery
and harness were cut to 40 per cent,
as against the Dingley$ rate Of IS per
cent. The president resorted to the
unusual method Of sending written
message to the conference committee
demanding lower rates on lumber and
gloves than the Payne bill provided.
and he secured them. 49, 49, :. > =.
Moot and Cotton
s The wool schedule underwent no
change OF consequence. but the entire
} cotton schedule was rec constructed and
the phraseolegy greatly changed in the
hope .of proven ting reductions through
decisions By the courts such as have
characterized the illustration Of the
{ Dingley law during recent years. In
many instances the rates intended to
be imposed BY the Dingley law were
cut by these decisions, the reductions
III some Instances being from 60 per
cent to 8 per cent ad valorem. /
Probably the most marked redue-
lions are found In the metal schedule.
1 Beginning with decrease in the rate
OF iron ore from 40 to Is cents per ton.
there ID q general reduction throughout
I that part Of the bill. pig iron going
down from 81 to $3.50 per ton and
scrap iron from $4 to 81. The reduc-
tions on many of the items In this
schedule amounts TO about 50 per cent.
Rough lumber goes down from Size
to SIPS per Thousand feet, with cot
responding reduction In the diferentfai
on dressed lumber: .s Mp
4 The presid was subjected to- Sc
verest pressure from both the upward
and downward revisionists throughout.
Y me upward revisionists told hin, that
d REDUCTION af duty on hides and
leather nasslluf aetures would make the
next congress Democratic in 4 which
event they srgued that Taft would not
possibly he renal,iinated for the pres
fdency. The ..downwartls told iiin
that Roosevelt would surely be the
next Republican, cantlidate for presl-ss
dent ~ the cdmpaign promises for
downward revisions were not fulfilled.
Tho Cooperation Tax. s 5as. e
Tie president had II highly difficult
task also litprcserv ll:s his sc lletr,e sfnrS
\ q corporation fux Intact i'll the Payne
bill This feature Is clearly the most
unpopular enc III the entire measure.
30 far as ..enil,ers 0f the senate and
house were eonceriled. Many nfE the
members argued 10 the president That
the tax as pros. idssi for vas tlrct,iis /
ptitntionai. Iteselu tioils will be Intro
sduced Ia the rariOns state legfsl;, lures
condennnfiig he act and sree 0ii,nnend-
ing its repeal according to tatenents
made by various congressman In
Washin.. ton 5s.5s