The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-07

s DUTY TO LESS THAN
HALF OF PRESENT RATE
bate on Proposed Legisla-
tion TO Begin in Earn
est Today.

FASHINGTON, June 6.-The long
lected wool tariff revision was in
HHced in the house of representa-.
us today by Chairman Underwood
khe WAYS and means committee, anG
Iate on it will begin in earnest TO-
row.
Ihe measur was accompanied by z
kthy report from the Democrats OF
tcommittee, in its favor, while the
mblican members, headed by Rep
sntative Payne of New York. unan'
Insly reported against it. lndlca-
us are that the passage of the bill
/ be stubbornly contested, but no
~imation. has been given as to the
& to be granted for debate.
noting President Taft's addresses
fr the passage of the Payns-Aldrich
4 in which he declared that 1.-The
den schedule is indcfensible, and ]
nose to say So, the Democratic
ort says;
Had the president made these pub.
admissions earlier, while the tariff
1900 was under consideration by
.rress, his declarations would have
D of real service TO the people and
ND have enabled them TO protest
INST the BETRAYAL of the public wei
b TO prevent greed. The president s
>tnce at that time and his approval
The act of 1909 make it impossible
him to evade his full share of re
visibility for the failure of revision
ich he now admits.
Criticises Tariff Board
The report deals at some length with
attitude of the administration IN
communicating to congress data on
= fsteel trust and other industries
y being investigated. and the failure
w. The tariff board TO communicate
Nj on the wooden industry.
the position of the tariff board ap-
ors 10 be-" says the report, that II
|W be the sole Judge as 10 what part
ne data 1t collects may be likely TO
~ service for purposes OF legislation,
n this situation must be considered
|n reference 10 the viewpoint Of the
-sident concerning tariff legislation.
ut Is, therefore. not impossible that
Umunlca ton 30 the. congress OF sta
IIcai informa'ion collected by the
~ bolrd concerning wool and wooleD
IDS as there has been in communicate
to congress or making public the
~ By the bureau of corporations con-
ling investigations Of the steel and
er Industries"
he report maintains that any further
ay In the revision OF the wool and
olen schedule would be Objectionable
II f,,f, l1,1
nation Of the committee not TO put
Y wool on the free list. but 20 reduce
present duty to 20 per cent ad va
sn. the committee insists. as the Dem.
attic caucus did, that the duty lis moi
be construed as an abandonment OF
= Democratic policy"
N Revenue Is Needed.
The present situation OF the treasury
report states, following long course
nnwarranted extravaganza by the Re
,Iican party. and the appropriation:
fady made by the sixty-tirst congress
Ich the Democratic minority could no
u. requires that the revenue from Gus
ls duties in the immediate future b,
lntained at approximately the tota
the fiscal year OF 1910"
he committee states that there is NJ
fic!ent reason for continuing the com
N<ated and troublesome system of class
Ht1on of raw woods, characterizlng !
va great burden and annoyance t
\ customs service and adding to th'
Tense of collecting duties on raw
pls.'
uk is asserted that the average ad va
ym rate on manufactures OF wool, oil
IA Imports and duties. as estimated 70
|s2, would be i2.55 per cent. as com
ed with 1910 per cent under tn
3tedule in 1910. and the average q.
prem equivalent OF duties on raw WOO
rs1 vi
J q IN 1910.
III the Democratic members OF tn
ts and means committee with the eX
tion OF Francis Burton Harrison o
" York signed the report.
nc minority report is signed by Rep
4 Longworth
For purely political reasons" 1t says
us cold blooded measure Is brougb
WARD If II could become a law l
'-uid slaughte, sheep as in 1893 and clos
NJ mills much more universally"
- Pertinent Contention.
ft'he bill Is not drawn on lines for tn
tnuction OF revenue on raw wool, III
S1orlty report contends, and adds tina
= I'LL "A DUTY of 90 per cent on wool tn
nv on the manufactured cloth is to
~ 10 enable our manufacturers to pa
wool duty and stlll compete wit
2orted cloths.
Itne WOOL schedule is difficult and in
ate, and directly Involves the wclfar
living OF more than 500. 900 people,
report continues, without any hear
and new data. with no new informa
later than two years. this bill
Eed on the public with d mandate c
}oiitical caucus. There can be no cx
ftation that II will pass the other hous
~ even be considered there before De
pber at least"
ne minority report charges that In
nocrats give the need for revenue a
real reason for the introduction c
nj measure II characterlzcs the Dem
4etic statements with regard to IN
u,tion OF the treasury as absolutel
ne. and presents treasury statemeu
y porting 10 refute the Democrat
Hges OF Republican extravaganza 1
1enditures.
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