The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-20
TELLS PLAN FOR
TARIFF REVISION
Chairman Underwood Asserts All
Duties viii Be Based on
Revenue Only"

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~ Tor reytnup only
This b. the policy ~ chairman TN.
iefwoai W thc ways and means COM
n|ttce and majority leader Of the
house. as Differentiated from "a policy OF
'tarin for revenue,
Ia his speeches throughout mpnufdc-
turing New England in the last cam
pRign NJ. Underwood constantly dwelt
upon this difference and still adhoros
20 IL. II will be ms guiding star In tho
work of tarin revision IN the next con
grcss.
Mr., Underwood said yesterday that
he would call a meeting of the ways
and means committee the latter part or
This week for conference over tariff
Legislation.
This does not mean that anything in
the way of tariff revision will be at
tempted Ut this session Of congress. The
fuiility Of such chort was amply DEM
onArated by the failure Of the bills pro-
posed at the preceding session of tho
present congress.
Hearings Are Planned.
However. specific progress toward
| framing Of the new tnriff legislation
will be commenced January !, when tho
ways ana means committee will begin
u series Of hearings on various sched-
ules of the bill The object Is TO col
loct ms much information as possible
before the new congress comes in, so
that the new ways and means commit
tee instead on nnviDg TO spend weeks
and months in tedious bearings, will
have the data At hand with which TO
proceed 10 the work Of framing n bill.
II Is yet an open question whether
lh. saaatnn "a hR aalla1 L., Anil
by Prcsidcnt.clcct Wilson will conhne
It's lnbors TO tariff revision or take up,
also, general legislation MIR, Under
wood had no opinion to vouchsafe upon
this point. He said II was n subject to
be passed upon later by President elect
Wilson, his cabinet and in caucus OF
Democrats in both houses of congress.
No bills will be presented until tho
cxtrn session of congress IL called, ms
promised by. President.clcct Wilson,
soon after April 10. But the Democrats
propose t0 confer aud caucus frequent
| is between now and March 4, and,
moreover, Mr. Underwood his col
Leagues who will form n part Of tho
next house and the tariff experts in the
employ Of the present ways and means
committee will lay the groundwork for
bills TO be presented at the extra ses-
sion.
2 "Do you propose to revise the tariff
schedule by schedue.p Mr.. Underwood
= wnA asked.
~ am not prepared TO answer that
= question Mt this time, - replied Mr.. I'm
derwood "a schedule by -schedulc re-
vision would be along lines of least re-
sistnnce, although in the end IT would
tnke more time than If we reported ono
c complete bill and passed that. 1T IL my
intention to first confer with members
of the next house on this proposition
n and also TO get the views of President
n elect Wilson,
" Opposes Joint Committee.
= The proposition TO select joint COM
/ mittee from the house and senate TO
y, frame tariff Legislation does not meet
y with the approval Of Mr.. Underwood.
~ ITo snid that 30 far as he Is concerned
=. he ia entirely willing to have the ways
~ and means committee confer with tho
- senate finance committee from time to
M time.
~ "But,u said Mr.. Underwood, "it
-, ~, would be impossible, as Is quite evil
~, dent upon reflection, TO arrive Mt an alb
~ soluto agreement in advance Of report
!, ing bill TO either house, because Of the
~, inherent differences between the two
- bodies.
=" "The ways and means committee
must report to the house n bill that
will DO acceptable to the house. The
senate must frame it's bills along lines
which members OF the finance commit
tee feel will commend IL to the senate
r. "The two bodies have different view
points In contemplating the tariff, and
] the differences caused thereby will have
TO be fought out In conference after the
bill has passed both the house and th'
soDate.p
le The experts of the ways and meant
committee have been busy during thu
recess on their several tasks and have
accomplished great deal A complete
tabnlation of the commerce Of the coun
try has been made and the experts have
,rB only TO complete this tabulaton by add
NJ. ing tho statistics for 1912, which havt
he Just been received
10. An analysis Of these statistics Is be
nd ing prepared which will show the com
ise morce Of the country during one yea
or. under Wilson German act, for Bimi
in lar period under the Mckinley Act, tn
mt Dingloy Act and for the entire perior
an. covered by the PayneAldrich Act. I
lr gives tho imports and exports and tn
domestic manufactures for all tho nj
40. tlclos OF commerce mentioned In eacl
80. paragraph OF every schedule Of tn
49, tarih act. The particular rates Of du
nc ties are translated into both specih
ah. and nd valorem duties, None Of thi
IN. material will be given TO tho public IN
Al a A 4 l.. a. A.