The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-23
Manufacturers Ask Finance
Committee for Longer Per
iod to T ak Tariff.
CAPITOL THRONGED
WITH ANXIOUS MEN
All Want to be HsTra '''e1ii H. commit y
tees Before DOORS arc c'.s Soctefst
Tuesday-Can File Bricfs up to tn
Time the Bill 1sfeportod to Senate.

Washington, May 23.-The an
nouncement Of the. finance committee
that it will hear no more tarin argu,
ments after Tuesday, brought from all
parts of the country appeals Tor an an
extension of the time. They Will DC
facturers who inquired have been
notified they may file briefs up to the
time the bill is reported to the SEN
ate.
The corridors of thes capitol were
thronged with people desiring to pe
heard before the doors OF the com.
mittee room were closed Iuesoay
night.
State Senator Ross Of Massachu-
setts. representing the United Textile
Workers OF America. appealed 70
Johnson's sub omn1ittee FOR not US
great a reduction on cotton manutac-
turers as proposed.
No !Amendment Likely.
Despite the fact that the income tax
committee room Is piled high with op-
jectiors and suggestions from many
sources. it Is not expected that Tue
bill will be amended In the senate.
Senators Williams, Shively and Gore,
who have the income tax in hand'
have made no public announcement
but it is believed that the bill was
pretty we'll handled in the house anu
that no changes are necessary.
Among the loudest protests comlns
now are those from mutual insurance
companies conducted for proft, out
the house amended the original bill as
relating to insurance companies anu
insurance policies, and the senators on
the finance committee. after a study
of the bill, believe that 1t is sounu.
Complaints from railroad and otneT
holding companies that the law VIII
tax them twice on dividends paid are
reported to have been held unsouhu
by members of the committee'
Consider Tariff Amendment.
Amendment Of the tariff bill IN re.
gard to the importation OF teatners VI \
birds also was considered pN anaevs ssaU
Jo.1nson's ssu ubcommittce. importers ny
asked fer 4 further exec ptton IN tae
prohibition against importation oy az
lowing the importation of the feathers
OF ganfe AMI. pest birds. They sug-
eested also fhaf the prohibition sDe
postponed until the president shaH
proclaim that England, Germany ana
France likewise had forbidden impor-
tation to those, countries
Association Makes Protest.
Representatives of the Association
for the protection of Birds opposed
both amendments. Edward Ho"e
I0rnuSn, state OfUlIuOiOSlsl VI Auos'oe|@
chusetts, declared that the importa-
ton of game and pest birds would
mean the letting in probably of all
birds of plumage with the exception
of the hllmming bird. Other bird
lovers pointed to the unsuccessful at
tempt to eradicate polagic sealing by
International agreement as warming
against an attempt to protect birds OF
international agreement.
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Manufacturers Appear.
Senator Stones subcommittee had
before 1t representatives OF silk and
wooden manufacturers protesting
against the Underwood schedules.
The subcommittee expects to finish the
silk and wool schedules next week.
The metal schedule is all ready for
report to the full committee and 1t Ia
said in many of the items reductions
from the Underwood rates have been
made.
Senator Williams subcommittee
still is considering the anti-dumping
clause. WHICH provides for an extra
duty. not to exceed fifteen per cent.
on imports sold here at less than the
foreign price The criticism of the
provision is that it omits the free list
articles from this penalty duty. and
the committee is inclining to the opin-
ions that the clause should be amend
ed to include it.