New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-08
FREE LIST AND CUTS
STUN DEMOCRATS
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ACCOMMODATING the bill runs the COM
ment that in every instance the ways
and Means Committee has attempted
TO remove or greatly reduce the tax Oh
all necessities. maintaining as high a
tax as possible on all luXuries and ar
ticles not in everyday use by the waEe
workers and ordinary consumers.
In addition to the income tax, one OF
the most important legislative riders
provides that the House shall take par
hereafter i'm the ratification OF trade
agreements and treaties with foreign
countries. The Senate now approves
by a two-thirds vote. such trade agree
ments, but the House Democrats IN
tend that ajority vote Of oolh
houses shall be necessary hereafter 10
make effective such agreements as may
be negotiated by the President TO iur-
Their the reciprocal expansion of trade
and commerce.
| In repeating the maximum ana MINI
mum clause Of the Payne law and sub
stituting the provision above outlined
the Democrats of the Ways and Means
Committee rather boldly assert that
the Senate is not representative OF
the people of the country. This state
ment occurs in the committee analysis
ACCOMPANYING the bill and raps the
! Democratic Senate I'm the following
language:
This legislation is new and some
what along the same line as the reel
procity treaties that We're authorized
under the Dngley tariff law, the diff
ference being that the reciprocity
treaties were required to be ratified by
a two-thirds vote Of the United states
Senate. whereas the trade agreements
now provided FOR will only require a
majority vote Of both houses.
AS the senate is not directly repre-
sentative Of the majority OF the people
OF the United States. it IS deemed more
I'm accord with the progressive ten
denotes of our people that such agree
ments should be ratified, as FAR as pos
sble. by the representatives. OF ma
iorlty OF the American people
Foresees Great Injury.
81 do not see how it would have been
possible 10 frame tariff bin which
would innict greater injury on the in
dustrics of the Intcrmountain states. %
was the way Senator Smoot summed
up his hasty survey Of the wilson TN
derwood bill THE free sugar pro-
vision viii destroy an industry in
which is invested over $500, 100000.
our Democratic friends kindly give the
beet and cane sugar growers three
years TO get on, of the business. They
frankly admit as much
Senator Lodge described the bill as
deporable and ncomprehensible in
some of its features. He pointed out
that it must destroy the celluloid in
dustry. which now Yields only the mar
rowest margin 81 profit. Camphor.
which is produced only in Japan and is
the raw material OF the celluloid manu-
facturers, is taken from the free list
and taxed cent a pound, while the
duty on the manufactured product is
reduced from 80 and - per cent, ac-
cording to the grade of workmanship.
10 10 per cent. one town i'm Massa-
chusetts. Leominster. lives solely by
this industry.
As evidence that the existing duty is
not fundamentally high. it is pointed
out that I'm 1908 cellulcid and the
manufactures thereof were imported to
the amount Of $l.SOOOOo. The total
number of persons estimated 10 be en-
gagged I'm the industry throughout the
country Is 10000.
A manufacturer Of brass ornaments
fittings. door plates, etc, from Massa-
chusetts pointed out TO Senator Lodge
to-day that the duty on his product
was reduced from 40 to 10 per cent
He declared that If this reduction were
finally enacted it would destroy his
business. and that he would be COM
PEELED TO remove his factory 10 some
foreign city, where he could command
cheaper labor.