The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-09
TARIFF BILL PASSED
I BY THE LOWER HOUSE
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Mann s effort to get a tariff commis'
sion was out Of order, Underwood said;
fEIt would not be in order to offer
to the paragraph putting duty on
wheat an amendment regulating tho
tax on threshing machines Mann
wants a threshing machine to turn out
a tariff bill. The pump is not related
or germanc to the water
Speaking for the progressivcs Mur.
dock said that they wanted tariff
commission and not the miserable
make shift proposed by Payne,
"Mann said four years ago, SAID
Murdock, "that the Republicans we're
not afraid. They were not. Look at
them now. This honse has had moth
ing to do with this bill or in its MAX
ing. 1t is the product Of the Demo
crats of the ways and means commit,
tee. ratified by Il Democratic caucus ana
TANNED through unchanged by Under
wood For two weeks there has been
sham battle in this house with Mann
speaking every few minutes for his IN
effective tariff board.
/ Private Hearings.
| When Senator La Toilette makes ms
motion tomorrow TO instruct the finance
committee to hold public hearings IT
will be voted down by strict party
vote, as Democrats don t wish to open
| ly antagonizc the president. The, re-
suit sought by Mr.. La Toilette VIII be
accomplished through the agreement OIL
the Democrats to continue their present
plan of giving private hearings TO rep
resentatives Of interests who come be-
fore their senators, Democratic mem
bers of the committee said this after.
noon that it probably would be June. l
before the bill could be reported TO the
senate, ,n
Democrats admitted today the bill
| must be amended in many particulars s.
Many Of the rates in the house bill cut
entirely too low; some OF them are still
too high Senators Hoke Smith, stone
land Simmons announce openly that
where it. is shown that rates have been
reduced without regard to conditions
under which the same products are pro
dncod in this country, advances uu-
ouestionably will be made by the sen.
ate. Numerous Instances OF this KIND
are found in the chemical, steel, cot
ton and woolen schedules
Japanese Cunning.
The treasury department has called
thc attention of the senate committed
to the ad valorem duties on silks. This
the department opposes. japan is on'
of the largest importers of silk into tins
country. Experience has shown tina
under the ad valorem system, the Japa
nese with their cunning and ingenuity
have ALWAYS been able to eyade the Law
through differentiation. The revenue
have been defrauded out of hundred
of thousands of dollars through thi
practice. If specific rates are imposed
this will be impossible. Wooden ant
clothing manufacturers have appealed
TO the senate to postpone at least until
| 10 Of
rates on wooden fabrics and clothing
They point out that all goods are mad
Iup and marketed n year in advance o
the season. If the reduced rates becom
Immediately operative, the mill owner
and clothing manufacturers who hav
their output ready for the next year o.
the basis OF existing law, will be mad
10 suffer enormous losses. BY postpon
ING the date when this schedule be
comes operative, manufacturers ant
clothing men can arrange their affair
with a view to the new conditions, an
not be required to suffer while the for
eigner reaps the benefit. This argu
ment is appreciated by the committee
and the situation as explained will b.
provided for,
Foreign Protests.
Senator Bacon, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, who has bee
on that committee for the past fiftee,
years, says nc never before heard o
forign nations protesting against tai
lift bill on the ground that it violate
the provisions of treaty. Mr., Baco
was on this committee when the Dingle
land the PayneAldrich bills were en-
acted.
"I know nothing of these protest
yeti said Senator Bacon. " If foreig
Governments have protested aga,ns
our proposed tariff law because its pre-
visions violate any treaty obligation
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