The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-04
SENATE TO TAKE
GREATER STEPS
Contrary to Precedent, Tar
iff Bill Will Garry Lower
Rates Than in House.
FREE LIST TO BE
GREATLY ENLARGED
Some Increase in Rates on Cotton
Yarns and More Expensive Textile
Fabrics are Agreed Upon-Inquisi-
torial Clause Causing Worry.

washington, June 4.-COntrary to
expectation and precedent the tariff
cratic majority Of the senate. promis-
es to carry lower rates than when
1t passed the house. The finance SUBJ
committees have nearly finished their
prolonged task Of readjusting the
schedules and the members are unani-
nous in statements that the margin
of readjustment has been downward.
Some increase in rates on cotton
yarns and more expensive textile fab
agreed upon, but in the chemical, met
al. agricultural and sundries schedules.
practically all the revision has been
for decreases and the free list will be
considerably enlarged.
Gives Considerable Trouble.
The inquisitorial clause Of the I'm
derwood bill which aroused foreign
protest has been giving the Williams
subcommittee considerable trouble
and in trying to work out a modifica-
ton Of it's provisions they have had
the aid Of Secretary McAdoo. Secre-
tary Bryan and John Bassett Moore.
counselor of the state department.
A plan now is being discussed to
combine a portion of this provision
with the amendment proposed giving
the secretary Of the treasury the right
to proclaim values, thus to have a
safeguard against under valuations
and at the same time. rid the provis-
ion Of its features Objectionable to
foreign powers.
To Prevent differentiation.
The main purpose Of the inquisito-
rial clause was to prevent under-val-
uations. = necessity under an adval-
oremstarin aystem:s BY recurring the
submissionsnf sor48inTl entries by for
etEn manufanture IN cases of disputed
their products, the trainers of the bill
believed that deliberate undertaking
would be at minimum
The amendment proposed by AS
sistant Secretary Curtis Of the treasury
department and Assistant Attorney
General Denison to give the secretary
OF the treasury the right to proclaim
valuations on imports Irrespective Of
foreign markets, also ~,-5 designed to
steady the revenues undsr an ad val
orem system.
It Is now proposed that to give the
secretary Of the treasury the right to
proclaim values and in the event Of
the general manufacturers protest
against valuation require them to
submit their books showing cost Of
production and foreign value Of the
goods in dispute. This would remove
the objection to the inquisitorial
clause by making 1t operative on April
Of the following year. The other fea-
ture authorizing the secretary to fix a
general valuation would serve as q
protection to the custom house against
fraud. Secretary McAdoo submitted
to Chairman Simmons today his views
on this general subject and the COM
mittee now has them under advise
ment.
Purifiers Make Protest,
The proposal to place for the first
time in the country's history q tariff
on raw or undressed furs has aroused
loud protests from furriers and the
subcommittee headed by Senator
johnson which has the sundries sched-
ule under consideration is studying
the situation. The Underwood bill
furs. One brief filed with the COM
mittee by Joseph Ullman of New York
stated that duty no matter how
small on raw furs would destroy an
international trade with United States
fur merchants. Fur skins are free in
all foreign, countries except Russia
which has q very small specific duty
by weight.
The brief set forth that under the
most favorable circumstances the es-
tfnated amount Of revenue from such
a duty. which the ways and means
committee put at 100000, would fall
decidedly below one-half this amount
and insisted that the tariff would re-
suit In loss to American merchants
Of $6,000,000 annually.