The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-07
NEW CONGRESS OPENED
BY DEMOCRACY

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minimum rate and the president beins
authorized to enforce the maximum
rate against foreign nations. resulted
In an attempt to expand our COM
merce by force" said the committee
We sent to the nations of the world
the demand that they stand and de-
liver or we would punish them. Many
years ago this system OF expanding
trade and commerce was abandoned
I bv the enlightened nations The only
true course that can be pursued to
expand our foreign trade along ration
al lines is through the mutual con-
+ cesions that may prove beneficial to
both of the contracting parties, free
from coercion
Free trade with the Philippines fiat
and absolute succeeds the partial free
| trade of The Payne law. There is no
limitation on the amount of rice. to-
/ bacco, and sugar that may be i'm
ported without duty.
/ /, Under the present law" the COM
mittee says. "the imports from the
| United States to the Philippine Is
lands and from the Philippines to the
United States, are limited to articles
OF the growth, product or manufac-
ture of the two countries except arti-
cles, the product of the Philippine is
lands which do not contain foreign
materials to the value OF more than
twenty percent. were admitted free
of duty. At the suggestion OF the
war department the percentage of
foreign material that may be contain.
ed in the articles admitted free of
duty has increased from twenty to
| fifty percent to encourage the lines
of manufacture in the Philippine is
lands, notably hand made lace made
by the native women Of the islands"
| The present tariff relations with
Cuba are continued, the treaty of 1902
being repeated In the bill word for
word.
Senate Was Rapid.
WASHINGTON, April Twenty
minutes sufficed to dispose of all
business before the senate when it
convened at noon today and recess
was taken until two o'clock, when it
was expected that President Wilson
might forward nominations Two new
senators were swore in-Lawrence Y.
Sherman of Illinois and Nathan B.
Golf of West Virginia.
Vote for Speaker.
WASHINGTON, April THE vote
for speaker was
Clark, 271; Mann, Ill; Murdoch, IS;
Nelson of Wisconsin, 1; Cooper of
Wisconsin, 4.
Representative Mann, the republican
minority leader, escorted the presid-
ing officer to the rostrum and intro
duced him as zone CT the noblest of
men and the ablest of speakers,
Customs Frauds.
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Responsi,
bility for the enormous customs
frauds of the last decade was put
squarely up to congress by the house
ways and means committee today. In
connection with The Underwood tariff
bill, plan Of comprehensive reform
is suggested Unless the administra-
strengthened, the committee believes
much revenue will be lost. So the
committee instituted In the bill a
comprehensive plan for valuations
which is expected to meet the situa-
ton.
The bill makes the consignee Of all
imports the owner for all legal pur-
poses; provides that invoices shall
be made out in the currency Of the
country from which the shipments are
made; that invoices shall be filed with
consular agents where purchases were
made and certified by the consular
agent and this certification shall &C.
company shipments.
Bull Moose Move.
WASHINGTON, April Attempt
was made by progressives in the /
house this afternoon to prevent the
seating of Representative H. DIN
Young of Michigan When Young's
name was called for the swearing in
ceremonies, Representative Hinebaugh |
of Illinois, presented a resolution de-
claring that the Michigan representa-
tive had not been regularly elected
and stating that the progressives were I