The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
HOUSE COMMITTEE
TO TAKE Up WOOL
SCHEDULE MONDAY
Undisturbed Revision on
Flax, Hemp and Jute
Take Up Session
Yesterday

Washington, January 25.--A virtual
" undisturbed tariff on the variety of
articles in the flax. hemp and jute
schedule was indicated at today's tar
iff revision hearing before the House
ways and means committee. No action
will be taken until the committee con-
siders the schedule in executive session
next month, but members have indl-
Gated that they regard most of the
duties as already highly competitive
The government is getting approx
mately s47,0o0,ooo revenue annually
through this schedule under the pres
ent law.
Several new industries In the fax
side of the schedule appealed for con-
tinued protection. a. Stanford White OF
Chicago told of effcrts to perfect an
American fax growing enterprise. 9th
er witnesses declared that free raw
fax was the logical tariff course to
promote industry here.
| Wool Schedule Next
The wool schedule. the citadel of tho
protectfonists. will he under fire next
Monday and It Is expected that tho
wool growers and wool manufacturing
associations Will present an unbroken
front in their fight against any change
In the present rates. The expectation
however, lis that tho democratic ma
jority both In the committee and in
the House In the next Congress will
favor the same revision as incorpor-
ated in the Underwood bill that passed
the House at the last session of Con-
gress. That measure would have con-
siderab1y reduced The present wool tar.
iff, but President Taft vetoed tho bill
on the ground that there was Insult
fcient information az the basis OF tho
bill to determine What effect 1t might
have on the industries OF the coun-
try.
A ripple OF excitement wna efonted
when II. D. Bledendoff said tho farm
ers in the AJAX Industry OF Minnesota
had told him the committee was the
d set of fellows you ever saw"
He said they warned him the commit
tee would not listen 10 you." chat
they gave you 1--WE to 10 minutes
and shut you OUT" that "they want
to ruin the whols world" and that
| Mr.. Payne. the republican renking
member. is In cahoots wits them new."
Represen Payne did not hear
| the arraignment. bus when II was re-
peated to him he roared with laugh
ter
Petitions Urged
| j, A, Marr, Bridgeport. Conn., man.
! ufacturer. who owns factory In Ger
| many asked retention of the present
duty of 60 per cent on cotton lace
Free raw material for fertilizer bags
instead of the present six-tenths per
pound duty on pu. laps was urged by
| w, II, Bowker of Boston,
Max Wilmer of Now York recon-
mended a straight advalorem rate of
| s5 per cent on table linen and similar
| articles, now 80, IS and As per cent
| Peter Gouled of Union Hill. n. j., a
manufacturer, contended that the av-
erage income of a domestic cotton lace
manufacturer was less than the aver
| age income of progressive farmer
Free admission of raw fies SNOW dut
iabie at cent Il pound. was advo-
Gated by Patrick Boyle of Paterson,
n, j., a flax dresser, Retention OF the
present tariff on oarpetss ma things and
rugs manufactured from .vegetable
fibre was urged by Myrien w, Robin
son of New York, president of car
pet company, and acting as commit
teeman for American manufacturers of
] these products.