The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-04-22
TARIFF BILL A DE-
'LUSION and SNARE

That ad valorem duties such as are
proposed in the Democratic tariff bill
are "a delusion and a snare;v that
the radical tariff revision submitted
by the Democrats is inexcusable and
uncalled for, and that an accounting
will come for its enactment into law.
are contentious of the Republican
members of the ways and means CON-
mittee in minority report presented
to the house yesterday.
There is no excuse for the radical
change in our revenue system propos-
ed by this Democratic BILL" says the
report, which is signed by Represen-
tatives Payne, Fordney, Gardner,
Moore, Green and Anderson. "The
people have not asked it. The party
proposing it is in power, not by the
grace of majority of the American
people, but by a division in the ranks
of the majority on other questions
than that of protection. The admin
istration has the power to enact this
legislature. The accounting for the
abuse of that power will come later
The report contends that the bill
has caused "intense and widespread
alarm in business circles.'
Without Protective Feature.
Asserting that the Democratic bill
seems to meet with universal ap-
proval on the other side of the Allan
tic the report declares that the pro-
tective feature has been entirely eli
minated in the framing of the bill.
cit is easily apparent the report
adds, "that many of the duties have
been placed on articles used by our
manufacturers and imported wholly
from abroad, as a ''tax on manufac-
tures;' that many duties have been
lowered so that they are much less
than the difference in the cost Of labor
at home and abroad that many arti-
cles now paying very low rates of
duty have been put on the free list,
while the comparative cost of produe-
tion here and abroad is such that it
will be impossible for business to con-
tinue without bringing down our scale
of wages to the level of the rates paid
abroad. In many cases articles are put
ON the free list while protective duty
is laid upon the material used in their
manufacture.
| The elimination from the Demo
cratic bill of the maximum and
minimum feature of the present law is
deplored by the Republicans, who
claim that through this provision great
tariff concessions and regulations were
procured and much added to the ex-
port trade of the country.
Defending the existing Payne Aid
rich tariff, the minority asserts that
| in the last four years "the people Of
the country have been more prosperous
than ever before in our history"
| Two weeks of tariff debate behind
closed doors will be followed early this
week by the opening of the real fight
over the DeWocratic tariff bill on the
floor of the house. Backed by the
favorable decision of the Democratic
house caucus, and bearing the approv-
al of President Wilson, the Under
wood tariff bill will reappear on the
floor of the house by the middle of
the week, ready for the fight that is
to be waged there over it's passage.
Bill to Be Put Through.
| The success of the measure in the
house is assured at the outset, ae-
cording to the Democratic supporters
of the bill.
| The Republican forces, led by mem
bers of the ways and means commit
tee who denounce the Underwood bill
J III th0 hiihofity itPoit, VIII again az
tempt to upset the free wool and free
sugar in the three-year plan of the
president, which carried through the
Democratic caucus by large vote 1t
is believed, however, that the Repub-
licans cannot secure enough Demo
cratic allies seriously to threaten the
bill at any point.
The demand made by the Republi-
can senators last week that hearings
should be allowed on the bill after
it reaches the senate has not moved
the Democratic members of the finance
committee to change their original
plans. No oral hearings will be Civ
en-. All industries and persons likely
to be affected by the change in tariff
are being given an opportunity, how
ever, to file further statements with
the committee if they have informa-
tion that was not furnished to the
ways and means committee las. July.
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