The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
FREEFOIR|-AIIL.LF|G
NNE;XT CONGRESS
Other industries See Chance Of
Getting Protection Along
With Sugar

The Warrington correspondent of the
Portland Oregonian in letter dated
October - says that President Wilson
having conrurred In the view Of Sec
Rotary McAdOo that the free-sucar
clause of thu Underwood tariff law
should be repealed and the so-called
= war tax be continued in effect until
the close Of the war in Europe, n free.
fOr.all tariff fight il assured in the
Senate next session, with prospects
that schedules other than sugar may
be altered. There Is no means under
the rules of the Senate to prevent the
offering. Of any pertinent amendment
to any bin under consideration.
Help From Other Sources
This Affords an exceptional oppOr-
tunity to transfer lumber, wool and
other Western. products from the free
to the, dutiable list. Likewise, any
amendments proposing to increase the
duty on. any commodity which IL now
lightly taxed will be in order. Only n
rigid control of the Democratic ma
iority of the Senate will be able TO
prevent general revision. 4 'fT
How far the administration win be
willing to 90 in revision Of the Under
wood bill is not yet known. There
In prospect, hOweSer, that the ad-
ministratiOn will not be averse to GER
tain other changes, though what they
will be no one is authorized to say.
Trade Commission Reports &
off the administration, gives its con-
sent to the change Of other than the
sugar schedule, lumber and dye stuifs
likely will receive first consideration.
II is known that ut least one Demo
cratic member of the federal trade com
mission who, recently Investigated the
condition of the lumber industry has
been convinced that congress should
impose some duty ON lumber, espe-
ciaily with view to relieving the sit.
nation in the Pacific Northwest W..
1.-THE general concern of the admin
istration in building, up a dye stuffs in
dustry in the United States to take the
/ place of the German supply on which
this country has hsret6fore been de-
pendent, may induce the President to
assent to placing, protective duty on
those products.
Tariff For Rsvenne Only
while the President and tina score.
tary Of the treasury have consented to
, repeal of the free sugar clause, they
contend that they are not fayoring
protective duty, but merely advocating
this, change 10 perfect the Underwood
law as tariff for revenue only"
law. HNe.
Proceeding on that same theory,
they may give their consent to other
! changes, such as the Imposition of q
+ duty on lumber on dye snffs, pos
sibly on wool and other commodities,
on the same theory, for the admissions
they have made- thus far demonstrate
that the Underwood law as it stands
is not efficient when ID comes 10 rails.
ing sufficient revenue to- meet current
| government expenses,
Pressure ON Administration
of the President does not recon-
mend duty on lumber, he may expect
to find some Democratic senator's sup.
porting u lumber amendment TO the
sugar bill when the time for offering
amendments arrives. 81 sle..'
Senators Chamberlain and Lane,
having spent the summer In Oregon,
will be under strong pressure to sup
port a humber amendment, as will the
sehhlOE from LOulsihhh- SENATOR rom
dexter of Washington voted for the
Underwood bill, but having announced
himself a candidate for reelection as
a Republican, will be counted as favor
ing a lumber amendment.
Hold, Up, Threatened
"The two Democratic senators from
Montana will be, urged 10. vote for
! duty on lumber, AZ will Senator Phelan
of California, Senator johnson of Maine
and Senator Husting of Wisconsin.
"If all these senators Join with the
Republicans, they can force the, adop-
ton by, the senate Of an amendment
to the sugar bin imposing dnty on
lumber, and If the house refuses to
accept the amendment these senators
can hold up the sugar bill until the