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Show FULL HRSIIIP OF COMMITTEE " TO CONSIDER PAYNE BILL PROMPTLY Measure Will Be Reported for Formal Reading Immediately (bneral Debate Posf poned Until Monday Clark, Making Every Effort to Have Bill Amended, Will, Ask for Longer lime Discussion of Each Paragraph Considered Im portant Democrats Still Remember the Dingley Bill Discussion Payne Admits That More Time is Needed by the Weber club of the city that tho Y. M. C A. association of Ogden bo encouraged in Its work and that steps be taken for the erection of a building ! for tho purposes of the organization. ! So well pleased were the members of the brotherhood over the attitude of the Weber club that a resolution commending com-mending the club was ' unanimously passed and spread unon the minutes. I The Methodist Brotherhood is heart and soul in favor of the movement and the organization went on record as pledged to their best efforts in furthering fur-thering the project of the Weber club. entire elx days were devoted to the first schedules, dealing with chemicals and drugs, they found very little opportunity op-portunity to make effective suggestions. sugges-tions. Tho Democrats probably will resist such a rule for considering tho present bill. Whether there will be any rule regulating reg-ulating the consideration of the Payne bill remains to be Been. It is Mr. Payne's purpose to begin the general debate before asking to have a rule brought in, and whether any would be ordered probably will depend on circumstances. cir-cumstances. He expects also to givo ' somewhat more time for tho consideration consider-ation of the bill than was given to the Dlugley measure. It Is recalled that j the debate on the Dingley bill was b-gun b-gun on March 22, 12 years ago, the same day of the samo month on which the general discussion of tho Payno bill boglns. On tho former occasion all discussion ended and a vote was taken on March 31. Under present conditions, Mr. Payne thinks it would bo desirable to give more time, but he declines to say how much more. Senator Aldrlch, chairman of the senate committee on finance, which will deal with the bill in the senate, announced that he would call a meeting meet-ing of tho Republican members of tho committeo for tomorrow with the Idea of covering the house nieaourc Immediately. Imme-diately. I The finance committee suffered from the death of tho recent election and aa a consequence the Republican mem- bership numbers only four senators. They are Messrs. Aldrlch of Rhode Island, Rurrows of Michigan, Penrose of Pennshania and Hale or Maine. Mr. Aldrlch says', however, that they can take up the bill as a substitute committee. As soon as tho Republican Republi-can vacancies are filled tho new members mem-bers will be Invited in and consideration considera-tion of the measure will proceed. Mr. Aldrlch declared ho had not looked at the house bill, and declined to comment upon it. It is known, however, how-ever, that many senators seriously object ob-ject to the changes from the present law and hope is expressed the bill will be amended before it leaves the senate. sen-ate. Senator Hale, chairman of the Republican cauens, is among thoso who find the bill objectionable. "It absolutely ' murders the wood pulp and paper industry of Maine," he said. "This Is the most important industry in our state, and we shall resist re-sist the change with the utmost pos sible vigor." Mr. Hale predicted that the bill would be before congress for the next three months or iriore. The committee on finance will not grant any hearings, but will consider any writen or printed statements which may be presented to 1L It is probable that when the house begins the debate on the bill, the hours of the session will be extended. Tho sittings will probably besln at 10 la the morning and continue until 10 or 11 o'clock at night. Washington, March 17. The full membership of the house committeo on ways and means Including Democrats Demo-crats will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, formally to consider the Payno tariff bill. The senate committee com-mittee on finance will at tho Eumo time begin Informal consideration of tho measure. The house committeo will have only one sitting on the bill; that the measure will be reported to tho house Immediately after it convenes con-venes tomorrow and that its formal reading in committee of tho wholo will soon begin. General debate has been postponed until Monday if Mr. Payne's program Is followed . After that tho measure, j will be before tho bouse Irom ten days to two weeks. This plan Is 6lighlly different from tho followod In considering other larlll bills of recent years. It had been expected ex-pected that the Democratic members of the committee would be afforded more time than now Is contemplated for the consideration of the bill In committee: com-mittee: It is still possible that if hey insist upon delay, and succeed in presenting good reasons they may be accommodated. Mr. Clark said today that he would make, even' effort in the committeo. Ho was on the floor of the house, to have the bill amended and for that reason would ask for longer time. Ho added, however, that he would not press for more time for preparing a minority report, as that could be formulated for-mulated as well after tbe bill had been reported as before. Mr. Payne's inclination is to get the bill into the house at the earliest practicable prac-ticable moment and his plans are so complete that it is not believed bo will yield for a mere pica to offer amendments. amend-ments. It is probable that a compromise compro-mise will be reached and that the Democratic membersi will accept a proposition permitting them to present their amendments on the floor. Mr. Clark indicated that his principal plea would be for that privilege. He said he did not consider general debates of as much Importance as the discussion of the bill paragraph by paragraph, with the opportunity to suggest conditions. con-ditions. It is therefore probable that If Mr. Payne and his fellow Republican members of tho committee concede this privilege the Democrats will accept ac-cept It in lieu of a similar privilege in committee and make no 'serious protest against the immediate reporting report-ing of the bill. No announcement as to the length of the bill has been made and Mr. Payno has been quite wary on this point. The Dingley bill was discussed 1 j In the house for only ten days and of , that time four days were devoted to general debate. The Democrats still I remember that under the regulations concerning amendments they found no j opportunity to force test votes on particular schedules. Under a spe- . cial rulo adpoted for the purpose, the j committee could present amendments j at any time, but Individual members j could only suggest changes in the ' schedule under consideration. As the 1 One of the most significant features of the Payne bill is the new drawback draw-back provision. It extends this privilege priv-ilege so that an Aemrican manufacturer manufac-turer need not use the material which he has imported In order to secure the refund of the duties which he has paid on his material. If he uses materials produced in this country coun-try in equal amount with the material he has Imported, he would be entitled to drawback benefits, proviled the democratic materials of the equal ! productive manufacture quality and value. j The legal deduction or 1 per cent ' on the drawback is provided, but the exportation upon which the manuTac- t turer proposes to collect the drawback must be male within three years after af-ter the importation or the foreign ma- ' teiial used or checked against him. 1 The secretary of the treasury Is au- 1 thoilzel to prescribe the regulations under which the drawback Is paid. The privileges of the drawback section sec-tion are applied to materials used in the construction and equipment ot vessels ves-sels built for a foreign government or ; foreign trade. j Petroleum Is retained on the free list and the counter duty is retained, j The inheiltance tax provblon ex-empis ex-empis from taxation any properly bequeathed be-queathed to any religious, educational, charitable, missionary, benevolent, hospital or infirmary corporation. Personal Per-sonal property, other th n money or j securities, bequeathed to a corporation j or association organized exclusively for the moral or mental improvement 1 of men or women or for scientific, pa-' pa-' trlotlc or similar purposes. Is made exempt ex-empt from the tax. A discount of 0 per cent Is provided for if the tax Is paid within elx months from the time It is due. Interest will be charged ' and collected at th? rate of 10 per cent a vear if the tax is not paid with-: with-: in IS months rrom the time It accrued. If an CBtate is tied up In necessary litigation 6 per cent 'will be charged, t A special agent to conduct invcstl i gallons to secure the efficient enforcc-! enforcc-! meut of the inheritance tax is piovld-! piovld-! ed for at a salary of V 0U0 a year. In order to prevent the conluslon ! attending the enforcement of the Dlng-! Dlng-! ley bill on the day on which It became i a law. tho I'avue bill will not take et-! et-! feet until the day after It is enacted. , Ono of the new provisions In tho bill extends to th vessels or war ot any ! nation, in ports of the United States, '. the privilege 0f purchasing supplies ' from public warehouse Tree of duty when such countries give like privileges privi-leges to American war vessels. i Passed Resolutions At a meeting of the Motbodbn brotherhood they considered chlcflv the idea advanced |