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Show HEARINGS 1 ON METALS Tariff Committee Takes Up the Iron and Steel Schedules Today Washington. Jan. 10. The iron and steel schedule was taken up by the house ways and means committee this moiniix; when it resumed tariTf hearings Two days will probably be taken up by this section and man) prominent steel men will i? heard Confronted by contradictor testi- A monr in the course of the earthenware earthen-ware and glass schedules, the com-miltee com-miltee today began the practice of A ' requiring all witnesses to tescifv un-rter un-rter oath The beginning of this prac- tice was at the suggestion of Representative Rep-resentative James of Kcntnckv and me committee agreed to ir bj unanimous unani-mous vote The basis of the hearing I today was the Underwood metal r I vision bill, passed but vetoed during the last session of congress. Duty on Each Article. The Democratic bill places the duty on the value of each article instead of the specific list like the Pavne-A!drich. Pavne-A!drich. and places a duty f 16 per cent, on Iron ore. tungsten ore. barh-I barh-I ed and other wire fencing, horseshoe nails. Iron or steel cut nails or E spikes, tacks, staples, horseshoes and I. cash registers The Democrats are I expected to reduce the tariff on arti-I arti-I cles n that schedule mm The proposal to put printing piess-I piess-I es on the free list instead of a 30 per I cent ad valorem duty as under the1 I present tariff, brought a protest from 1 James E Bennett of New York, rep-L rep-L resenting 22 printing press manufac-tnnng manufac-tnnng companies, thai the present HI tariff should stand He- challenge 'I II j government statistics of exports of , k printinc presses and said when he ll E went to the New York custom house I to verify the figures officials there q told him rhev had to go by th- man-I man-I ifests and thai tbe could not tell i j v hi ther packaces were "printing I presses or feather beds ' Printing Press Monopoly "So far as the American market I is concerned." asked Representative ji Primer of Pennsylvania, "the Atner-P Atner-P lean punting press manufacturer has a monopol "Yes. with a slight exception " Chairman Underwood told the wjt-m-ss the Democrats were seeking a I tariff for revenue and "not to pro-i pro-i feci profits and that there was no I disposition to maintain a tariff unless ( there was some revenue to the gov- r-mment The witness contend, d that I the business was being run on a smail I margin. Chairman Underwood said that the proposition was ti make nil articles L on the dutiable list pay some reasonable reason-able duly Mr Bennett, pressed for a sugges-! sugges-! turn as to the point of revision that the American manufacturers could stand, said they would be willing to experiment with the government on a 2." jer i r-nt ra riff. Mr Bennett said the 30 per cent .1 tariff i. ally went to labor, as it was I less than the difference In the cost I of labor between the United States ! and foreign countries He said that while actual experts lo' American printing presses were in- creasing they were not makine the increase the Germans were. He ad-u ad-u mittod that the tariff would not helpi the Americans In the foreign markets, Bhis contention heing to protect the home market against cheaper labor flM abroad. Western Lead Mince Oppose Cut. Ai Rnrk mount :iu lead miners oppus-MBd oppus-MBd the proposal of the cut in the tar-A tar-A i iff on lean u. , 2." i.'-r em ad ilorem Hrate Frederick Rurbldge of Seattle, testified that there was less than S fA per i 'in s'o. ... i .ii Mie : ,ir -1 I A j in Mi" 'oner d' 1"! i '"id iniin-S ill mm which be w as interested The Couer W d'Alene mines, productive and non- fj prrnlijf tl e. including 'he subsidiary features of the company, employs f 0'iu rn,.ii iind the ('oner d'Uene coun trj was dependent upon the lead ln-4 ln-4 duHtry, he said. Speaking for the Utah lead prodiK-I prodiK-I erB, George Riter of Salt Lake I it) I advocated tariff not less than the president pres-ident rates Gold Leaf Tariff Edwin Radford ol Brooklyn wanted the tarifi on gold leaf raised from '7 jer cent ad valor, m to 50 per cent I and said any reduction would result in reducing the wage;, of working -f men. ("How many men do you employ?" t asked Representathe Palmer. "Two " "And you would have us levy a 111 greater nx on gold leaf to protect, thesi two men?" Not mine a one, t nj t others in the I business." The witness foresaw possible In-' vasion of Germans in the American market. Oppoces Zinc Tariff. The zinc industry presented a block of arguments ag"ainst the removal of the zinc tariff Otto Ruhl of Joplln, Mo., said there as no mining industry in the country coun-try bo free from monoply or combination combi-nation H P Samuels of Wallace. Ida., speaking for the Coeur d'Alene silU industry, expressed the same iews The attitude of the Internaational Association of Machinists and Helpers Help-ers in New Jersey to put printing presses on the free list was voiced bj Hugh V Rellly of Newark, who agreed with the manufacturers that the present pres-ent 80 per cent tariff should be maintained. main-tained. llberl S WaJtzfelder of New York! nt appealed for retention of the tar- iff of 15 ci nts a pound and 60 per cent ad alorem on tinsel braids and similar products on the ground that they were luxuries and do not enter into the cost of living oo |