Show the administration measure meets the approval of the majority most strenuous day of the present congress ends in the passage of the phil apine tariff 11 by a vote of to 71 washington the philippine tariff bill was passed by the house on tues day substantially as it came from the and means committee the vote was to 71 rice was made subject the same tariff as sugar and 25 per cent of the dingley rates nd one or two changes were made as language this result was attained after decidedly the most strenuous day of the present congress the many amendments which were launched and went to pieces in the storm of debate and against the rock on which the house rules are cons titu ted left much legislative wreckage and many records only useful for fu ture pol purposes republican opposition to the bill in the interest of the american beet and cane sugar and tobacco tried out its strength early and gave up this op position refused to affiliate with dem socratic efforts the strongest plea for insurgent support was made in be half of champ clark s amendment reducing the differential on refined sugar the minority sought to ate the ho ise record on the cuban reciprocity act but they reckoned without their host as not a republic an opponent to this measure stood with them to overrule the decision of the chair the democratic substitute met with only the support of the mi annly and went down under a vote of to the bill admits goods the growth af products of the philippine islands nto the united states free of duty ex ept sugar tobacco and nee on which a tariff of 25 per cent of the dingley ate is levied it provides that after april 11 1909 there shall be absolute tree trade each way between the unit d states and the philippines it also tempts philippine goods coming to the united states from the export duty of those islands merchandise from either country is subject to the internal revenue tax of the country in which such merchandise is withdrawn for consumption |