Show BOOSTING ING THE l TARIFF RATES INMATE IN THE SENATE SENAlE Even the Slight Reductions in inthe inthe the th Payne Fail to Find Favor ALDRICH COMMITTEE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ALL THE INTERESTS HAVE BEEN HEARD AND NO ONE WANTS TO LISTEN TO CONSUMERS 4 4 t 94 f 4 M ton April t President rr r n f 4 4 Taft raft has won a signal if nal 1 victory for fee forthe the Philippine islands 1 In the apI 4 t ti i 4 a nee anee by b the senate nate committee on ea 4 4 finance late tonight of the pearl 4 I I 4 ion inn of the P Payne Pane j ne bill ill for the tree free ad adi admission f i f mission of ZOOs gross V gro tons annually f ff f of Filipino sugar This TIlls decision was 4 I 4 4 after the subcommittee 4 4 considering the sugar schedule had h f 1 I 4 taken to the White House Chartos 4 4 4 B U Warren arren president of the 4 gan Sugar company comp n and had coa f 4 firmed an agreement a between Mr r f 4 Taft and r Warren made de in thIs tI III 4 4 city It lest last fall raIl raIla fallt t 4 4 4 4 4 t 91 Washington a April When the sea sen senate ate committee on OD finance concluded las tta session tonight It was 8 with the under understand stand standing ng that all an avenues aven to the mAttes room had bad been closed dod and that the few sessions to be he held prior to the th reporting of or amendments amend to the ti Payne bill would not be bd b hampered by 1 J KleS from the outside The committe s i now prepared to tv insert rates rata on OIl ear certain certain tain lain important matters Among Amon the schedules schedule attracting par particular particular attention now are metals and asHl manufactures of metals lumber hides billa bituminous coal and sugar No rates on steel and iron have Wen been inserted as all yet y t although it is practical practically ly Iy settled that iron ore will be taxed t Id 20 0 cents a ton and a proportionate ie will be assessed against scrap Iron tro and steel refuse lit fit only to be Rates to Be Raised The Iron Interests are concerned chiefly in an increase over UM di rates rate of the Payne bill on rails raRa and awi structural iron TIM The Payne WIt bill eMa esea etI the UK existing exi rate on OR ORn steel rails ralto frs fr n to tu SJ 22 Mt st lied lieda tJ a reduction They have bare aske that a rate of at JUS U be Ie fixed id rate It Itis is 18 generally believed the te will 1111 name a rate of about 5 S per to ti i On tn structural steel it is likely that UM the Dingley rates of cent a will III be maintained instead of a rate of oC of a rent cent a pound as 8 fixed by the Payne bill No Reciprocity The reciprocity clause of the bita bl r coal schedule which it Is Mt would result In hi the elimination of ot o all aD 11 duties duO on Oft coal in the tte trade between Canada and the United States Stat is Ia Iato to go 10 out nut of the bill Senators KIMM and Dick were we before the th committee today in this th J connection taking opposite opposite site ite sides Under onder both the tM Dingley law Jaw lawand lawand and a nd the Payne bill bituminous coal pays pas a duty of 67 t enta eutA a ton The sea sto stout ut ate committee to Is considering a redaction reduction tion that of the duty dut to about 50 cents centa In ht view of oC the elimination of the reel reci reciprocity clause The Payne bill bUl calm culm or 01 slack on a par with bituminous OWl ous coil coal which would increase the rate ate rat it roust must pay from 15 l 1 cents to 67 11 7 cents ceab Elkins Gets Action Senator Elkins E ins submitted data eating that the present pre ent rate of often omits canto ten from American agents He let fet fetters lettera t tte tera te from American agents a In hi ca tana and Australia asserting that mince ml la In those counties artificially crush cl l ll M hi luminous coal in ID order to make mau It ad sd admissible adm m bIe to the tile United U States State at the th rate instead of the rate It is reported that the tile senate enate corn com committee will reduce the existing exl rates rate on lumber A s of or the tIK senate nate indicates that an effort e ort In Inthe Inthe Inthe the direction of getting settin free lumber if It ItI made after the bill reaches the senate ete I would be unavailing I The canvass on OD the question quntion of hide was waa concluded today toda and it is asserted tell that as al a Ii result hides hide will be taken from the th free list and a duty dut fixed at Ii 1 per rent cent Dt ad 4 valorem That wool of or all 11 grades and wool tops would be placed In hi the tile senate bW bIN un under under der the existing exIng rates ra was stated at up upon n what appeared to be excellent authority ty The Sugar Schedule i So complicated il has baa become the agar r rf f by reason of oC the made by sugar importers r ned atI representatives s of America A a beet siar pr factories that the subcommittee I tee t of the committee on finance con g of or Burrows Burrow It and FEat Ins hns h determined to take steps step st p to dbl Just jUItt what whet was s the agreement reached bed last May at a conference be between between tween teen Mr fr Taft Charles B Wai of the Michigan aD Sugar ar aji Phillip McMillan and Senator Smith mith of r Michigan This conference was as held at the Boardman residence hi In this ibis city and at the conclusion V t r Warren airen stated tot that Mr fr Taft had made madea a proposition n regard to the k km ion n of Philippine sugar u t met nl t the I approval a of or th oft u rint interests in I j I Continued on Page 2 I BOOSTING THE TARIFF RATES IN THE SENATE Continued from Page 1 this country It has been supposed the Payne bill providing for the free ad admission admission mission of tee gross grou ton of Philip Philippine Philippine pine sugar ar annually was drafted In ae ac with that agreement but bul nee the bill bUi Was a taken up by b the fhe sea sen seDate senate ate committee vigorous protest against the section cUon J Jy made J by y I beet biet ei sugar ir interests Their chief Iller protest Hnot t n directed against a tin the n of or tons tone annually free tree of duty but upon the belief that tuat quantity will be expanded pc and a smal smaller ler er r duty dut paid upon the te whole of the im Int importations f i Coming Coating Posthaste A telegram s sent to to Mr Ir last at g him to conic come Xo to Wash ono otoe i and inform rm the i commit committee 1 tee J he understood food to have axe ken pe n fl the agreement ent with Mr Taft fait A reply ha hat h beet be received from frOOt hint hiM ri say saying saying ing kig h arrive here some lOnte time to tonight night and a session of or the m ml tee KIlt be held immediately upon hb ila reaching the captol It is probable teo that the th members of ot the tl sub m wll geto o to the th White W house u e and consult with situ the time president sIGM concerning the understanding u reached last May MayAb Ab t han hal the membership of the senate was banked in front of the nance Ce committee rooms for two to hours houn hou before the committee Its sessions on the tho tariff bill today were buttonholing I inters m rs of the committee and aM they hey tw P changes chanes in a variety of ot schedules from acetate of ot lead head to zinc sine Give 0 O Give Several veral cOSt coast COlt senators were ere there asking for increased protection on citrus fruits and it t Is la reported that Senator Flint a member of the coon com committee has succeeded already in in increasing Increasing increasing creasing the duty on ott lemons to a cent and a II half baIC per pound which Is a quay quarter quarter ter of a cent In advance ot or the Payne rates and a half cent in advance of I the existing Dingley rate Senator Dixon asked the committee to place a duty upon ore from which antimony Is lo extracted There is now noSY a duty upon antimony but none upon the ore and the Montana senator asserted there thereas was as a combination which controlled the antimony by b reducing Imported ore which they obtained at a acost acost cost COlt less leas than titan was as s required to take the theore theore theore ore from Colorado Montana and aDd Idaho mine mines p Senator Dick was present to lo look after the retention of the th reciprocity clause claue concerning bituminous coal and Senator was w s there to get the Ute clause removed A number of Demo Democratic Democratic cratic crati senators sought nought admission |