Show WILL SUBPOENA THE WITNESSES House Ways and and Means Corn j V D ferm v n zv hear Van VanCleave Cleave and Others Washington D Dec c S An executive meeting was held by b the ways 38 and means committee of the house today toda presumably 1 ably for the purpose of or the names of those witnesses whom It is pro proposed proposed posed fo to subpoena to ta appear at the ta tariff rift riff hearings h 6 before the committee While liUe nothing was given out It Is understood understood that those whose testimony is especially desired by b the committee are James Jomes S SVan Van STan Cleave president of the National As Association AssociatIon s of o Manufacturers Charles Francis Adams of f Boston representative of or the m meat at packers the wool industry the leather industry indus to the steel Industry and the tile manufacturers of various ar ax artt tt tides les In relation to which the commit committed ted tot too has received r ce no testimony A short hearing was held by the com corn committee today toda and another has ha l been get et for Thursday In order to get an early earl start on the consideration of or the new tariff bill bItt it is believed that the major ity members of or the committee e will meet mft m t tomorrow as a subcommittee to take the first active steps in framing the bilL r 1 I Downward Revision Herbert E Miles iles of the t tariff commit committee commIttee tee of o the tile National Association of Manu Manufacturers the stand b tile the committee toda V He continued his Jils ar nr arguments for tariff revision downward The schedules Mr WIE lal lalan l lan an nn b reduced redil I Ui a those im in fl tariff oil sugar glass glare tout amI hides hide Mr Miles t les saul said that the th duty on the th lower grads grades of o textiles could be reduced while the duty dut on the th higher grades could l be 13 increased He Jle II also declared that the fanner farmer gets I LI no HO relief relle from the duty dut on hides while as a result of ot the tariff on onI I independent tanners tan n ase iro by the packers fie s cent cen V tf f the ma mann i want wa t corn mi mission or bureau to handle the revision of the tariff V W Against a a Commission Replying 10 to this suggestion Chairman I 1 am ani confident that the man engaged in n business wants to know kno ta tn tariff tari riff ri rates are settled and antl not subject t tchan to changes chan e I dont think there could ba L b ban Lany any an greater Teater harm to the th country than would result from flOm lla figa a bod of If men constantly constant agitating changes in the theta ta tariff riff Representative Underwood Dem DI or n Alabama agreed aeed with Mr tr Payne as tp Ip the inadvisability of having hayIng a tariff com corn commission commissIon mission V |