Show INCREASE Of 1 ENTIRE Bill mm PER CENT i I Bureau of Statistics Analyzes i jr the Tariff j r 1 Measure i i iI I WORK OF CONFEREES t PROGRESSING SLOWLY HOUSE MEMBERS OBJECT TO PROVISION FOR EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT j MENT OF EXPERTS I o C J C J y 4 C C J C C V 2 C CC A i C Washington July 14 Through k kr C CC C Senator r LaFollette the bureau of et C CC t i C of 4 i iC statistics of the department C commerce and labor ha baa presented C to congress an analysis of the tb in increases C CC j t C creases and decreases e of ot the J I C Payne tariff bill C CC j C Summarizing this analysis Mr Yr C CC C LaFollette says 0 4 t C According to the figures sup supplied 4 t 1 t tC C plied by the bureau the bill u as 0 C CC C passed pa ed by the senate on the basic bails J I IC C of the importations of 1907 leaves heaves leav C i IC C unchanged the duties on imports of C the value of or 4 per percent perC 1 C cent Duties are increased ed on im imports C CC 1 C ports porta of the value of JH 71 61 or 4 10 C 2151 lIil per cent while the decreases decrease deer C CC t C affect Imports of the value of 4 10 i iC C or 1384 1314 11 per cent The aver average YeI C CC C age Increase e of the entire hilt is Ml LM C CC i iper C per cent 4 C Senator declared that 4 C unless the rates rat of or the Mil bill are C CC 0 C greatly reduced in conference the 4 bill should be vetoed C C C C C l P C 1 Washington W ton July 14 Objections were wen raised by the hones home members mem enl of tile the tariff conference today to the aena senate provisions In m the tile maximum and mini minimum minimum mum features of the Ute tariff bill Mil which gives to the th president p ent authority to em employ employ employ ploy such persons persona per ona as be he may desire to 10 aid him in enforcing r D the tariff laws Jaw and aDd which will be useful to congress in hi tariff legislation in the future futon tilt The Tb op opposition IT position was nfl all that prevented the tM adoption of practically all the sec Oll dealing with administration The provisions lona which provide for the thee e t of a court of or cu cuate appeals wa was The salaries I of ot the flee five Judges Ju a were wees Welle fixed bed at 16 ta st d V No Experts Wanted V When an aR adjournment was taken tak ll at the maximum and minimum provision on had been agreed creed upon tenta tentatively tentatively as a substitute for the house tea fea feature V ture tore with the exception of the pro provision Ision for the employment of tariff experts The house conferees conferee took the position po iton that the ways and means committee V Vand and the senate finance committee have havethe 1 the investigation of tariff matters as their special province Several of the senate enate conferees conferee made the assertion that President Taft de do desired dered sired red to have the right ht to employ suck such h V experts exper l for the purpose e of assisting aa hint him himin in the discharge of duties Imposed Impo d upon him by the maximum and minimum feature They declared also that the president favors the appointment of a tariff commission These arguments V were not sufficient to induce the house conferees to abandon their objections The senate administrative act which was wu drawn to prevent of ot imported articles not in common MS use In Inthe Inthe the country of manufacture also alen was waa V adopted This feature provides ma machinery V chinery for the ascertainment of values where there is III no foreign market to be used as a basis Drawback Provision The senate seDate conferees insisted that the V removal of the identifying clause clau to in the drawback provision which is la still un ll m la dispute opened the door to fraud and that the provision narrowed the drawback in such a manner that It would work a hardship to manufacturers J ers en em who availed themselves of the draw drawback drawback drawback back privileges The conferees tepee representing enUng the two branc branches of congress eon split upon this question and it was WIllI laW laid aside The house bouse provision allowing a drawback to the amount of the inter internal internal Internal nal revenue tax paid p d on domestic dome alco lice alcohol alcohol hol used in articles such uch as perfumes and cosmetics manufactured for the for tor foreign foreign eign trade was wu agreed a reed to tentatively It will be incorporated in the drawback I provision as at finally adopted |