Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1909 — READY TO VOTE ON TARIFF BILL [ARTICLE]

READY TO VOTE ON TARIFF BILL

Minority Leader Catches Republicans Napping. SILK SUSPENDERS UPHELD Indications Point to a Contest In the Senate Over the Sugar Schedule. Proposed Free Admission of 300,000 Tons Annually Ikrom Philippines One of the Causes —Burrows, Smoot and Flint the Solons Who Are to Report on the Subject. Washington, April 9.—Because of the numerous committee amendments to the Payne tariff bill the house of representatives was compelled to sit until late in the evening in order to insure action on the various paragraphs coming within the scope of the special rule adopted last Monday before the final vote is taken this afternoon. At one time the Republicans were caught napping and an amendment by Minority Leader Clark was adopted, fixing the rate of duty on iron ore at three-quarters of a cent per pound, but this was thrown out later. Fearing that he might not meet with such success again, Chairman Payne took his Republican colleagues to task for absenting themselves from the chamber and appealed to them to remain in their seats. This was done, result that in all the committee amendments he was sustained. Argues For Silk Suspenders. Because of an inadvertence in consolidating the paragraphs covering laces and articles of silk and India rubber, the duty on bindings, garters and suspenders was increased. Representative Fitzgerald, claiming that he acted in the interest of all the American people, whom he wished to see wear silk suspenders and garters, offered an amendment reducing the duties 30 per cent ad valorem on suspenders and garters and 40 per cent in the paragraph for laces. Upon a division vote this amendment was lost and the committee amendment, retaining the Dingley bill schedule, agreed to. Trouble Over Sugar Schedule. Indications point to a contest in the senate over the sugar schedule, not only because of the proposed free admission of 300,000 tons annually from the Philippines, but because certain Democratic senators plan to open up the whole subject by introducing an amendment to remove the duty entirely from refined sugar. So far as the report of the finance committee is concerned the beet sugar producers have little to fear as the whole sugar schedule has been referred to a sub-committee of Senators Burrows, Smoot and Flint, representing the sugar producing states of Michigan, Utah and California.