GANNON If FAVOR
OF FREE LUMBER
Westerners Alarmed at Turn
in Tariff Affairs and Will
Make Hard Fight.
EAST ASKS DUTY REMOVED
I'ralrle States Join In Demand and
Westerners Seek Support ot the
Southern Democrats to Combat
Proposed Further' Cut.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU; Wash
ington. March 18. Western Congressmen
who had entertained hopes of amending
the tariff bill by restoring the duty on
lumber to $2 are beginning to fear that
they will b lucky if they hold the present
provision of $1 per thousand.
Congressmen from the prairie states
and others from the East are Joining in
the demand for fre lumber, and todav
made a strong appeal to the Speaker,
who Is reported to be considering the ad
visability of calling a Republican cau
cus to determine whether the lumber duty
hall remain at U or be removed alto
gether. Westerners ' are much concerned over
the apparent Inclination of the Speaker
to place lumber on the free list, and are
further alarmed by the report that the
advocates of free lumber will combine
with the advocates of free hides. Such
a combination. If broken, must be broken
by the aid of the Southern Democrats,
representing the lumber producing dis
tricts. SAY
RESTRICTIONS
TOJUST
Filipinos Protest Against Limita
tions on Free Trade.
MANILA, March 18. The proposals em
bodied In the Payne bill, for the revision
of the tariff, have been unfavorably re
ceived here because of the limitations
placed on sugar and tobacco. It is gen
erally felt that. If there Is to be an un
restricted admission of American products
to the Philippines, it is only fair to ad
mit freely Filipino products to America.
A prominent merchant here expressed the
general attitude here when he said:
"The proposed arrangement is unequal
and unfair. It Is a bad bargain for the
Philippines. There is no danger of the
Islands producing enough sugar and to
bacco to Injure the American planters
for the natural Increase In consumption
there will easily and quickly absorb any
Increase. Accurate figures absolutely
demonstrate this. The inevitable effect
of the passage of this bill will be to dis
courage and retard development, already
retarded many years by the failure of
Congress to do Justice to these islands,
vv e appeal to (the sense of Justice of the
American people to make a fair and
equitable arrangement and to right the
eld Injustice."
It Is expected that the commercial
bodies of the islands will meet and cable
protests against the proposals in the
Payne bill, which are considered objec
tionable here.
TEA IMPORTERS VP IX ARMS
Beverage a Necessity, Not Luxury,
Says Iiipton Agent.
...... jumin is. alT Thomas
I.lpton s representative In New York
w. A. W. Melville, Is considerably ex
ercised over the recommendations In
the tariff bill as submitted to Congress
yesterday, placing a tax of 8 cents a
pound on tea imports from producing
countries and 9 cents on Imports from
non-producing- countries. Tea has be
come a necessity. Mr. Melville said, and
has ceased to be a luxury, if the tar
iff should be Imposed as proposed, he
thinks that the cost to consumer will
advance at least 10 cents a pound. As
a. result he predicts that cheaper tea
Tea Importers generally declare that
the new schedule will not s.and. The
National Coffee & Tea Association will
take Immediate steps to fight the pro
posal, and their main argument will
be that the burden will fall on the con
sumer rather than on the dealer. The
market on all grades of teas advanced
from 2 to 3 cents a pound yesterday.
SCHWAB IS AGAINST TARIFF
Declares New Schedules Too Drastic
for All Interests.
DETROIT, Mich.. March 17 "The
Tayne tariff bill Is too drastic The Iron
nd steel schedules should not have been
altered." declared Charles M. Schwab In
an Interview here today. Mr. Schwab
, arrived here in his private car to ad
! dress the Detroit Board of Commerce to
day at their monthly luncheon
L.bor will Jlnd Itself adjusted to the
changed schedules." he continued "The
only cost that enters Into manufacture
Is the coat of labor. Remove the pro
tection from the stel and you reduce
the status of the labor. In European
teel mills women wheel the coke We
can compete with the world on this basis
too. It is all a question of labor In tho
end. No, I don't mean that the tariff
should be raised. It should be left as It
Is."
"Then you don't agree with your friend
Mr. Carnegie T" he asked.
'Mr Carnegie was like a father to me.
I will not ti.ke issue with him on eny
question," replied Mr. Schwab.
VARIED VIEWS OF NEW TARIFF
c.teel Men Much Alarmed Shoe
Men Most Enthusiastic.
w,CLFAGO- ,March 13. The new tar
iff bill Is welcomed as a blessing, and
Is also regarded as a menace In various
Industrial circles of Chicago
.wKu?,e,"e .J- Kufflnton. president of
the Illinois kiteel Company, sees a
blight for the steel Industry if the
measure is enacted with contemplated
provisions. J Harry Seim says the shoe
Industry will flourish like a bay tree
If hides are put on the free list.
The proposed reduction of tariff du
ties on lumber will not' have any
material effect on prices, according to
local dealers.
Wool dealers were not sanguine as
to consumers getting any benefits from
the scheduled changes In wool duties
and wholesalers were equally doubtfui
as to whether the measure as now for
mulated would increase the revenue.
Oil Duty Displeases California.
LOS ANOEI.RS, Cal., March 18. In
the Interests of the oil Droduoara of
this section, the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday authorised the following
telegram sent to Senator Flint: "We
- earnestly urge that the present duty
on petroleum and Its products be re-
lainea in the new tariff bilL Its eli
mination would be a severe blow to
the oil Industry of California by admit
ting Mexican petroleum free of duty,
while that country exacts a heavy cus
toms duty on petroleum Imports from
the United States."
MACVEAGH APPROVES BILL
Says It Fulfills Expectation of Gen
nine Revision.
' WASHINGTON. March li Secretary
of the Treasury. MacVeagh expressed sat
isfaction today with the general features
of the new tariff bill. He said:
"Reserving the expression of an opinion
as to the particular rates adopted by the
ways and means committee, it is a pleas
ure to note the manner in which the
committee has responded, to the general
expectations of the people as to genuine
revision of the tariff and the way in
which it has undertaken to fulfill the
pledgee of the Republican party.
"As to the amount of revenue that the
operation of the bill would produce, I
accept the conclusions of the committee
Itself. It must always, however, remain
a matter of uncertainty as to what the
revenues will be. Although the Treasury
Department has no reason to question the
expectations of the committee, it is wise
for the committee to provide for the J40,
000.000 Panama bonds and tne increase of
the three per cent certificates to $2S0.
000.000 and guard against possible dis
appointment in the expected revenue."
FIGHT IS FREE FOR ALL
(Continued From First Page.)
for two cents a pound if admitted free
from the Islands. This, they say,
would ruin the rice Industry In this
country.
Try to Keep Up Lumber Duties.
A number of Democrats 'will Join
with some Republicans in an effort to
keep the duty assessed by the Dingley
bill upon lumber. The fight for free
lumber will be handled by Clark, It
Is understook. He has frequently ex
pressed himself in bitter terms regard
ing the lumber situation in this coun
try. During the tariff hearings he ar
raigned the lumber magnates and
delved deep Into the Intricacies of
stumpage and railroad land grants.
It is thought there will be no ser
ious opposition to the tariff on tea.
Outlook for Reciprocity. .
Great Britain and France probably
will be the first countries to receive
the benefit of the minimum rates named
in the Payne bill. According to the
committee's report made today. Great
Britain has been unable to receive the
benefits of reciprocal trade agreement
provided for by the Dingley bill, al
though she has treated this country
fairly in her customs acts.
As the French trade agreement with
the United States contains no provision
for its continuance for any time after
it has been abrogated by either Nation,
France may receive the benefit of the
minimum rates of the Payne bill . as
soon as it is enacted, the matter being
entirely In the hands of the French
Government. France is now revising
her own tariff on a maximum and mini
mum basis.
Deficit of $10,000,000 In 1910. .
The ways and means committee es
timates that the entire revenues to the
Government for jthe fiscal year 1910,
provided the Payne bill is in operation
will be J862.063.885. As the amount
for which revenue will be required for
1910 is -estimated at 872,221.701, it Is
claimed the deficit for 1910 will be
about $104)00,000.
LEAD IN ORE NOT , REDUCED
Change at Last Moment In Favor of
Lead Miners.
WASHINGTON, March 18. The Payne
tariff bill continues the present duty of
lhi cents per pound on the lead in all
lead-bearing ores. It had been reduced by
the committee to 1 cent a pound, but at
the last minute before the Introduction
of the bill the old rate was restored.
This was done after Mr. Payne's state
ment had been prepared and this fact ac
counts for a misstatement regarding the
duty as it stands In the new bill.
Lead dross, lead bullion or base bullion,
lead in pigs, in bars, refuse lead run Into
block and bars and old scrap lead are as
sessed the same duty, 1V4 cents per pound.
The latter is a reduction of cent a
pound. The duty on lead in sheets, pipe
and lead wire Is reduced. of a cent per
pound.
SENATE COMMITTEE AT WORK
Will Begin Consideration or Tariff
Bill Today.
WASHINGTON. March 18,-The Senate
committee on finance will hold sessions
daily beginning tomorrow. A variety of
expert work, which will be necessary for
a consideration of the tariff schedules,
will be begun at once. The effect of
some of the countervailing provisions of
the House tariff bill upon the export
trade of this country will be considered.
There are now four Republican vacan
cies on the committee, Aldrich, Burrows
Penrose and Hale being holdovers who
will attend the meetings until the Senate
adopts the report of the committee on
committees. The vacancies will be filled
by the appointment of . Lodge, Flint,
Bmoot and Cullom and all the Repub
lican members will probably meet next
Monday.
ATLANTIC LUMBERMEN KICK
North Carolina Pine Association
Sees Peril in New Tariff.
NORFOLK. Va.. March 18. M. C. Foe
tourg, president of- the North Carolina
Pine Association, controlling a majority of
the mills in Eastern Virginia, Maryland,
North and South Carolina, declared here
today that the 60 per cent reduction on
lumber proposed byV the new tariff bill
will be ruinous to lumber manufactur
ers and mills generally in the entire At
lantio Coast region.
NO NEW CALHOUN JURYMEN
Twelve Talesmen Examined, but All
Fail to Pass Tests.
SAX FRANCISCO. March 18 Vital is
sues in the trial of Patrick Calhoun were
lost to view for a considerable portion of
today's session, and the dissensions and
strife of society's devotees were substi
tuted as a topic of discussion.
Herbert S.- Bonifield. a real estate
dealer, was passed by the defense after
en unusually brief examination, and was
immediately subjected to a severe cross
examination by Assistant District Attor
ney Heney. It developed that the tales
man was well acquainted -with two of the
indloted LTnlted Railroad officials and one
ot their attorneys, and while he had but
a vague recollection of the matters to
which the former Supervisors had testi
fied before the grand Jury, he had some
very positive opinions relating to the last
strike of the etree-tcar employes.
Without an addition to the partially
completed panel of Jurors, VS talesmen
were examined and excused during the
ay.
Tomorrow (Saturday) wiu positively be
tne last day for discount on East Side
6aa cms. Read "Gaa.jria,'. "
THE MORNING
BATTLE ON RULES
REVIVED IN HOUSE
De Armond Stirs Up Payne to
' Accuse Democrats of Ig
noring Duty.
YIELJO TO ONE-MAN POWER
Census Bill Passed After Skirmish.
Point Is Conceded Which Caused
Roosevelt to Veto Mea
sure Last Session.
WASHINGTON. Mareh 18.-The census
bill in its amended form was passed by
the House today after a lively attack on
the rules by De Armond, of Missouri. The
bill was passed at the late session, ut
was vetoed by President Roosevelt, be
cause of his objections to the provision
taking .from the Civil Service Commission
the power of appointing the clerks. De
Armond objected to . consideration of the
bill unless in committee of the whole.
Cannon Foils De Armond.'
At a hint by the Speaker. Payne moved
a recess for 30 minutes. This motion pre
vailed. Upon the House reconvening a
rule was reported making it in order to
consider the bill in the Hbuse Itself
This afforded De Armond an opportunity
to attack the rule and to advocate selec
tion of a committee on rules by the
members and not by the Speaker as at
present.
In criticising the method of concentrat
ing power in the Speaker, De Armond
declared the appointment of Democrats
on the committee on rules was not satis
factory to the Democratic side.' De Ar
mond said that he was satisfied that
Broussard had been selected for the com
mittee without any Intention of repre
senting the sentiment of the Democratic
side.
Payne Prods Opponents.
Payne, in replying, said De Armond
had given an exhibition of unreasonable
ness by his objection. He charged the
Missouri member with trying to "carry
on the lost battle of Monday last." He
condemned the democratic decision in re
gard to accepting committee appoint
ments. ,
Payne contended that there were some
men on the Democratic side who had
manhood enough and enough sense of re
sponsibility to their constituents, "yea
and regard ior the oath they took well
and faithfully to discharge their duty, to
serve upon committees unless excused by
the House."
lie said he did not think some of the
Democrats "so servile that they will yield
to the imperious demand that comes to
them and even vioiate the oath of their
office by refusing to serve on commit
tees." "You are trying to turn away from the
folly of the committee of 15," he said
' ixnd concentrate the whole of that side
in the hands of one man, wb,o was not
selected by the House, but by a caucus,
laik about your one-man power! What
explanation can you make of that
course?" '.
Under Civil Service Law.
When the members Anally got to con
sidering the bill again, an amendment by
Sterling of Illinois was agreed to, pro
viding that the appointments shall be
made In conformity with the law of ap
portionment among the states under the
civil service act.
In order to prevent the spread of tuber
culosis among Government clerks, the
House agreed to an amendment by Ben
nett of New York, requiring that each
census applicant furnish with his appli
cation a certificate of good health
As amended the bill was then passed
The measure gives to the Civil Service
Commission Jurisdiction over appoint
ments and provides for the printing of
the reports by the Government Printing
Office As enacted at the last session,
fhe bill stripped the Civil Service Com
mission of such authority and there was
a provision allowing some of the print
ing to be done by private firms. Presi
dent Roosevelt vetoed the bill.
WESTERN SENATORS TO FRONT
Leaders Yield to Younger and In
surgent Element.
WASHINGTON, March 18.-The work
by the committee on committees of fill
ing Republican vacancies on Senate com
mittees was concluded today, resulting in
giving to Western Senators very much
greater representation on important com
mittees. This is regarded as the direct result of
the campaign that has been carried on
for a long time by the "insurgents." It
is asserted that never before in the his
tory of the Senate have the Western
States been so fully represented on i the
Important committees. There had been
suggestions of a refusal on the part of
some Western Senators to go into Re
publican caucuses Monday to confirm
the assignments unless the distribution
was satisfactory.
The Democratic steering committee Is
still at work, endeavoring to make a dis
position of Democratic vacancies. The
Republican committee on committees will
accept without question these Democratic
recommendations.
The work of distributing the Republican
assignments has been a complete conces
sion to the younger and western mem
bers. Most of tho vacancies have gone to
the Far West. One new committee, that
on conservation of natural resources, has
been created.
The committee on finance, as reor
ganized, contains one more Senator from
the Far West. Of the eight Republican
members four are now from the West
and two from west of the Missouri River.
Vacancies were caused by the death of
Allleon and by the retirement of Piatt
Hansbrough and Hopkins. These vacan
cies have been filled by the appointment
of Lodge of Massachusetts, Flint of Cali
fornia, Smoot of Utah and Cullom of
Illinois. The holdover Republicans are
Aldridgo of Rhode Island, Burrows of
Pennsylvania and Hale of Maine.
Cullom gives up his membership on
the committee on appropriations to
take the place formerly held by his
colleague, Hopkins, who has not yet
been re-elected by the Illinois Legis
lature. The Democrats will designate Sim
mons of North Carolina to take the
place formerly held by Teller, the other
Democratic members of the finance
committee being Daniel of Virginia.
Money of Mississippi, Bailey of Texas
and Taliaferro of Florida.
The three vacancies on the commit
tee on appropriations will be filled by
the appointment of Senators Curtis of
Kansas. Burket of Nebraska and Kene
of New Jersey.
The one Republican vacancy on the
committee on foreign relations has
been given to Root, ex-Secretary of
State, who takes the place of Foraker.
Sutherland and Borah will go on Ju
djJ&i . and IiUea pf 'Montana and
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Brown of Nebraska will go on military
affairs.
Crane will become chairman of the
committee on rules, and Perkins will be
come chairman of the committees on
naval affairs.
Flint of California will become chair
man - of the committee on interoceanic
canals and La Follette will go to ,the
head of the census committee. These are
both rapid promotions to the heads of
important committees, Flint being - sixth
member of Interoceanic canals, while La
Follette occupied the same relative posi
tion on the census committee.
Bumham of New Hampshire will be
come chairman of the committee on
claims, while Borah will go to the head
of the committee on education and labor.
Carter of Montana becomes chairman of
the committee on irrigation and arid
lands, while Smoot of Utah becomes head
of the printing committee.
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1909.
Daniel succeeds Teller as chairman of
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BENXETT FOR CHEAP POSTAGE
New Xork Congressman Would Have
One-Cent Rate.
WASHINGTON, March 18. One cent
postage is provided in a bill which Repre
sentative Bennett of New Tork has in
troduced. The measure provides that, be
ginning January J, 1910. the rate of post
age on all letters mailed within the
United States for domestic points, includ
ing drop letters, shall be 1 cent per ounce
or fraction.
Another bill introduced by Bennett pro
vides tor the consolidation of third and
fourth class mail matter under the title
"merchandise." for the establishment of a
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CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRAT
Italy Proposes All Nations Consl
Important Question.
WASHINGTON, March 18.-5
through Ambassador Desplancbes,
submitted to the State Departme
proposition having In view the callli
an international conference on 1mm
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