Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-14
SUGAR AND WOOL THE HITCH And No Final Agreement Reached
 on Either. C0NFEFS.S STILL AT SEA InfOrmatil the Subjects at Issue Not To Be
 s Obtained WOOL i.i i1.ijcHEOULE NOT so BAD.
 
CONFEFS.S STILL AT SEA
WOOL j1,7jCHEOULE NOT so BAD
As the Senate Side Is Willing to Compro- miee-Jute Bagging, Burlaps and Cot ton Ties Seem Also to Cause
 Considerable Trouble.

Washington, July 13.-The representa- tives of the two houses of congress in the conference on the tariff bill spent busy day, devoted for the most part to work in the conference room. There were oc- casional consultations with other sen ators or members of the house upon points at issue, but these were brief so that omparativelp-4tttie information as to the progress made found its way to outsiders. It is known that almost the entire day was devoted to the sugar and wool schedules and the best information obtainable was that final agreement was not reached upon either
 MT. Patt, of New York, who has been absent most of the time since the bill went into conference, returned and was in close conference much of the day with Senator Quay
 At one time during the afternoon the senate and house conferees separated, the house members repairing to the house ways and means committee roam. It was generally believed that this action on the part of the house members was for the purpose of deciding upon line of policy upon sugar, but they declined to give out any information
 Contrary to published reports Il is pos itively asserted that the sugar schedule has not been agreed upon and in fact all the big questions before the conference which have seemingly been settled are only tentatively agreed to one side or the other insisting that they shall be heid open Nothing will be finally closed so far as the matters of importance are con- cerned until all have been decided upon and the conferees are ready to come to a complete agreement.
 It is believed that the wool sch sdule, which has occupied the attention of the conferees more or less today aad yester- day. can be settled whenever matters have reached a stage for final adjust ment The senate conferees are ready to compromise the differences on first and second class wools by making them b. tn dutiable at Il cents and a compromise on third class wools has been suggested by house members of the conference o9n- corning which they express the hope that it will be satisfactory to both the wool growers and the carpet manufact- urers but this is rot assured.
 This compronlisa looks to fixing rate of three cents pound on all wool Of a value not less than ten cents pound; of five cents on wool valued at more than ten and less than thirteen cents pound, and of eight cents on that above thirteen cents pound in value. This proposid was submitted to the representatives in the senate of both the wool growers and the carpet manufacturers and both sides took the matter under advisement. Sea- ator Penrose, representing the carpet men, te,egraphei for some of them to come to Washington for conference.
 The question of jute, jute baggng, bc-r- Frs. cotton bagging ard cotton ties, V Y ch lthe senate placed on the free list, ,ausing much trouble. The house con ferees insist that these things shall go back on the dutlable list and the senate conferees plead that if they are put back delay must be the result in tine senate.
 If the conferees can reach complste agreements by Friday one of them said today, he would be more than satisfied.