The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-14
FEELING IN SENATE is THAT
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
is MEANING CLOSE.
MAY FINISH SATURDAY
Senator AIdrch Is Hopeful Of Com
petins Task This Week and Sem
ator Beveridge Says Final Vote Will
Not Be Postponed Beyond Latter
Part of Next.

Washington, June 13.--The feeling in
the senate is that the tariff bin is
approaching the last days of it's con-
slderation in the senate. Senator
Adrich is hopeful that the end may
bt reached by next Saturday, and
many conservative republicans are in
cli1ed to agree With this prediction.
The ''progressive' republicans are
not quite so optimistic but Senator
Beveridge says the final vote will not
be postponed beyond the end Of next
week.
The income tax amendments will De
taken Up Friday and u vote may be
reached on the proposition tho same
cay. 1T is possible, however, that Ell
forts may be made to secure a still
further postponement OF Il vote. With
the exception OF ono disputed point
in the silk schedule, the senate last
week conclu1ed it's second considera
tion of the bill and disposed of all
paragraphs of the schedule on which
the committee had reported.
Important Provisions.
Among the moro important pro-
visions still to be considered are
those pertaining to lumber, wood
pulp, print paper, hides, coal, zinc,
window glass, scrap iron cotton ties,
cotton baggine, eathe.t, leather goods,
binding tWine and petroleum.
Rough lumber remains on the
lutiable list, but the question Of the
amount of duty and the differental
between the duty on rough lumber
and on the manufactured article re-
main to be settled In the paper
schedule the principal items to be
considered are the duty on ground
wood and print paper 1t seems prob
able that the ground wood or pulp
will be left free but that the rate
on print paper will be made $4 per
ton instead of 50 as fixed by the
house or $6 as in the present law.
Hides, Coal and Oil.
Hides, coal and petroleum are Civ
ing the finance committee no little
concern, but tho present indications
are that the senate will place duty
en- all Of these. Zinc, zinc ore and
zinc in blocks. pigs and sheets and
other zinc products are still to be
and barytes There is q demand, for
q reduction under q reclassification
of the window glass schedule but any
prediction as to the result would be
misleading. The same may be said
of the contest between pis iron and
scrap iron in the metal schedule.
Efforts Of Southerners.
The southern senators arc making
an earnert although probably, as it now
appears, an unsuccessful! effort to
have cotton ties and cotton bagging
made free of duty and the birding
twine provision has been Held up UNI
til the cotton tie question could be
decided probably on tho theory that
the northwestern senator's could DE
prevailed upon to combine with the
southern senators in the interest of
tho two articles. The leather sched-
ule, including leather itself and
leather goods, is suspended awaiting
tho decision on hides.
Other important articles which re-
main undecided aro pineapples, on
which the Florida senators want an
increase, and monazito and thorite,.
which are ingredients in the lr;,ntle=
OF incandescent lights
1t is as yet uncertain how the de-
cision of the finance committee re-
1ating to maximum rates will be res
ceived, but it Is added that it will
be thoroughly elucidated before it
finally receives approval. 1t is gen
orally understood that the committee
will recommend 6, drawback provision
which will be along the lines of the
present law rather than accept the
house provision.
Night sessions will continue through
tho week