The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-14
Some Changes Will Be Neces-
safI Before Final AciOn
REVENUE is SUFFICIENT
AIdrich Has Told the President That
the Present Bill Will Produce
Enough Revenue To Pay the
Governments Expenses.
By wArrERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington May 13.-(Special. )-One of
the Presidents callers today is authority
for the statement that he Will sign the
Payne-Aldrieh tariff bill. He declares,
however that the conference committees
of the two branches of Congress is sched-
uled to make such changes in the measure
as will more nearly meet the revision
downward views entertained by the
President With this in view he under
stands that the bill as it will go to the
White House will contain free hides, free
iron ore. free coal and free petroleum,
with probably the House 81 date on lum-
ber. It Is the plan of the leaders to
eliminate the inheritance tax provision
and vote down the income tax. Senator
Aldrich has informed the President that
the bill will raise enough revenue TO sup
port the government. By December l It
can be ascertained how nearly correct he
is and then IL he is in error Congress can
take up the question of special taxes.
In the meantime no Importance need be
attached to the votes in the Senate on the
different schedules as Senator Aldrich
is allowing most of the Items to go
through in order to form basis of trade
with the House.
The finance committee is Determined to
avoid being squarely defeated at every
point 1t will withdraw its schedules and
report its own amendment, making what
ever concessions the exigencies of the sit
uation may require.
The insurgents mean to press the fight
with more vigor than ever when lumber,
steel, iron, steel and iron products, agri-
cultural implements, hides, wool and cot
ton cloths. sugar, boots and shoes and
other scr hedules come up. 1t is now as
sured th9t there will be a long and ami
mated csba5e ON the sugar schedule. One
senator Is planning to give a demonstra-
tion of the whole process Of making and
refining cane sugar on the Senate floor
He has been astounded to discover how
simple is the process and how easily ii
can be explained by bringing in the neces-
sary apparatus He is arranging to have
the various parts Of the apparatus, In
miniature set up for him so that he can
go through the entire process of making
and refining sugar. BY this procedure,
and this alone, he declares it is possible
to explain how entirely artificial Is the
phrase mo 16 Dutch standard of color"
used in the tariff bills for many years as
the test which forces unrefined cane sugar
to go to the refineries of the countries
before it can be sold.
Sugar is expected to occupy the time of
the Senate for good share of week,
There will be speeches by a number
of senator's Democrats and republicans
who favor the general reorganization of
the schedules, and then there will be a
good deal of oratory by the beet sugar
senator's In defense of their home indus
try Nobody will have a word to say for
the sugar trust. but the trust is declared
to be practically in control of the beet
sugar interests now and to speak through
them. The Louisiana sugar producers
will also have their word for the present
schedule, and the consumer will be rep
resented by Bristow of Kansas, Clay of
Georgia, LaFollette and others.