The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-29
COALITION FIGHT FOR LOWER TARIFF GAINING GROUND Predicted Many Conference Compromise Bills Will
 Be Passed
WOOL CONFERENCE BE MONDAY OR TUESDAY
Underwood, Randell of Texas and Payne Will Be House Conferees. Senate Conferees Uncer-
 tain-Taft May Veto

washington. July 2S.--rhe fight of xhe democratic-progress republican coalition for broader tariff revision gained ground today and it was con fdentlv predicted in both houses that a conference created compromise wool bill. farmers free list bill and pos sibly cotton bill. with steel, sugar and other schedules, would be passed.
 Meantime the indications are strong er than ever that President Taft will exercise his veto power on tarin iegis- lation prior to the submission ,of the tariff board report in December.
 The cotton bill probably will pass she House next Thursday. Democratic Headers asserted that if the present pro- gramme is carried out there is. foth- ang to prevent adjournment about the middle of August
 The plan contemplates compro- mise wool bill on 30 per cent ad valorem raw wool duty basis This. measure will go to conference either next Monday or Tuesday. The free hist bill instead of being handicapped with sugar steel and other schedules as riders is. to be changed only b1 the Bailey amendment which strikes out the provision placing farm pro ducts on the free list. This amend ment is necessary to insure the repub- lican insurgent vote.
 Democrats of both houses expressed certainty that the free list bill would. be put through the Senate next Tues day by the same combination that put the wool bill through
 The intention of the free list bill as a whole, as the insurgent senators regard it. is to compensate the farmer for the loss supposed to have been inflicted upon him by tho acceptance of Canadian reef procity and they. will not consent to an extension to other countries of the free Import provision of the products of the farm. Practically all the opposition to the bill on the democratic side will be on account of this amendment. Aloag those who prefer the bill unamended is Sena- tor Johnson of Maine
 We are not going to try to put any of the big schedules on the free list bill, as was at first contemplat said one in- surgent senator. We want the Presi- dent to have an opportunity to say whether he is willing to do anything to z ,coup the farmers of the country for the sstnss oecasioned them by the passage of reciprocity bill and we shall not give nm the excuse TOT a veto that ne m1Snt find in a cotton or a steel schedule.''
 Conference on Wool Bill
 The wool bill will be sent to confer ence next Monday or Tuesday. It will be called up in the House then by Demo- cratic Leader Underwood, disagreed to end both houses will appoint conferees. The House conferees will be Representa- Hives Underwood of Alabama, Randell of Texas, democrats, and Payne of New Yorlx, republican. The Senate conferees 6re not as certain.
 Chairman Penrose and other regular re- rublicans on the Senate finance commit tee firmly dsavow any intention of par ficipating. Senator Penrose said today that the republicans would adhere to their decision not to participate in the confer ence. and added that he would make an official statement to this effect whenever the question of selecting conferees comes np before the Senate.
 Senator McCumber, it developed today, will decline to serve notwithstanding he voted with the combination for the mod flied LaFoIlette bill that passed Mir Me- ICumber wants to get away from Wash 'angton early next week. Senator LaFol- l1ette, progressive republican. and Sim mons of North Carolina democrat doubt less will be among the Senate conferees
 The wool bill reached the House today, the formal announcement of it's passage by the Senate being greeted by democratic opplause. .''-''t*-"
 The bill now lies on the speakers table, where it will remain until called up next week for action as to a conference. Dem