The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-21
CONGRESS BEGINS
MORE TARIFF
DOCIORING
Knives Sharpened For Attack
on Wool Schedule
SURE TO TAKE SOME TIME
Democrats and nsurgent Republicans
Likely to Control Both House
and senats
SURE TO TAKE SOME TIME

Washington, Dec. 20.-Congress
will actively begin consideration OF
tariff legislation in the committees OF
the two Houses Immediately after
the holiday recess, though Democra-
tic leaders of the House, the tariff or
iginated body, say that no measure
would be ready to report for some
weeks
Republican Leader Penrose of the
Senate said the finance committee
would begin it's work in advance OF
the House. while Democratic Leader
Underwood declared the bill would
not be whipped into FINAL shape for
report until February. The commit
tee, he said, must decide just what
rates should be fixed after thoroughly
comparing its own data with the facts
submitted by the tariff board in the
report which President Taft submit
ted today to both Houses of Con.
gress.
Senator Penrose announced that he
hoped the Republican senators would
be able to formulate a bill to comply
with the tariff boards views
Representative Underwood said the
Presidents message really pointed
out the necessity OF a great reduction
in wool rates and that he had no
doubt the House would carry out the
suggestions made
"The President in his message
said Mr. Underwood. "favors placing
n urogfGa o.,
basis for importation of raw wool in
stead of placing a duty on raw wool
and then increasing the duty on
secured wool. II the committee
should adopt a specific rate for raw
wool there might be much in the
Presidents argument. but ! have no
doubt theacommittee will exact an ad
yalorem INSTEAD of a specific duty
THE President advocates ad val
orem duty on manufactured wool. In
the bill passed this year in the
special session OF Congress the rates
were ad valorem based on import
valuations, in contra-distinction to
the compound specific and ad val
orem rates now exacted in the Payne
Aldrich law. The President says the
present duties on wool and wooden
manufactures in many instances are
prohibitiye. / have no doubt the ways
and means committee will agree with
him as to the necessity of a reduc.
ton. The message clearly justifes
the Democratic members in passing
the wool bill last year that the Presi-
dent vetoed"
Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania, Republican leader on the ways
and means committee, said the mes
sage clearly showed why II is neces-
sary to have wool legislation other
than that proposed by the Democrats
at the last session of Congress.
Il am sure" said Senator Penrose.
that we shall have a better bill than
( the wool bill which was passed dur
ing the extra session. The finance
committee will take up the subjec,
Immediately after the holidays. but
whether ii will be possible to bring
/ the Democratic House to the accent.
I ance OF such bill as we might for.
mula;e ] cannot undertake to say.
! 'Nt'NfN NhS AtpoiN vi Tue ldIlI DOdIu
does not indicate that the present
! wool duties are very much too high. "
Senator Bristow, who took a proml.
nent part in the combination of in.
surgent senators with the Democrats
/ that forced tariff reduction bills
through the Senate at the extra SEES.
sion, declared that If the President
had signed the La Toilette wool bill
last summer he would have corrected
every abuse of which he complained
and have preserved ample protective
duties for every American industry
The Progressive Republicans, he said
would support the same tari1 revis
ion this session.
Senator Martin OF Virginia, Demo.
cratic leader Of the Senate. said he
sun favored lower duties on wool
something like the Underwood
bill".