Rock Island Argus., 1911-08-08

Following is a copy Of the farm
ers' free list bill passed by the ma
tional senate recently. Few changes
were made in the measure as 1t was
passed by the house, where it orig
inally was presented as an Offset to
the farmer for any fancied injury
done his interests by the Canadian
reciprocity measure. The principal
| amendment was the limitation of
the free importation of meat and
flour from such countries as admit
| free American cotton, corn, wheat,
oats, horses, cattle and hogs.
The arrangement practically amounts
| to an elimination of meat and
| flour from the free list and a re-
| tention of the present duties on those
foods, for at present the United
States has no reciprocity of this ma
ture with any nation. If the Canad-
ians approve the reciprocity compact
the condition then will apply to their
country, and their meats, flour and
cereals will be admitted into this
country duty free.
Democratic leaders in the house
say they will either accept or COM
promise the senate bill and send 1t
to the president. 1t may be pre-
sented to him ahead of the wool bill.
The prevailing opinion, however, is
that no will veto the free list as well
as the wool bill. A copy of the bill
follows:
BE it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the Unit
ed States OF America in congress as
sembled, that on and after the day
following the passage of this act the
following articles shall be exempt
from duty when imported into the
United States:
"Plows, tooth and disc harrows,
headers, harvesters and binders,
reapers, agricultural drills and plant
ers, mowers, horse rakes, cultivat-
ors, threshing machines and cotton
gins, farm wagons and farm carts,
and all other agricultural imple-
ments of any kind and description,
whether specifically mentioned here
in or not, whether in whole or in
parts, including repair parts.
"Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth,
and all similar fabrics, materials or
coverings, suitable for covering and
bailing cotton, composed in whole or
in parts OF jute, jute butts, hemp,
fax, seq, Russian seq, New Zealand
tow, Norwegian tow, aloe, mill
waste, cotton tares or any other ma
terials or fibers suitable for covering
cotton; and burlaps and bags or
sacks composed wholly or in part of
jute or burlaps or other material
suitable for bagging or sacking ag-
ricultural products.
Hoop or band iron, or hoop or
band steel, cut to lengths, punched
or not punched, or wholly or partly
manufactured into hoops or ties,
coated or not coated with paint or
any other preparation, with or with
out buckles or fastenings for bailing
cotton or any other commodity; and
wire for bailing hay, straw and other
agricultural products.
Grain, buff, split, rough and sole
leather; band, bend or betting leath- |
er; harness, saddles and saddlery, in
sets or in parts, finished or unfnish- |
ed, composed wholly in the chief
value of leather; and leather cut into |
shoe uppers or vamps or other forms
suitable for conversion into manufac- /
tured articles.
"Barbed wire. fence wire, wire
rods, wire stands, or wire rope, wire /
woven or manufactured for wire I
fencing, and other kinds OF wire suit
able for fencing, including wire
staples
"Beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork 4
and meats Of all kinds; fresh salted. 4
picked, dried, smoked, dressed or 4
undressed, prepared OF preserved in 4
any manner: bacon, hams, shoulders, 4
lard, lard compounds, lard substi- .
tutes, sausage and sausage meats. 4
coming from any foreign country 4
with which the United States has a 1
reciprocal trade agreement and /
which shall admit from the United |
States free OF duty, cotton, corn, /
wheat, oats. horses, cattle and hogs. /
''Buckgheat -four, cornmeaI, wheat 4
-four and SsmoIina rye -four bran