New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-13
ANOTHER OBSTACLE GONE
poiIpv's Free List Amendment to
Reciprocity Rejected.
TEXAN OFFERS WOOL BILL
Follette Gives Notice OF
roriff Reduction Amendments
and Long Speech.
HIN The Tribune Ruresu.1


rrrou, The Tribune Buresu.1
Ni,s+on. July 12-After another ses-
Ian devoted TO desultory and purposeless
;. debate. the Senate to-day rejected
r,.,r,srs' Free List amendment to the
.,o,;tv bill. merely going through the
vote. and advanced the measure
IA next obstacle. the House woollen
-, also offered as an amendment by
,,or Bailey. This will probably be
"a m tomorrow. Senator Bristow will
offer his sugar amendment. and
tor Ia Toilette. in a last effort 10
..,.,., the passage Of the reciprocity
o. nil brins the futile struggle 10 an
-, Offering and discussing at length
-. General tariff amendments.
statement given 70 the press to-day
al cs,a+or from Wisconsin announces
-. :, the massage Of reciprocity could be
'.a ..,oned until the Tariff Board had made
re,o-t he would not urge the partial
..,ssion he proposes. and as an excuse for
-, delay Of which he IS the occasion. he
..--.srs that Il is his design TO compen-
,bA farmer for the alleged injury
-, wiu be done 10 him by reciprocity.
80, is obvious. by the admission Of many
. ,hA Interest opponents Of the rect
~.o,,,v agreement. that II will be adopted
,IstoYt amendment, the only effect Of the
US ~ the Wisconsin Senator will be 10
,,,.v action and prolong the tariff agita-
80, ire effect Of which is being felt by
',.s,sls,ors in the way OF protests from
constituents.
The amendments proposed by Senator
=. Toilette include reductions Of duty on
,,,,bing woods, carpet woods. tops, yarns,
..-,ets cloths and al other manufactures
.o-,nosed Of wool, cotton yarns and thread,
,,o,hs b,eached or unbleached, dyed,
,-s,tsd or stained. all manufactures of
eo,ton cloth. laces, embroidery, trimmings
ard hosiery.
Including his proposed wool schedule.
rs,s are three now before the Senate
- underwood bill passed by the House,
,-,,osing an average duty of 42S5 per cent
- v,loreu. the modified form of this bill
i,s offered by Senator Bailey as an amend
-snt 10 reciprocity, imposing an average
srtv Of 80 PER cent. and the La Toilette
s,5edule, imposing an averase duty Of 1924
Itr cent.
La Toilette Explains Amendments.
NJ la Toilette SAYS the reductions he
,r,poses would save the consumer $1,000
81 annually on cottons and $1720o2000 on
voolle1s. AGAINST this enormous saving
70 the consumers. the loss of revenue 10
.s. government. ne holds, would approx
nate &oorn o1"
The change for the woollen schedule as
, whole" llr. Ia Toilette says, would
rerresent reduction from an average ed
yslorem Of ga per cent under the present
sv 10 55g4 Per cent. or a reduction Of 23i7
ii vslorem and over IS per cent below the
resent rate. The average ad yalorem rate
u cotton goods, including artificial silk.
eto 5e reduced under the proposed amend
ren,s from 555s per cent under the pres
tnt at TO % = Der cent, representing a re-
du.tion Of over 25 per cent ad vslorem and
over Il Der cent below the present rate
Nr La Toilette declares that the duties
n,opossd are still greater than are neces-
a-y 10 protect American manufacturers
ION European competition. However, as
ms IS a temporary measure, he prefers, he
ssys TO err on the safe side and make
sire that no legitimate American industry
,an possibly be injured by any Of the FRO
posei changes
Senator Dixon. a prominent insurges1t,
,ook occasion to-day TO inform the Senate
that the existing wool schedule was the
strs Of perfection.
With Democrats divided and insurgents
a. odds over the wool tariff, the three
measures only serve To accentuate the dis
,nd which charaCterizes the debate every
ins wool IS mentioned. In the face Of this
hopeless confusion. it was pointed ont hv
Senator's today. there is no market for
WOOL. as the result Of the agitation over
rri1 revision. and factories are running
r,ly from cre-Lalf 70 two-thirds Of f.ll
tire
The Farmers Free List, as balm for
ne alleged injury 70 Be done the farmer by
reciprocity was riddled to-day BY Senator
EcCum5er. one of the bitterest opponents
q The Canadian agreement. who pointed
ct thai the Democratic measure offers lit
e or 10 advantage except 20 the farmers
q the South. who expect 10 profit by the
fmova o. ne duty On cotton ties and bag
s,g
( senator .--vburn also spoke at length
asa!nst reciprocity and tariff reform. and
Senator Dixon, who as an insurgent has
hgured prominently Of late IN the attempt
70 make a bargain with the Denocrts.
soss In denunciation OF the House wool
ts1u'A ln this he loined forces with
s'h''ors snoot and Gallinser, stand-pat-
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