The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-08-10
Democratic Leaders Be
lieve This Will be
Possible
THE STEEL TARIFFS
Will BE Revised in Bill Now
in Course of Pr~p-
aratiOn

Washington. ID. C.-Democratic
leaders in the house OF representa-
tives believe that they have enough
votes TO pass the wool tariff ravis-
ion over President Taft's veto, if
necessary.
Mrs. underwood, leader of the
republican, to whom the senate con-
tided its part of the wool conference.
as a subcommittee, spent two hours
today discussing the two bills out Of
which it hoped to form a compromise
wooden tariff measure to send to the
president.
We have rachel no basis Of agree
ment," said Mr.. Underwood. hut |
have confidence that a bill will final
.ly be agreed upon. Senator La Fol-
lette explained his bill TO me and l
explained our bill to him, but we un-
dertook no definite settlement of the
differences
The free list bill which has been
sent to the same conference as that
handling the wool bill is to be con-
sidered al the same time. Mr.. Under
Wood said that while separate re-
ports would be brought in, both bills
undoubtedly would be discussed TO-
gether. This gives the house demo-
Gratis additional trading stock in ne
g%otiating for a compromise on the
measure.
The cotton tariff revision bill pass
ed by the house was sent to the
senate finance committee by a reso-
lutiuG Of the senate which required
a report o the eas by August
10. Senator Penrose. chairman. has
called a meeting of the finance COM
for today and when the sem
ate conyenes tomorrow. MIR. Penrose
probably will report the bill back
with an adverse report.
Adjournment Later.
This was the procedure followed
with reference to the wool and free
list bills. The effect that the chang
ing tariff situation will have u!,en
the Adjournment OF congress is a
matter for conjecture. In both houses
the leaders say that consideration OF
the cotton bill by the senate, will
necessarily lengthen the Rapidly clos
ing session, which many of the lead
say may end between August 10
and August 10.
Mr.. Pentose said today he would
ask for an early vote and Mr.. Tn
derwood advanced the opinion that
if this measure We're perused in the
senate, there would be no reason to
believe that congress would be in
session more than a week or TWO
The house committee on ways and
means has already begun work on
the iron and steel tariff which is the
schedule OH which William j. Bryan
a,tacke6 MIR. Underwood and on
which Mir. Underwood replied. with
the unanimous action toward pre-
pairing new tariff rates but Chairman
Underwood has put experts to work
compiling data.
If congress continues in session.
an iron and steel revision bill will
he brought in at this session. II
there is to be an early adjournment.
announcement will be made to the
house before adjournment that the
iron and steel tariff viii be ready for
action when congress assemblies in
December"
The insurgcnt leaders Of the sen
ate are likely to bring the iron and
steel tariff up at once in the senate
fight on the cotton bill. Senator
Cummins OF Iowa is anxious to make
the senate consider steel and iron
revision and revisions Of the rubber
aud SUGAR schedules as amendments
to the cotton tariff bill. He has de-
clared that if WOODEN or textile
schedules are to be changed, there
ought to be immediate changes in
all machinery and supplies which
the American manufacturer is CON-
PEELED to use, SO there will be no IN
just American INDUSTRIES