Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-15
WOOL TARIFF BILL
IS READY FOR
SACRIFICE
HOUSE AGREES TO
CONFERENCE REPORT
Measure Rushed TO Senate
From Which 1t Is Expected
to Emerge Only to Be
Slaughtered by Veto.
TBy Morning Journal speelaI leased wire. !

BY Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug lA-"Se tariff
revisionists maze considerable pro-
gress in congress today. The house,
by vote of zoe to 80, without a
democrat breaking the party align
ment, adopted the conference report
on the wool tariff revision bill and
rushed it over to the senate where II
was hung up on the calendar for
passage probably tomorrow.
For this measure, which imposes a
flat ad valorem duty OF twenty nine
per cent on all raw woods with cor
respondingly reduced rates on wooden
manufactures, the ether two tariff
measures will be sidetracked to give
it the right Of way to the White house
for the expected veto
Democratic Leader Underwood of
the house, in expressing the opinion
today that final adjournment will not
come before next week, said that he
does not expect congress to stay ar
ter the pending bills have been dis
posed of "unless the senate deter
mines to stay and act on the cotton
bill"
That BILL which makes an average
cut of twenty-one per cent in cotton
duties was debated without action in
the senate today. 1t already has
passed the house.
Mr.. Underwood said the free list
bill might reach the house tomor-
row for vote although 1t is not ex-
pected before Wednesday. The free
list bill, which admits a variety of
products duty free. including cotton
bagging, shoes, agricultural imple-
ments. flour, lumber, etc, was put In
such shape that it could be consid-
cred in the senate tomorrow as a
conference report If consideration OF
the wool bill should be delayed.
The conferees disagreed as to vital
amendments but these, according tc
plans of the leader will be speedily
adjusted by the two houses without
the necessity of returning the bill tC
conference,
During the senate debate on the
cotton bill, Mr. Cummins of Iowa
speaking on the amendment which
he proposes to offer reducing the
duties on iron and steel, declares that
the war cry Of the next campaign
would be ARE we to have protection
for the manufacturers and free trade
for the farmers?" He declared the
republican party would have to
answer that question to the country
Mr.. Mullins made light OF the tar
iff board, declaring that he could
"prove by evidence far superior to
the conclusions of any investigating
body that the reductions he proposed
in the iron and steel schedule were
reasonable"
Senator Dixon Of Montana, ex-
pressed the opinion that the repub-
lican party would not be able to write
another tariff law which the people
would accept, granting protection to
one part of the nation and placing
the other part on free trade
basis.
Republican representatives who
voted for the wool bin conference re-
port were:
Akin, New York, independent re-
publican); Lindburg. Nye, Volstead
Davis, Anderson, Miller and Steener-
son, (Minnesota); Esch, Kopp. Len
root Noise, Nelson, (Wisconsin)
Hanna. .Helgeson, (North Dakota)
Hubbard, Haugen, Woods, Uowa)
Jackson, Rees, Murdock, Madison
Young, (Kansasy: Kent, stephen
California;; Kincaid, Norris, Solan
(Nebraska); LaFollette, Warburton
Washington