The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-07-29
SENATE PASSES
COMPROMISE BILL

By forming a coalition with the
Democrats the insurgent Republicans
of the senate Thursday passed, in a
modified form, the LaFollette wool
tariff revision bill. In order to Sc
cure Democratic support of the meas
ure u was necessary for Senator La
F'ollette to reduce his proposed duty
upon raw wool of the first class from
forty per cent to thirty-fve per cent
ad valorum. The rate in the house
bill was twenty per cent At the
present price of wool this viii mean
duty of 7.S cents per pound as against
IL cents per pound in the present law
The vote by which the bill passed
was ortyeight to thirty-two. Thirty
hve Democrats and thirteen insurgent
Republicans voted for it, while all the
opposing votes were east by regular
Republicans
whether this compromise wool hin
VIII be accepted by the house remains
TO be seen. Chairman Underwood Of
the ways and means committee said
ne was not in a position to predict
that it would be ratified by the
house, and rather intimated that manv
changes would have to be made be-
fore he will be ready to vote for It.
May Put Issue Up to President.
The house Democratic leaders are
not willing to accept the compromise
wool bill as it passed the senate, but
they are more than willing to meet
the senate conferees. Chairman I'm
derwood of the house, ways and means
committee, expressed the belief that
Dill satisfactory to both houses was
more than likely to be agreed upon.
rms would put the wool issue up to
President Taft and there is much
speculation as to what his conrse
will be.
Mr.. Taft would make no comment
On the situation. While the president
In the past has denounced the present
woolen schedule of the Payne Aldrieh
law as indefensible there have been
strong intimations from the White
house within the last few weeks that
he would not hesitate to use the veto
on any tariff schedules passed in ad
vance of reports from the tariff board
Senator Penrose, chairman of the
finance committee, freely predicts that
President Taft would veto anv wool
measure that might come out of the
conference. This statement did not
ruff1e the Democrats, who announced
that they would insist on cut in rates
far deeper than that proposed in the
senate measure.
The Democratic leaders, in fact. are
said to believe that their position po-
litically would be greatly strengthen
ed if Mr.. Taft vetoes the bill The
regular Republicans seem to view a
veto in much the same light, and are
inclined to boast that executive dis
approval would not be to their disad-
vantage. They claim that future tar
iff revision should be scientific
Comparison of Schedules.
The iportant features of the new
LaFollette BILL which the senate pass
ed, compared with the present law and
the Underwood house bill. are shown
in the following:
Raw wool, first class: Wool on skins,
present law, 57.71 per cent ad valor-
EN-; Underwood, 90 per cent; LaFol-
lette, 80 percent. Wool on skins, pres
ent law, 47.24 per cent; Underwood,
20 per cent; LaFollette, 35 per cent.
Raw wool. second class: Present,
law, 14.96 per cent; Underwood, 20
per cent; LaFollette, 10 per cent.
Top waste, etc, present, 1898 per
cent; Underwood, 90 per cent; LaFol-
lett, 25 per cent.
Shoddy, noils, etc, present, Al per
cent; Underwood, 20 per cent; LaFol-
lette, 25 per cent.
Woolen rags, Mungo etc, present,
35.40 per cent; Underwood, 20 per
cent; LaFollette, % per cent.
Combed tops, present, Ill per cent;
Underwood, % per cent; LaFollette,
40 per cent.
Yarns, present, 1868 per cent; I'm
derwood, 80 per cent; LaFollette, As
per cent.
Blankets and flannels, present, 95.42
per cent; Underwood 30 per cent; La
Toilette, 55 per cent.
Cloths, dress goods, fabrics and
wooden cloth, present, 96.74 per cent;
Underwood, As per cent; LaFollette,
55 per cent.
Carpets, present, so per cent; I'm
derwood, 25 per cent; LaFollette, 80
per cent.
Mats and rugs, present, 62.95 per
cent; Underwood, so per cent; La
Toilette, 35 per cent.