Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-21
MUST co TO Committees
WILL BE SEVERAL WEEKS BE-
FORE ANY REPORT WILL BE
READY FOR ACTION.
REPORT meets APPROVAL
Congressman All Express Bc,icf That
Bill Reducing Tariff on Wool
viii BE Passed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Congress
will actively begin consideration OF
tariff legislation in the committee OF
the two houses Immediately after the
holiday recess, although democratic
leaders of the house, the tariff orig
mating body, say no measure will be
ready to report for some weeks.
Senate Republican Leader Penrose
said the finance committee would be-
gin its work in advance of the house,
while Democratic Leader Underwood
declared the bill would not be whipped
into final shape for report until Feb
ruary. He said 1t must decide Just
what rates should be fixed after thor
oughly comparing its own data with
the facts submitted by the tariff board
in the report President Taft submitted
today to both houses Of congress.
viii Garry Out Suggestions.
Senator Penrose announced that he
hoped the republican senators would
be able to formulate bill TO comply
with the tariff boards views.
Representative Underwood said the
presidents message really pointed out
the necessity of a great reduction in
wool rates and that he had no doubt
the house would carry out the sugges-
tlcns made.
"The president In his message
said Mr.. Underwood, ''favors placing
specific duty on secured wool as a
basis for importation of raw wool in
stead of placing a duty on raw wool
and then increasing the duty on
secured wool. If the committee
should adopt a specific rate for raw
wool there might be much in the pres
ident's argument but l have no doubt
the committee will exact an ad va
loren of increased duty.
Would Give Reduction.
"The president advocates ad valor-
EN- duty on manufactured wool. In
the bill passed last year the rates
were ad valorem based on valuations
in tro-distinction to the compound,
specific and ad valorem rates now eX-
acted in the Payne Aldrlch law. The
president says the present duties on
wool and wooden manufactures In
many instances are prohibltlve. l
have no doubt the ways and means
committee will agree with this as to
the necessity of a reduction. the
measure justifies the democratic
members In passing the wool bill at
the extra session which the president
vetoed"
last Bill Inefficient.
Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania, republican leader of the ways
and means committee, said the mes
sage clearly showed why it is neces-
sary to have wool legislation other
than that proposed by the democrats
at the last session of congress.
~ am sure" said Senator Penrose,
THAT we shall have better bill than
the wool bill which was passed dur
ing the extra session. The finance
committee viii take up the subject
Immediately after the holidays, but
whether It will be possible to bring
the democratic house to the apprecia-
tion of such bill we might formu-
late cannot undertake to say.
81 believe the report of the tariff
board does not indicate that the wool
duties are very much too high"
Progressiycs in Line.
Senator Bristow, who took a prom
inent part in the commission of in
surgent senators with the democrats
that forced tariff reduction bills
through the senate at the extra ses-
sion, declared that If the president.
had signed the La Toilette wool bill
last summer he would have corrected
every abuse Of which he complained
and have preserved ample protective