The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-11
WOOL QUESTION
 NEAR SOLUTION
UNDERWOOD AND LA TOILETTE NOW ONLY TWO AND A HALF
 CENTS APART.
Material Progress Has Been Made on ScheduIe-WiIl Agree in the
 Farmers Free List.

Washington, Aug. 10. With a meeting. of the full committee of the two houses on conference on the wool and free list bills called for tomorrow, Senator La Toilette ana Representative Underwood, who con. stitute the working suD- committee ot that organization, spent most of to- day in an endeayor to place them selves in position to make full report. They made material progress but when the two houses adjourned late in the day, differences still ex- isted.
 The conrerees were apart only 10 the extent of two and one half per cent on raw wool and there was a fair prospect that they would Drluge this narrow cnasm before tomorrows meeting.
 MT. Underwood was willing to go to 27 l-2 per cent on ordinary raw wool and Mr. La Toilette was willing to come down to 30 per cent and to make other compensatory conces- ions.
 There will be little difficulty about agreeing on the free list Dill, if MT Underwood's wish for another senate vote on the house bill is refused.
 With modification eliminating the corn from the articles coming in free from Canada, the senate amen1Ec-rs Will be accepted and the senate VIII decline to return the mouse aaaltIoA placing lemons on the free list.
 Mir. Underwood, as cnalrman Of the house ways and means committee, called the democratic members ot that committee for a conference tnis afternoon and after long consld- eration of the full situation they en- dorsed his attitude in conference.
 There was no positive promise when the call for the meeting was issued that an agreement would be forth coming but the demand of the Iuil committee was sucn that if could not be resisted, and in addition there wood wanted to report on a disagree ment on the free list bill, so as to afford the senate an opportunity to recede from it's amendments to that measure, which he thought it mIgnt easily be induced to do, in view ot the fact that the original house Dili failed in the senate by tie vote. If tnis request is presented, it will fali, as the senate conferees, including Senator La Toilette and the two dem. ocratic members, were among the opponents of the house measure.
 Senator La Toilette has an onset to MT. Underwood's proposition in the shape of a proposition to include informally in any agNeewent That may be made an understanding that there shall be a vote on the house cotton blll during the present session. lie has been assured the democrats wln interpose no dilatory tactics to pre- vent a vote, but it is known that some of them rely upon such dls- appearance of senators alter the dls position of the wool and free list bills as 10 render ballot impracticaIy be- lore the close of the session.
 MT. La Follettes anxiety in the matter is due to the fact that he and his fellow progressives desire ro use the cotton bill as a vehicle Tor amendments carrying lower duties on steel, rubber. sugar, etc.
 An important bone of contention has been the classification of raw wool in the La Toilette bill. which look many Of the eoarser iong woois rom the second class of the Payne- Aldrich law and placed them in the fiFst class. NIr2 Underwood has demanded from the first that they be restored. This concession was made today. The effect is equivalent to material reduction on these woois and lowering of the average rates of the La Toilette VIII.
 MT. La Toilette said that if his pol- itical supporters would agrst~ ne would come down to 29 per cent on raw wool, but after consultation ne found they would not do so and he returned to the original proposition or SO per cent. where ne stood when the senate adjourned for the day.
 There was much pressure on inc