The Washington times., 1911-07-16
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR PASSING WOOL
BILL IN THE SENATE
If Measure Goes Through
Other Schedules Will Be
Lowered.
By JOHN SNURE.

Plans for passing a reduction Of the
WOOL schedule through~the Senate have
practically been made. And along with
the reduction of the wool schedule, IL is
| planned to put through measures to re-
duce the cotton, sugar, metal. and per-
maps one or two other schedules
Inc plans made are tentative and may
De upset, but the men who are promot-
| ing them are hopeful, even sanguins,
| that they will be carried out
II is the purpose to attach to the free
list bill, as amendments, bills revising
the wool, cotton, metal. sugar, and lino-
| leum schedules. If the Developments
show these schedules can be revised so
| lar as the Senate is concerned other
| schedules may be added.
ProVldlng the House Democratic lead
ers VIII accept the free list bill amend
eG py the adoltlon OF one or more re-
| Vlsed schedules, the President will have
to face the problem of vetoing a revi-
law.
The situation is such that the crisis
In the special tariff session is about at
hand. The biggest sort Of politics is in
Volved. On the issue of the situation
which is now shaping up, may depend
the next presidential and congressional
elections.
1t is not likely that a wool bill will
be passed in the Senate as an indepen-
dent measure. President Taft was ad-
vtsed yesterday by some of the Senate
leaders that the La Toilette wool bill
that the wool bill will be put through
as q separate measure and that COM
promise will be reached as between the
House wool bill and the La Toilette
bill, but this is not regarded as likely.
Outline Course.
Here is the course Of tariff legislation
that is predicted in the Senate by we'll
informed leaders:
July %, the reciprocity bill will be
voted on and will be passed without
amendment.
July 81. the Underwood wool bill
will be voted on. 1t will be defeated
The Senate nnsurgent Republicans
will not support 1t. But the Senate
Democrats will go on record for it
August /. the free list bill will be
voted on. Amendments will be offer
ed to it modifying 1t in some details.
Then, Senator La Toilette will offer
the wool measure which he has pre-
sented as an amendment to ii.
The expectation is that the La Fol-
lette wool measure will be added to
the free-list bill as an amendment
by the combined votes of insurgents
and Democrats.
Similarly, there will be presented
by Senator La Toilette as an amend
ment to the free-llst bill his measure
to reduce cotton duties. Senator
Cummins will present amendments
revising the metal schedule and re-
ducing duties thereon 40 per cent. He
will also present a reduction Of the
oilcloth and linoleum schedule Sena-
tor Bristow will present amendments
to the sugar schedule. All these pro-
posed reductions will be offered as
amendments to the free list bill.
Hope for Success.
The hopes of the Republican revis-
sionists in the Senate are high for
the adoption of all these amendments.
True the Democrats will turn down
these propositions as amendments to
reciprocity because they do not want
to cumber the reciprocity measure or
put 1t in way of the White House
veto. But they will have no excuse
of this kind when it comes to the
amendment of the free list bill.
If the plan thus outlined can be
carried through the Senate, 1t is like
ly that in conference the differences
can be adjusted.
But the facts are that both insur-
gents and Democrats are eager to put
up a tariff revision bill of some sort
to President Taft. They want him to
fish or cut bait" They want him
to veto such a bill or take the re-
sponsibility before the country for
delaying tariff reductions. In this
1t looks as If some way will
be found to adjust differences be-
tween the houses and put 1t up to
the President"