The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-17
EXTEND
 TARIFF PROGRAMME
Iron and Steel Schedule to Be COnsidered-AdjOurn-
 ment Is Delayed

Washington, August 16.-The cotton tariff revision bill will come to a vote in the Senate with the democrats pledged to accept the LaFolette iron and steel schedule as an amendment; the farmers free list bill probab bly, will be disposed of by the Senate tomorrow, with all diffef- ences between the two houses adjusted and the weoI blI awaits the President 2 veto. This is the tariff situation in Con gross tonight.
 The cotton-iron- steel programme. agreed on in caucus of the democratic senators today, carries out part of the revision ex- tension programme of the progressive re- publican senators. Neither the free list nor cotton bill is expected to involve much debate in view of Nne programme.
 The decision of the democratic sena- torial caucus was reached after House Leader Underwood and other House dem ocrats had declared that this Senate ex- tension of tariff revision would not be objectionable to them.
 MT. Underwood announced that open ing of the tariff programme to these schedules would undoub tedly extend the present session for a week or ten days from now at least.
 "The question of adjournment now rests entirely with the Senate" said Mr Underwood tonight The ways and means committees revised tariff iron and steel bill Is about ready. We can bring 1t out next week if the Sen ate decides to go ahead with the pro- gramme outlined.
 Democratic senators conferred with me and other democrats of the House today. They asked If we would ob- ject to an iron and steel schedule be- Ing added to the cotton bill as an amendment. We have no objection to such a matter originating In the Sen ate. The Senate leaders also sug- gested amendments bearing on the sugar and rubber schedules"
 MT. Underw ood also saw no legal ob- lection to such tariff legislation orig mating in the Senate as an amendment to the House bill He acknowledged that going into such general revision would delay adjournment
 Senators Simmons and Overman or North Carolina, Foster and Thorn Of Louisiana and Johnston and Bankhead of Alabama made vigorous protest against action on cotton at this ses- sion. Senator Williams of Mississippi took especial exception to the propo- sition to attach the steel schedule, em- phasizinE the opion that to attempt to
  Chairman Underwood of the House ways and means committees in view of the criticisms of William Jennings Byran.
 MT. Underwood asured a committee of senators that he not only would not be embarra ssed by the Senate's incorpora ton of steel in the cotton bill, but he would be delighted at such ac- tion
 It was decided that vote should be taken first on the House cotton bill and that in case of its defeat, which is ex- pected, some senator, possibly Senator LaFollette, should move the reconsider ation of the House measure, as was done with other tariff bills recently, and thus pave the way for action on the La Toilette cotton bill, which it is under stood will be presented as substi- ute for the House measure.
 With the cotton bill again before the Senate. the programme provides that the steel amendment shall be of- fered. and no doubt is expressed that with the democratic- progressive re- publican alliance revived it will be adopted. There also is an understand l. Ing that an amendment may be of fered reducing duties on machinery and chemicals used in the manufacture of cotton goods; but beyond these two amendments the democratic caucus re- fused to outline a course of action.