Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-04-20
GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS

: washington, April H. Farmer
} are to be won over by the Democrat
to reciprocity with Canada and Incl
, dentally to the Democratic party b,
, TIE placing of number of article,
! which they consume on the free list.
The first two measures to be Offered
in the house this session were intro
duced today by Chairman Underwood
of the ways and means committee.
They are the Canadian reciprocity bill
and the free list bill. The former bill
is identical with that passed at the
last session except for clause author
izing the president to continue nego-
tiations for reciprocity on Canadian
articles not covered by the pending
agreement. The free list bill com
prises about 100 articles.
When the Canadian reciprocity bill
is called up Friday by Underwood
there will be no effort to limit debate
unless the minority demands an un-
reasonable time. 1t is the opinion of
majority leaders that the minority
should conclude whatever arguments
there will be against the bill within
two days.
Probably not more than four days
debate will be given and it will be
passed by large majority in the
house and be sent to the senate within
a week. No amendments will be
offered from the Democratic side.
The free list bill, to be called up af-
ter the passage of the reciprocity bill,
is also a caucus measure and cannot
be amendmed by the party in charge.
Under the new rule no general tariff
amendments can be offered by the
minority because each amendment
must be germane to some particular
item in the bill. Considerable debate
is expected, but the Democratic lead
ers expect both measures will be
ready for the senate within two
weeks.
The articles designated for the free
list would make difference as COM
pared with the present duties and rev.
enue of less than $780, 000 They
are:
Plows, harrows, headers, harvest
ers, reapers, agricultural drills and
planters, mowers, horse rakes, culti-
vators, threshing machines, cotton
gins, farm wagons, farm carts and all
other agricultural implements, in
cluding repair parts.
Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth and
fabrics suitable for baling cotton;
burlap and bags for sacking agricul-
tural products, hoop band iron or
steel for baling cotton; wire for bal
ing hay, straw or other agricultural |
products, grain leather, buff, split, |
rough or sole leather, bend or betting,
leather, boots and shoes, harness, sad
lies and saddlery.
Barbed wire fence, wire rods, wire
strands or wire rope, wire woven or
for wire fencing.
Meats of all kinds, fresh, salted,
picked, dried, smoked, dressed or un-
lressed prepared or preserved in any
manner; bacon, hams, shoulders,
ard, lard compounds and lard substi-
.utes; sausage, buckwheat flour, corn
neal, wheat and rye flour, bran, mid
llings and other offals of grain, oat
neal and rolled oats and all prepared
,ereal foods; biscuits, bread, waters
md similar articles not sweetened;
imber hewn, sided or squared round
imber used for spars or building
vharves; shingles, laths, fence posts,
awed boards, planks, deals and other
umber, rough or dressed, except
bony, mahogany, rosewood and all
ther cabinet woods.
Sewing machines and salt complete
he free list.