The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
GOOD PROGRESS MADE BY TARIFF
 REWS|ON|STS  House Passes Conference Wool Report By Vote
 of 206 to 90
UNDERWOOD TAKES
 REPUBLICANS TO TASK
Democratic Leader States Congress Will Hardly Adjourn Before Next Weekdays His Respects
 to MT. Payne

Washington, August 1.-The tariff revisionists made considerable progress In Congress today. The House, by vote of 2o6 to 90, without democrat breaking the party alignment adopoted the conference report on the wool tariff
 revision bill and rushed 1t over to the Senate where 1t was hung up on the calendar for passage probably tomor-
 row. For this measure. which imposes
 flat ad valorenl duty of 20 per cent
 of all raw wools with correspondingly | reduced rates on woolen manufactures. the other two tariff measures will be sidetracked to give wool right of way | to the White House for the expected veto. On the veto depends the further programme of House democrats and Senate democrats and progressive re- publicans, including the making of plans
 for a speedy adjournment
 Democratic Leader Underwood in ex- pressing the opinion today that final adjournment would not come before
 next week. says he does not expect Congress to stay after the pending bills have been disposed of, unless the Sem ate determines to stay and act on the Il average cut of 21 per cent in cotton duties, was debated without action in the Senate today. It already has passed the House.
 MT. Underwood said the free list bill might reach the House tomorrow for a vote. although it Is not expected be- fore Wednesday. The free list bill which admits a variety of products duty free, including cotton bagging. shoes, agricultural implements, flour and lumber was put in such shape that 1t could be considered in the Senate tomorrow as a conference report if consideration of the wool bill should be delayed. The conferees disagreed as to two vital amendments. but these. according to plans of the leaders, will be speedily adjusted by the two houses. without the necessity of returning the
 bllf to conference.
 Wool Bill Passes House The wool bill was pushed through | the House after a debate of 40 min utes. Democratic Leader Underwood
 checking the republicans, who refused
 to accept a debate limit of less than two hours Consideration of the meas
 ure was delayed for an hour or more by Republican Leader Mann's point of order that the conference committee had exceeded it's authority in fixing rates of duty in certain schedules higher than the rates fixed in either the House or the Senate bills. In over ruling the point of order, Speaker Clark based his decision on precedents set by former Sepakers Colfax, Can non and others
 During the Senate debate on the cotton bill Mir. Cummins of Iowa, speaking on the amendment which he proposes to offer reducing the duties on iron and steel. declared that the war cry of the next cam pagn would be .'are we to have protection for the manufacturers, or free trade for the farmer?" He declared the republican party would have to answer that question to the country.
 The great fight in the coming national he predicted. will not be over a candidate but over the platform as to what protection is.'
 Mr. Cummins made light of the tariff board, declaring he "could prove by evi- dence far superior to the conclusions of any tarff board or any outside investi- gating body that the reductions he !ro- posed in the iron and steel schedule of the tariff law were reasonable
 Senator Dixon of Montana expressed the opinion that the republican party would not be able to write another tarff law which the people would accept, grant ing protection to one part of the nation and placing the other on a free trade basis.