The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-13
Chairman Underwood In- trOduces Canadian
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HOUSE WILL PASS
 RECIPROCITY FIRST
"A List of Items Taxed By Payne Aldrich Law Which Are Ad- mitted Free By Under
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democratic House Is now ready with the first wing of their tariff programme Canadian reciprocity and the passage of a bill adding number of necessities to the free list of the Payne-Aldrich tarin law will be put through the House in double quick time, and passed up to the republican Senate at once for adoption or rejection. The practically unanimous vote by which these two measures were indorsed by last nights democratic cau- GUS greatly slmplifies the situation, and enables the majority members of the ways and means committee to bring them ror- ward at once.
 Chairman Underwood today introduced both the Underwood Canadian reciprocity bill and the Underwood free list bill in the. House which referred them without delay to the ways and means committed.
 That committee will meet tomorrow morning to consider the bills, and IL IS the intention of the IA democratic mem bers of the committee to order favorable report on each of the measures tomorrow.
 The Canadian reciprocity bill VIII be brought out first.
 Chairman Underwood will report 1t to the House tomorrow afternoon. It will be taken up for consideration and passed by the House on Friday afternoon. No at tempt will be made to shut off debate There will be ample opportunity for dis- cussion and the moment debate lags the bill will be pressed for passage
 It is the intention of the democratic ma jority, which has ample votes, obedient 1, reciprocity bill without amendment.
 Free List Bill Next
 Immediately after the reciprocity meas ure is out of the way the free list bill will be taken up in the House. It will be reported not later than Friday and will also be passed without amendment in the form in which it was indorsed by the democratic caucus last night, and as in- troduced today, T.se democratic members of the ways and means committee in the preparation of this measure, decided 70 add to the free list only necessities" but no '1uxuries' Other changes mignt have been recommended in the free list by the democratic majority, but the con- census of opinion is that those proposed by the Underwood bill are the more press ing and that they will be in the interest of the cotton growers of the south, the farmers of the north and west and bene- ficial to the consumer.
 The debate on the Canadian reel procity bill starts on Friday with Chairman Underwood's preliminary statement to the House. and will be continued Saturday, it being the inten- | no time, but have the House meet daily and carry forward it's progressive programme. If there is no extended debate the reciprocity bill will be passed Saturday. but the indications are tha the House debate will run un- til early next week. The next thing in order after the passage of the reel procity bill will be the consideration of the free list amendment bill. Hav- ing indorsed their bill in caucus the democrats are ready to pass it with out amendment. The republicans, for rolitical reasons, will try to load 1t down with amendments. The demo- cratic majority will vote them down as fast as they are offered, standing Any amendment offered to the bill will also have to be germane to the item. included in the bill in order to be con- sidered. This is requirement. of the new house rules.
 Items Affected
 The items which the bill as intro duced by MT. Underwood today pro- Cosed to place on the free list are now included in various schedules of the Payne -Aldrich tariff law. Some are in ] the cotton chedule, others in the jute schedule, others in the foodstuffs sched- ule and so on through the bill A number of the duties proposed to be removed by the transfer of these ar ticles to the free list are prohibtive. The present rates imposed by the Payne -Aldrich law on the items from which the House democrats will re. move the duty are: Flows, harrows, headers, harvesters. reapers, thresh- ing machines, cotton gins and other agricultural implements, 15 per cent ad valorem. Cotton bagging, gunna cloth. and similar fabrics used as cov- erings, etc., six-tenths of cent per square yard. Grain buff and split leath- CT, 7h per cent. Band, bend, belting, rough and sole leather, per cent. Boots and shoes made of bovine cat tie hides or, skins. 10 per cent. Harness, f.Nddles and saddlery, 20 per cent. Leath- 10 per cent additional duty. Barbed fence wire, three-fourth cents a pound. Wire rods. strands. or wire rope wo- wen wire for fencing and other kinds or wire suitable for fencing, three tenths to six-tenths cents per pound. Fresh beef. veal. mutton, lamb. pork and meats of all kinds, E cents per pound. Salted, pickled, dried, dressed and preserved meats, 25 per ceAt ad valorem. Bacon. hams and sholders. 4. cents pound. Lard, 1s cents a pound. Sausage and sa,fsage meats. 25 per cent ad valorem Buckwheat flour, wheat flour and semolina, 25 per cent. Corn meal, 40 cents per 100 pounds Rye flour, one-half cent pound. Oatmeal and rolled oats, 1 cent pound Bis cults, bread. wafers and similar articles not sweetened, 20 per cent. Sewing machines, 45 per cent. Salt in bulk, cents per 100 pounds. Salt in bags, sacks or barrels, II cents per 100 pounds. Shingles. 50 cents per 1000 1aths, 20 cents per 1000. Timber hewn, sided or squared, and round timber used for spars or in building wharves,' ione-half cent per cubic foot. Sawed boards, blanks, deals and other lum- Der. rough 50 cents to SIPS per 1000 fleet board measure Sawed boards, blanks. deals and other lumber when dressed, 50 cents to $l.50 per 1000 feet board measure.
 Items Not Affected
 Tn placing lumber, rough and dressed. on the free list the bill recommended \ by the IA democratic members of the !. committee and indorsed by the caucus. |, F ---- ,-. ss ~- l Hf~0N s,u rrrcn oN nAnm rnA