The Washington herald., 1911-08-02
ANOTHER TARIFF
BILL Is PASSED
Continued from Page One.

was the outcome Of the Democratic
conference Monday night. and was fore
shadowed in The Washington Herald
yesterday The Democrats in the House
have insisted that meat products and
cereal products should go upon the free
list. They told their friends in the Sem
ate that many of them had been elected
on a platform pledging free bread and
free meat to the people. On the other
hand, Senator Bailey and the Republican
insurgents. led by Senator La Toilette,
declared that they would not support
the bill If it placed meat products and
cereal products on the free list. They
insisted that duties should be retained
on these products as compensation to
the farmer for what, they assume, he
lost in the passage of Canadian reel
procity.
They have the satisfaction of winning
a victory in that they obtained in the
farmers free list bill what they Sought
to get in the form of an amendment to
the Canadian reciprocity bill. They put
the manufactured products of live stock
and grain on the free list and in that
way got even with the alleged milling
trust and beef trust, of which so much
was said during the debate on the Ca
madam reciprocity bill.
VIII Accept the Bill.
While the outcome is not satisfactory
to the House Democrats, the indications
are that they will accept the bill in the
main. They will at least accept the
Kern amendment, which is the important
matter. 1t seems altogether probable that
President Taft will be confronted with
two important tariff bills to approve or
veto before the adjournment of the extra
session. That he will veto both Of them
seems to be generally accepted among
in Congress who are on in
innate terms with the White House.
Among the other amendments adopted
was one offered by Senator Gronna, of
North Dakota, adding to the free list
Roman, Portland, and other hydraulic
cement and lime" This was adopted
without a roll call. Another amendment
by Mr. Gronna placed all shoes on the
free list. Senator Shively. OF Indiana.
succeeded in adding an amendment in
serting the word binders after the word
harvesters in the list of farm implements
and machinery. This amendment Sena-
tor Shively thought to be necessary to
include in the free list what are known
as -'self-binding harvesting machines"
which might not come in under the class
Of "harvesters."
Many Amendments Lost.
There was perfect riot of amend
ments, but most of them were lost.
Senator Gronna tried to have coal and
,oke put on the free list, but his amend
nent was lost by a vote Of @ to 81.
Senator Watson, Of West Virginia, the
argest soft coal operator in the United
States, voted in fayor of the amendment.
Other amendments that failed was one
by Gronna putting sweetened products
If cereals on the free list: another by
he same Senator adding fruits to the
rec list, one by Bailey putting meats
IN the dutiable list, which obtained only
q votes, 63 being cast against 1T. Mr..
Bailey was the only Democrat voting
or this amendment. Senator Bailey also
ried to strike cereals and -four from the
rec list and make them dutiable. but
his failed, and then he offered to put
emons on the free list. which was lost
~ q vote Of is to 50. Some Of the
Democratic Senator's Joined Mr.. Bailey |
IN the lemon proposition. among them
Johnson. of Maine: MARITIME. of New Jer-
ey; O'Gorman, OF New York; Owen. of |
oklahoma, and Pomerene.h OF Ohio. |
senator Hepburn sought ID retain the
luty on lumber. but failed, and Senator |
Ionss q washington, sought ~ "A !