Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-19
REDUCTION OF SEVERAL OTHER
SCHEDULES TO ACCOMPANY
WOOL REVISION.
RESULTS OF NEXT NATIONAL
ELECTION ARE INVOLVED
Acceptance Of Amended Free List Bill
BY House Will Compel TAFT TO Veto
Revision Measure or Permit It to
Become Law-Problem Confronting
President Of Great Significance.

! Washington. July 10. - Plans for
pa ssng a reduction of the wool sched-
ue thru the senate have practically
heen made And along with the reduc-
ton OF the wool schedule. it is planned
! to put thru measures to reduce the
cotton schedule. the sugar schedule, the
metal schedule and perhaps one or two
other schedules,
The plans made are tentative and
| may be upset but the men who are
pro IN citing them are hopeful. even san
guine that they will be carried out.
| 1t is the purpose to attach to the free
list bill, as amendments. bills revising
the wool schedule, the cotton schedule.
! the metal schedule including iron and
steel the sugar schedule and the lin
| oleum schedule. If the developments
show that these schedules can be re-
| vised so far as the senate is concerned,
other schedules may be added.
| Providing the house democratic lead
ers will accept the free list bill amend
ed by the addition Of one or more re-
vised schedules. the president will have
to face the problem of vetoeing a re-
vision measure or allowing it to become
law.
The situation is such that the crisis
in the special tariff session is about at
hand. The biggest sort Of politics is
involved On the issue OF the situation
which is now shaping up. may depend
the next presidential and congressional!
elections
It is not likely that a wool bill will
be passed in the senate as an inde-
pendent measure. President Taft was
advised yesterday by some OF the SEN
ate leaders that the LaFollette wool bill
would be passed. 1t is still possible
that the wool bill will be put thru
as a separate measure and that a
com promise will be reached as between
the house wool bill and the LaFollette
bill but this is not regarded as likely.
Here Is the course o ftariff legisla-
ton that is predicted in the senate by
we'll informed leaders,
July o. the reciprocity bill will be
voted on ana will be passed without
amendment.
July o. the Underwood wool bill will
be voted on. 1t will be defeated. The
senate insurgen: republicans Will not
support It, But the senate democrats
will go on record for IT,
Aug ]. the free list bill will be voted
on. Amendments will be offered TO 1t
m odifying 1t in some details. Then.
Senator LaFollette will offer the wool
measure which he has presented as an
amendment to 1t.
The expectation is that the La Fol-
lette wool measure will he added to the
free list bill as an amendment by the
combined votes Of insurgents and DEM
ocrats.
Similarly. there will be presented by
Senator La Toilette as an amendment
to the free list bill his measure to re-
duce cotton duties Senator Cummins
will present amendments revising the
metal schedule and reducing duties
thereon 10 per cent. He Will also pre-
sent a reduction Of the oil cloth and
linoleum schedule. Senator Brstow
will present amendments to the sugar
schedule. All these proposed reduc-
tons will be offered as amendments to
the free list bill.
The hopes of the republican revision
lists in the senate are high for the
adoption Of all these amendments. True,
the democrats will turn down these
pTOpOSltlOuS DIS 10 EeCiplO-
city because they do not want to cum
Der the reciprocity measure or put it i'll
way Of White House veto. But they
will have no excuse Of this kind when
| it comes to the amendment of the free
list bill.
If the plan thus outlined can be car
ried thru the senate, it is likely that
in conference between house and senate
the differences can be adjusted. This
seems likely in spite of the fact that
Representative Underwood is saying
the house will not consent to the La
Toilette wool bill.
But the facts are that both insur.
gents and democrats are eager to put
up tariff revision bill Of some sort to
President Taft They want hin to
fish or cut bait" They want him to
veto such bill or take the responsible
ity before the country for delaying tar
If reductions. In this situation, it
looks as If some way will be found to
adjust differences between the houses
and put 1t up to the president
The plan of revision by amendment
OF the free list bill does not neces-
sariiy mean much delay r. adtonrning
the session since the free list bill has
to be voted on in the senate Aug. 1.
President Taft is being advised by
the senate old guard to veto any tariff
revision bills that come along. They
are telling him it will make him
stronger with the country. BY that,
they mean that he will square him.
self with the high tariff elements Of
the republican party who are sore at
him on account Of reciprocity. And the
Indications are the president will take
this advice and veto any tariff measure
that passes save reciprocity. However
there IS a distinct feeling about the
senate that if a separate wool bill is
passed, the president may sign it. It is
pointed out he could by SO doing take
the wind out OF the sails Of Senator
La Toilette and other insurgents.