The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-26
FOR A new COTTON SCHEDULE
House DEMOCRATIC CAGCtS
VOTES ron THE BILL.

some Opposition Voted Down Quickly
Amendment Favored by speaker
CLARK Put TO sleep Easily Action
Awaits the Scnate's Tariff Mood.
WASHINGTON. July 25.-T The Democrats ;
of the House of Representatives in caucus
this afternoon tried hard to agree upon
an approximate date for the adjournment
of Congress They failed to get together
and the question was left to be settled by
another caucus to be called some time
after Thursday of this week, when the
Senate is to vote on the wool bill
1t was made plain to the House leaders
tina; If the Senate passes any sort of wool
bill affording even the barest chance for
compromise in caucus on reasonable
/ Democratic" wool revision measure "a
great majority cf the House member
ship will favor staying in session and
going ahead with the work OF revising
tho tarifI riecemeal. but if the Senate
votes down the House wool bill and in
dicates bv its attitude that the Demo-
'cratic-lnsurGent Republican element in
that body is not strong enough to at-
complish anything it is probable that the
advice Of Speaker Clark and Majority
I; Leader Underwood will prevail and that
| Congress will adjourn by August IS
To-davs caucus was called to con- ider
! the Underwood bill revising the cotton
schedule There were only a few votes
! in opposition
Representative Webb Of North Carolina,
wGo has 10 cotton mills in his district,
made III" principal fight against the bill
He offered a resolution proposing to post
| pone acton on the measure until the
Ways and Means Committee should pre-
sent n bill reducing the duty on dyes and
! dye~tuT-. iron and steel articles brick
sugar. meats and -four. He expressed
the opinion that inasmuch rs il was pro-
posed To indorse q hill SO largely reducing
the duties on manufactures OF cotton in
which his and other districts were vitallv
concerned. there should AT the same
! time he provision for legislation which
Should reduce the burden on the manu-
facturer His resolution was voted down
overwhe e,mingly.
| MIR Webb. alter his resolution had been
/ frowned upon unofficlally. induced
! speaker Clark 10 stand for ~ in ,noii.
tied form His second proposition was
10 approve and pass the cotton bill and
] then have the House proceed with revision
, OF tn" schedule concerning the ther
articles in his At Mr. Clark got M end
mad" speech IN faN or OF this PROPOSE
ton
What do you think about II, Oscar"
yelled bunch of Democrats 10 the WAYS
and Means chairman
| Mr. Underwood sat down herd on Mr.
Wcbb's resolution He characterized it
as trifiing because IT proposed to keep
| tn. House in session without anv good
reason. When ne got through his col
lee gues turned down Speaker Clark and
/ Mr.. Webb bv good sized majority
once more demonstrating concmsivelv
that the Alabama member is now the real
leader of the House and much stronger
than any other individual member in II
! including the Speaker.
/ Representative Si-snn of Mi-s!s-ippi
offered a resolution instructing the Ways
and Means Committee TO report by August
bills reducing tn" tariff on steel rubber.
sugar and other articles. After Chair
man Underwood of the Ways and Means
Committee had explained the imrossi-
biiity Of the committee even with the hes;
of intentions doing any such thing this
resolut ion also was smothered Then the
c)tt'n bill was adopted and he protra cted
wranSle over the tariff poncy of he Hou. q
and the approximate date of adjourn
ment began The caucus lasted from .
O'Clock this afternoon until after this
evening
The Underwood cotton revision pro-
vides for even greater reductions than ha a
been anticipated. In general way 1t
lust about cuts the present duties in half
In explaining the measure to the caucus
Mir Underwood called attention to the
iact that for the year ended June 80 1910,
the imports of manufactures of cotton
amounted To s2S iI7,tii and the duties 10
sl3,s73 sol. Under the Underwood hill he
said the experts of the WAYS and Means
Committee had figured that the import ),
for the twelve months following its pas
sage would aggregate $40, lS3, ,sOO and the
duties $40, ,5a9. 200. an estimated loss of
50, 07i sol a year in the revenues,
Following are the import rates in the
Underwood bill as compared with the
equivalent ad va!orem rates in the Payne-
Adrich act the first figures showing the
average Of tho present act and the last
the average by the proposed act:
on cotton thread and carded yarn, warns
&c various grades from to 20 per cent
ad yalorenl. 3?i1-liii.
spool thread, "a 6j Is.
Cotton cloth. not bleachcd. dyed q,
printed from - 10 80 per cent, 4, ts-
2tal
handkerchief or mufflers Sao5- 30.
Ready made clothing and other wearing
apparel. 500 20,
Collars and cuffs so Oo-c5
Pushes Nelve's. &c. 81 $50.
Curtains. table covers. &c, 5O-35
Stockings and half hose made on knitting
machines. 30 20
stockings, hose and half hose knit b,
hand. Sc. II $40,
Mems and boys cotton gloves, ~. 57-S5.
nderwear. $50,
BeltinEs. 3s.01-25,
bindings &c. 38 97.i5
Cotton table damask. 4o-25,
Towels. doilies, &c, aj,5
| Al articles made from cotton cloth moi
specifically provided for in this act. ~ 80.
A caucus by the Senate Democrats TO.
night resulted in no agreement being
reached on the question of II wOollen bill,
but another meeting will be held To NOR
row night at which the discussion will he
resumed, and an effort made to reach some
conclusion aS to the vote on Thursday.
While tn" Senate Democrats are
unitc1lv in favor of pressing tho Under.
wood bill and will inSis. upol "A vote
or that measure, there is n srrcng fcclir G
that some KIM of n wooloa bill should
bo passed!