The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
AID VALOREM DUTY OF 20 PER
CENT FIXED ON RAW
WOOL.
OTHER CHANGES MADE
Duties for Most Part Agreed Upon
Were Between Underwood and
LaFollette Bills but Some
Were Higher.


their coats and for the first time Ii
history invited the press to be pres
ent, the conferees, Of the two house
of congress on wool tariff revision
and farmers f9e list bill sat dowl
IN co1feraa2cas today to compos'
their differences. Finally, they ef
fected complete agreement on WOO
aud began consideration Of the fire,
list bill. The conference begal
morning.
The wool bill agreed upon will b
reported to the senate tomorrow b,
Senator LlFollette and over houat
BY Representative Underwood. The
bill was 50 amended as to proyid,
that the proposed law shall take ef
feet Oct. l instead of January / II
the house and senate measure.
The conferees hope to have II
quickly started on its course to the
white house here as the president il
expected TO veto 1t.
! The free list bill was under con
Hsideration for about fifteen minutes
but the conflict between the repre-
sentatiyes In the house was SO pro
ncunced that 1t became necessary tc
postpone action until tomorrow af
tornoon.
After fixing 20 per cent ad va
loren as the duty on raw wool ant
changing the wool classification Sc
as to conform to the language Of th'
house bill tho agreements on othel
features BECAME afmatter of detail
@HTshe change Of classification ha
the effect of fixing flat duty on al
wool and while it reduces on ordln
airy wool from 35 per cent as pro
vided in the senate bill and in
creases those of the house bill from
per cent it also increases the rat,
on carpet wools from 10 per cent t.
20 per cent
In most respects the duties on th,
manufacture of wool were increased
over the rates of the house bill ant
reached over those of the senat'
bill but in some instances they wer'
made higher than they were OF
either measure.
There was compromise In thu
matter of classification on clothes
dress, foods, clothing, webbing
blankets and flannels. In the hous'
bill these subjects were covered II
five paragraphs, whereas LaFollett'
in the bill adopted by the senat'
embraced all in one paragraph.
AS the subject will be covered il
conference reports blankets AM
flannels will be treated in ono para
graph with the rate of 80 per cent
the house rate, while the other arti
cles were made dutiable at the rat
of 80 per cent which Is an increas
over the house rates of from to /
per cent and reduction from tn
senate rates of 6 per cent.
A similar compromise was affect
ed on carpets, resulting in the iixin
of three classes instead OF one as Il
the senate bill, and nine classes Il
the house bill.
Classes Of today's compromise In
clude Aubusson, Administer. Mo
quette Chenille. Saxony, Wilton
Tournay, velvet carpets and Orients
Berlin and similar rugs and the rat
is fixed at so per cent which Is 1
higher than the senate rate and /,
higher than the house rate.
On the second class of carpets tn
rate was made to 40 per cent. |
includes Brussels carpets and velve
and tapestry velvet carpets agains
80 and 35 per cent in the house bill
and 35 per cent in the senate.
After the disposal of the wool bill
the free list bill was laid before tn
conference. Underwood said the &C
tual refusal of the house to accep
the senate amendments conf1nin
the free admittance of meats and &C
reals to those coming in from coun
tries with which the United State
has reciprocal trade agreement
which would confne the free i'm
portation of those articles to import
from Canada.