The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-04
Supported by All Demo
Gratis and Thirty Insur-
gent Republicans.
REDUCES TARIFF
BY FL PER CENT.
Attempt Will Be Made to Pass
Wool Measure Over Taft's
Veto, and Democrats Are
Confident 1t Can Be Done.
Absent Republicans Are
Being Called In.

| Washington. D. c., August Sup
ported by all the Democrats and by
thirty Insurgent Republicans. the Dem
ocratic cotton tariff bill, the third OF
/ the big tariff revision measures brough:
| forward by the Democratic House of
Representatives. passed that body
early this evening by zoe to 81. The
bill cuts the average tariff on cotton
, manufactured goods from IS to 81 per
cent. ad valorem. 81 per cent. reduc-
ton in duty that the Democratic lead
ers estimate will reduce revenues by
about s3.000,00O.
Not an amendment WAS offered to the
bill. although the Republicans attacked
II vigorously on account ct alleged N
/ creases in certain items OVER the rates
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
Scarcely had the cheers that greeted
the passage Of the cotton revision bin
subsidized when Democratic Leader I'm
derwood, calling up the free list bill
as I passed the senate a few days ago.
accomplished strategic move which
surprised the Republicans. He asked
for a conference on all the amend
~
of Senator Gronna, Of North Dakota.
putting cement on the free list He
urged that the Hou7e accept that
amendment. adding lemons to IT, Pa
cihc coast Republicans made inefect-
ual attempts to stop this sudden and
unexpected putting of lemons on the
free list but the amendment carried
The cha nge gave the House Democrats
what they claimed to be an added adj
vantage in dealing with the Senate in
the conference committee.
Calling Absentces In.
Tonight the Republican leaders in
both houses OF Congress called In alb
sent members from NIL parts OF the
country. in preparation for a threat
ened attempt of the Democrats to pa So
the wool tariff bill o<er President
Taft's veto The leaders in the House
have asserted within the last twenty
Tour hours that they have the neces-
sary two-thirds mas >rity 10 pass the
wool bill over the Presidents veto, and
have been doing effective missionary
work in the Senate to-day.
The Republican managers In the
House insist tonight that they hav,
enough votes to prevent the two-thirds
majority in support of the wool bill.
The wool conference will start at 10
committees OF the House and Senate
will meet in the effort to effect a com
promise.
1t Is probable that a compromise can
be secured at one sitting of the COM
mittee. in which case the bill will come
hack to the two houses tomorrow or
Saturday
Speaker Clark tonight appointed as
conference committee on the free
list bill the same conferees who will
act on the wool ill-Representatives
Harrison, Of New York. Democrats.
Payne and Dalzell. Republicans
Bitter attacks on Democratic caucus
methods by Representative Payne. OF
New York, and other Republican lead
ers and charge of Representative
pronsy' ~ Republican i ,, sup.
Massachusetts. and Hill. of Connect
cut. that the Underwood bill made
enormous increases in the tariff on GER
tain cloth manufactured in Southern
mills. marked the closing hou.s of de-
bate on the cotton bill
Former Speaker Cannon upheld the
Democratic caucus policy. declaring
that this is a government by party
organization" while Representative
Lenroot, Republican Insurgent, ear
nestly defended the cotton measure
and denounced the attempts OF his
fellow Republicans to make II appear
that the bill revised any schedule up
ward
Charges Rate Is Increased.
Representative Prouty said that
until to-day he had intended TO sup
port the cotton bill. but. figuring with
his pencil, 'he found that the al VA
loren rates on cotton cloth valued at
between ! and IL cents. a type of
cloth manufactured almost entirely IN
Southern mills had actually been In
creased as high as $50 per cent. above
the Payne bill rates.
Democratic Leader Und erwood replied
that ad valorem tariff schedules had
to be fixed on an average basis. plac-
ing certain rates between two lines top
and bottom, and that Mr. Prolty had
picked out the single schedule under
which there WAS an apparent increase
He said that under this schedule last
year just $1,000 of the $500 900 900
worth of cotton goods consumed m
this country were imported. He claimed
that Mr.. Prouty charge was too :iv
ial to be treated seriously
Representative Harrison. OF New
York. a member OF the Ways and
Means Committee, calling the charge
'picayunish and contemplate" said. II
am not Southern man. but ! ahso-
lutelv repudiate the insinuations that
any sectIonalism or favor has been
shown in this bill"
Representative Payne moved that
the bill he recommitted to he neli in
committee until the tariff hoard re-
ports at the regular session In Deem
Der. The motion was lost without
roll call Then the bill was adopted
without amendment