The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-10
,oNpRoMIsE BILL Is PASSED..


uoat on Free List DIN q Reeipr0-
Puts, RasisATo Such Countries as
caI American Cotton, Corn,
AA Gmt Oats, Cattle and Hogs Free
GT~aShington, Aug. The farmers
list bill, the second OF q big
He eff revision measures That follow
aiI The Canadian recips e2sS7 bill over
cd the democrats A met maj
troin without further debate in the
actlU to today. Through { storm that
sena ored mostly in confidence and
GEMS ons the free list bill, rocked on
Cau' ~fuctuating sentiments, while
tne orats and insurgent republicans
demno1 and figured on political advan-
Man emerged for a vote immediate
tase, the close of routine business.
y hill dates back to April IL, when
inc ,ocratic Leader Underwood intro
D Lnad il in the house. The free list
auT'u r,onld place on the free list ag-
Dnl 1fnral implements, cotton, bag
rou cotton ties, leather boots,
glnss fence wire, meats, cereals,
SUI ,r bread, timber, lumber, sewing
nC NO. salt and other articles. The
nEo,nDtions are due to take effect the
day tolio"lns
uTe. ooa o11;onno that
.C,,ltnd in the passage of the COM
mise wooden tariff revision bill In
L o senate last week, democrats and
} Inno o insurgents passed a COM
IIppr,ise farmers free list bill. The
ppniainal house bill was first defeated
OrJ then re-offered in modified form
% senator Kern. As amended and
eegnoiIv adopted the bill differed but
1;ttin from the original. The Kern
nomnromise takes fresh meat pro-
Jucts out of the free list bill except
such as come from countries that al
Si+ certain American farm products
dntv free. The senate earlier de-
, foated Bailey's amendment taking all
meats out of the free list bill. the
Kern amendment represented an at
tpmpt to reconcile democratic inter
ost. with insurgent republicans, who
bpIieved some further concessions
should be obtained for agricultural
After two lengthy caucuse the
democratic senators last night de-
cided unanimously to support the
farmers free list bill passed by the
house. At the same time the democ-
rats of the house committee on We
and means at a night meeting
maIlv decided to recommend t. "a
bcise hat it asks the senate f" .
conference cn the wool tariff Il
sion bill.
The senate caucus adopted . re
soIntion offered by Senator Bacon
nlpdging support to the u free
list bill and insuring concerted &C
tion bv the democrats in an effort tc
mass the measure u~namended. TINS
is regarded as doubtful, and 1t was
agreed that in case of defeat tire 5u1
would be re-offered, modified by al
amendment to be submitted by Sena
tor Kern granting the advantage O
the hill only to those countries wh1cf
admit free CT duty American corn
oats. hav, cotton and hogs. Although
the Bacon amendment was adopted
unanimously. Senator Bailey, whose
proposed amendment to the bill add
ing farm products to the free lis
measure was killed by the action o.
the caucu withdrew with some O
his followers before the vote was tax
an. HIS WlIuu1 d w OIL OS
nature of a bolt howeve~ me
senate it developed in the dehate CT
he free list bill that some OF tn
proposed insurgent republican amend
ments would not cucumber that meas
ure. Senator Cummins OF Iowa SAL
he would offer his amendment U
change the meal schedule OF n pre-
sent tariff when the cotton bill come
over from the house and not as
rider to the free list bill. Senate
Brist . If Kansas, announced d
void net aEer his s'gar schedul
revision amendment tomorrow.
MIR. Bristow, who wants the dut
lowered on imported sugar, address
cd the senate. He declared the pre-
sent Dutch standard test is not t
nrotect the people of the Unite
States from impure sugar but to pre-
tect the refners.
"Keep your protection free fro1
graft he warned, "for otherwise tn
peclle will destroy it altogether.
Senator Smott of Utah attacked tn
Pristow amendment, saying the Dutc
standard test should not be elim1na'
e4 until sugar sold in this country
required to be marked to show tn
Quantity of saccharine matter 1T col
tains.
Senate, Gore of Oklahoma intro
dnced an amendment to the free lis
bill prohibiting free entry OF Cana
dian agricultural implements, cotto
hagg:ng and ties, meats, cerals, nou,
1r~7hnr and salt until all of these al
tic1ps are admitted into Canada IRE
Of dirty.