The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-15
Wool Bill Adopted,
FOG To go, In House
Democrats and Insurgents Show
Sufficient Strength to Over
ride a Presidential Veto
CUMMINS WARNS HIS PARTY
Issue in the Next Convention Will Be
Between the Farmers and the
Manufacturers.

Washington, Aug. 15.-By a vote of
206 to 90-more than the two-thirdS
majority necessary to override Pres
idential veto-the House has adopted
the conference report on the Wool
Tariff bill Thirty Republican insur-
gents and one Independent, DR.. Akin
of New York, voted with the solid
Democrats.
In the Senate Mr.. La Toilette fail
ed in his attempt to get consideration
of the report on the Wool bill be-
cause Mr. Cummins, who was speak
ing on his iron and steel amendment
to the cotton schedule, refused to
yield. 1t will be taken up and adopt
ed, after some discussion, today, and
will afterwards go to Mr.. Taft. Then
the conference disagreeing report on
the Free List bill will be made by
Mr.. La Toilette, and the Senate will
decide what concessions it will make
looking to an agreement. The House
can do nothing on the Free List bill
until the Senate has acted, as the pa
pers are in the possession OF the Sen
ate managers.
Great enthusiasm greeted Repre-
sentative Underwood when he arose
to make his concluding reply on the
Wool report to Messrs. Payne, Hill,
and ,Dalzell. He urged that the only
motive of the cOnferees IN framing
the measure was the desire to meet
taxes on woolen goods, blankets, fan
nels, and dress goods. The bill. was
not exactly what the Democrats want
ed, but they had agreed to the COM
promise figures in order to secure the
passage of a bill which he chopped the
President of the United States would
have the patriotism to sign
He showed by carefully arranged
statistics that the average ad valorem
rate of duty on wooden goods In the
Payne-AIdrich act was 80 per cent;
in the La Palette bill 81 per cent;
and in the conference bill 4S per cent.
"a reduction from the Payne-Aldrich
rates of AZ per cent. The average
rate on raw wool was but a fractlon
of per cent. above the House bill.
The change Of the date at which the
bill should go into effect from Jan.
1 next to Oct. next, he said, would
bring the relief desired by the people
of the country that much earlier.
The Democrats and the insurgents
are very jubilant over the final dis
position Of the measure by the House
and the ability they showed to over
ride a Presidential veto. The Demo-
Gratis feel very confident that they
are to gain a strong National issue
whether the President signs or vetoes
the bill. They would prefer as poll
teal asset that he should veto it, bur
if he signs it they rest assured that
the country will know that 1t is their
bill On all sides Democrats admit
that except for the leadership of Mr.
they would not have been
able to send a Wool bill to the Presi-
dent, The free wool opposition that
manifested itself when Schedule K
was first taken up by the Ways and
Means Committee has practically dis
During the Senate debate on the
Cotton bill Mr.. Cummins of Iowa,
speaking on the amendment he pro-
poses to offer reducing the duties on
iron and steel. declared that the war
cry of the next campaign would be,