The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-04
Change OF SENT.
MENT ON FREE WOOL
Especial to the Silver state.)

Especial to the Silver State.)
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The house
committee on ways and means next
week will begin working on the revis-
ion of the wool schedule. On this both
the Democratic majority in the house
and the Democratic membership of the
committee are divided, but the commit
tee division is not so wide as in. the
last few weeks.
1t is the policy Of Speaker Clark,
Majority Leader Underwood and 9TH
er Democratic leaders not to submit q
bill placing raw wool on the free list.
Many Democrats want raw wool ON
the free list; others believe the sched-
ule should not be so radically revised
at this time.
That a majority Of the Democrats on
the ways and means committee favored
free raw wool until few days ago,
there is no doubt, but a majority Of
the Democrats could not swing such .
bill even in committee, nor could ma
Jority of Democrats in the house effect
its passage.
To agree on bill that the Demo
Gratis can support unanimously, or near
~ so, is the purpose of the party lead
ers, and the bill, when finally reported,
Will be compromise approval by the
Democratic caucus. There will be NO
formal caucus on the wool schedule.
however, until the majority members
OF the ways and means committee have
agreed on a bill.
1t is reported that of the fourteen
Democrats On the committee only sew
en- are standing firmly for free raw
lrIn uol lIvy
The other seven believe in 4 gradu-
al reduction of the tariff on raw wool.
and the plan now is for a fifty per cent
reduction the first year, or a tariff of
about cents pound, a cent . pound
to be cut off each year for five wears.
at the end of which the commodity
would automatically 90 ON the free
list.
Such a compromise suggestion has
met with favor in the minds of manv
Democrats, and some such arrangement
doubtless will be approved before the
bill reaches the house.
Hearings ON Reciprocity Bill.
The senate committee on finance
has decided to devote the time between
now and Saturday, May 13, to hear
ings on the Canadian reciprocity bill.
Immediately after that date it is ex-
pected that the bill will be reported
to the senate.
While there is no intention to per-
init the hearings to involve the free
list bill, so as to delay consideration
OF reciprocity, witnesses will be per-
mitted to make incidental arguments
bearing on the bill. The first expires.
sions to be made by representative Of
the shoe interests, will be devoted
principally to contention against the
free list bill.
! 'The purpose of the committee, -
! said Senator Penrose, who has assumed
the Craftsmanship, is to pass the reci-
procity bill to a speedy report.'
| After next Monday the committee
will meet daily and sit throughout each
day, but during the remainder of the
present week the meetings will be
! desultory.
| Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, and
McCumber, of North Dakota, both ask
ed time for representatives of ap-
ricultural interests to oppose recipr0-
city.
The decision to permit incidental dis
cussion of the house free list bill grew
out of a motion by Senator Stone to
report the reciprocity bill to the SEN
1
ate with favorable recommendation.
The motion later was withdrawn.
Democratic senators in and out of
the finance committee are giving
close attention to the free list bill.
So far as any canvass has been made,
all are favorable to it and they hope
to get aid from the insurgent Repub-
licans. Five Republican votes added to
the solid Democratic vote would pass
the measure.
Representative Roberts, of Nevada,
will vote for the free tariff list, but
not for the proposed free wool.
Roberts and Senator Nixon are urg-
ing the construction by the reclama.
tion service of a fish runway at the
dam of the Truckee- Carson project in
the Truckee river, instead of a fish
ladder, on the ground that fish cannot
make their way up the ladder. The
runway would cost about $4,000.
Through the efforts of Representa-
tive Roberts, the daily mail service
between Carson and Glenbrook on
Lake Tahoe, will be retained. The de-
partment had proposed to cut tn eser-
| vice TO three times n week