The Washington herald., 1911-08-11
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Leaders Rush Work on Wool
and Free List Bills,

1t is generally expected in both the
Senate and House that when the confer
ence committee of the two houses on the
Underwood wool bill and the farmers
free list bill meets to-day 1t will be able
to reach an agreement on a compromise
measure embodying the main features Of
both bills.
Senator La Toilette. representing the
Senate, and Representative Underwood
of the House. were in conference much
of the time yesterday. AS the result of
their deliberations they reached a sub
stantial agreement on the farmers free
list bill, by which most of the Senate
amendments will be retained.
These include the amendment that was
offered by Senator Kern, of Indiana. pro-
viding that free trade in meats and flour
should be extended only to those foreign
countries with which the United States
has a reciprocal agreement under which
certain agricultural products of the
United States are given free entry to the
foreign ports.
The mooted question OF lemons was
settled in a way that will satisfy the Call
fornia delegation, but which is not en-
tirely to the liking of Senator Root
Lemons will continue TO pay duty.
Victory for the Senate.
The agreement on the farmers free
list bill is practically victory for the
Senate. At the same time it is a victory
| for Senator La Toilette. who practically
dictated the Senate BILL backed by his
| insurgent following. Practically every
| thing contended for by the Senate has
been kept in the bill. 1t is understood
that the wool bill will be the subject of
! further conferences this morning be-
| tween Senator La Follette and Chairman
Underwood.
The indications are that when the full
| conference committee meets to-day. an
| agreement will be reached on a bill carry
! ing either 80 or 2S per cent on raw wool
and duties on the manufactured products
| based on IS per cent on raw wool. 1t is
| possible that the duty on raw wool may
! he kept at 30 per cent, and the duties on
| the manufactured product reduced to a
basis of IS per cent for raw wool, this
concession to the wool growers being
necessary to hold a sufficient number OF
| insurgent and Republican votes in the
| Senate to pass the bill
An equal division of the difference be-
tween the duties in the Senate bill and
those carried in the House bill would be
l27l-2 on raw wool and corresponding
duties on the manufactured product.
| The House bill carries 20 per cent on
| raw wool ana tne senate Dill % per cent
| Senator La gillette as early as Wednes-
day submitted his proposal for a COM
promise based on 30 per cent on the raw
material and corresponding duties on the
manufactured goods. but at that time Mr..
| Underwood was disposed to stand out
for a much lower duty than 30 per cent
and its complement.
Want to Get Away.
But the House Democrats have been
murmuring for several days because OF
the delay in reaching an agreement. This
eliminated yesterday afternoon in call
ed meeting of the Democratic members
of the Ways and Means Committee of the
| House and Chairman Underwood was
given specific instruction. There is a
feeling among the Democrats that they
can accomplish nothing in the way of
| tariff legislation without the aid OF the
insurgent Republicans, and they are will
| ing to concede that Senator La Toilette
holds the key to the situation.
| The meeting of the Democratic MEM
| bers of the Ways and Means Commit
tee lasted nearly three hours, and when
| il broke up il was understood that
Chairman Underwood was given full au-
| thority to agree on compromise Dill
| carrying q IL per cent on raw wool or
TO go even to so per cent If he found II
| necessary 10 DTlnS ABOUT d
| The Democrats of the House are deter
mined TO put an end to the tariff dead
| lock and get away. The new political
game of putting President Taft in the
| hole" is getting TO be rather a tedious
one in the dog days. They are tired OF
| the game. They want to go home and
build their political fences. Chairman Un-
| derwood was practically told that what
ever he did would meet with the ap-
proval of the Democrats in the House
The leaders at both ends of the Capitol
made up their minds yesterday that they
had been here long enough and they are
now trying to get an adjournment as
early as Thursday of next week. The
! main obstacle in the way of this plan Is
the cotton bill. Senator La Toilette Is
standing out for a vote on the cotton
bill. The Senators from the cotton manu-
featuring States of the South are un'
willing to have the bill passed at this
session.