The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-21
Measure Provides f or
Reduction Of Duty I.
on Wool.
VOTE IN FAVOR OF
ONE AMENDMENT
Support Is Given by Twenty-four
Republicans, and Only One
Democrat Is in Opposition.
Final Action Follows De-
bate of Five
Hours.

washington, June 20.-The House OF
Representatives. by vote OF 22l to
100, to-day passed the Underwood wool
tariff revision bill. providing for a
reduction OF the duty on wool and
manufactures of wool. Twenty four
Republicans voted with the Democrats
FOR the passage OF the measure. and
one Democrat Representative Francis,
OF Ohio, voted against IT,
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted
being slight change In phraseology
Almost five hours were spent by the
House in debate. under the fiye minute
rule. Immediately preceding the final
vote, motion offered by Represen-
tative Payne of New York. that the
Oil be resubmitted TO the Ways and
Means Committee. with instructions
that It await q report of the tariff
BOARD on the wooden inquiry before
making hnal report OF the bill, wac
lost by a vote of 1s4 to 1ls.
Representative Underwood, chairman
OF the Ways and Means Committee.
and in charge OF the bill. kept his
forces we'll together In their opposi-
ton to all amendments. While some
Democrats proposed amendments, with
one exception they voted with the
party when the bill came TO passage.
Representative Gray. of Indiana, Of
Tered an amendment TO place raw wool
on the free list, instead of 20 per cent.
ed valorem. Is the bill provides, and
TO recommit the bill 10 the committee,
with Instructions that manufactures
OF wool be reduced to 20 per cent ad
valorem. This was lost.
Amendments by Murdoch
representative Murdoch, one OF the
Insurgent Republicans. who finally
voted for the bill. proposed several
amendments placing certain grades OF
wool on the free list, His purpose in
these amendments. he stated. was to
give the American people protection
from the worsted trust by making free
those articles which enter into the
manufacture of trust controlled wooden
products"
Air. Murdock appealed to Represen
tativc Harrison. OF New York. a Demo-
cratic member of the Ways and Means
Committee, and 10 others Of the party
who had favored placing wool on the
Tree list TO support him. MIR Har-
r!son replied that he would vote for
the bill. although he would have placed
raw wool on the free list il his per-
sonal desires had prevailed"
After the bill had passed. message
was read from President Taft. in re.
Spouse 10 a request which had been
made for certain Information from Inc
tariff board in regard to the wooden
question. The message stated that LIE
desired Information could not be FUR
nisheJ a this time
The Republicans who voted for the
bill were Representatives Anderson.
anthony. Campbell and Davis. OF Min
nesotai French, Haugen, Helgescn,
Jackson, La Toilette. Lenroot. Lind
bergh. Madison. Miller. Morse. MIR
dock. Nelson Norris Rees Sloan staea-
erson Stephens Of California;; Vol
stead. Woods. Of Iowa. and Young. OF
Kansas
Terms of Bill.
The bill places dirty OF 20 pc. ccnt.
al valorem on raw wool Imported as
against an average duty of q little
more than IL per cent. al valoren,
under the present law. On partly man
uteciured wool and on products manu-
featured III whole or in pa.t iron, wool.
mo average duty under tie ;r..Dosei
lsT worlc be about i2.5 per cent I'd
valoren:. S compared With tile present
average ad valorem duty OF more ..iJn
80 per cent The Ways and Means
Committee has estimated that Inc bill
would reduce the annual rcvenu. iun-
der the y,cu!en s.oe.hlla VI tic tirin
Is u little more th..n Si.) % oU0.
The III prescriOes That i: -oa,ll.t
in ehect january mex bat II Il; ii, z,
Dc,'@rtd that the bill Nill pass pe
senate ar this sess, ~.