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ton to the specific and advalorem
rates now enacted in the Payne-A Aid
rich law. The President says the pres
ent duties on wool and wooden manu-
facturars in many instances are pro
hibitive. | have no doubt the ways
and means committee will agree with
him as to the necessity of a reduction.
The message clearly justifies the Dem
ocratic members in passing the wool
bill, last year, that the President We
toed.
Rep. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Re
publican leader, who is on the ways
and means committee, said the mes
So &c clearly showed why it is neces-
sary To have wool legislation other
than that proposed by the Democrats
at the last session of Congress.
i am sure" said Senator Penrose, .
that we shall have a better bill than
the wool bill which was passed during
the extra session. The finance COM
mittee will take up the subject imme-
diatelg after the holidays but whether
it will be possible to bring the Demo-
cratic House to the acceptance of such
not undertake to say. | believe the
report of the Tariff Board does not
indicate that the present Wool duties
are very much too high
Senator Bristow. who TOOK prom
inent part in the combination of in
surgent senators with the Democrats
which forced tariff legislation bills
through the Senate at the extra ses-
sion. said that if the President had
signed the La Toilette wool BILL last
summer, he would have corrected eY-
cry abuse OF which he complained
and nave preserved ample protective
duties for every American industry
The Progressive Republicans, he said,
would support the same tariff revision,
this sesso1.
Senator Martin of Virginia, Demo-
cratic leader in the Senate, said he
still favored lower duties on wool
something like the Underwood bill"
Senator Warren of Wyoming an eX-
tensiVe wool grower, expressed him
self as fairly we'll satisfied with the
boards findings and the Presidents
recommendations. Senator Lippitt OF
Rhode Island, successor TO former
Senator Aldrich, who was co-framer
Of the Aldrich- Payne tariff law, said
the report proved that duties on some
classes of fabrics can well be reduced
without injury to Americal industry.
When Republican leaders in the
Senate heard, today, that House Dem
ocrats We're disposed to delay printing
the wool report there was confer
ence between Senators Penrose. War
SsyAfag tor
Penrose later announced the Senate
finance committee had authority to do
certain printing and 1000 copies of the
fun report would be printed at once.
Washington. Dec. 20.-The Tariff
Boards report of it's investigation of
the wool, industry struck rough water
as soon as it reached the Desperate
House, today. At the conclusion of
the reading of the Presidents message
which was greeted with applause from
the Republicans and silence by the
Democrats. an attempt was made to
have the report referred to the ways
and means committee without print
ms.
Republican leaders demanded that
the whole report be printed at once.
In the absence of Democratic Leader
Underwood, Rep. Randell of Texas.
said the ways and means committee
wanted to pass on the documents first
and determine what should be print
ed. He pointed to seven huge pack
ages
Republican Leader Mann asked If
the intention of the Democrats was
to delay the publication of the Tar
if Boards report. Both the message
and the report finally were left on the
Speakers table until tomorrow. Chair
man Underwood of the ways and
means committee will go over the rd-
port and determine what parts the
Democrats viii consent TO have print
ed
Rep. Randell said there was no pur-
pose to prevent publicity of the
boards findings; but that many parts
of the report would not be worth print
ing for general distribution.