The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
FREE LIST BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Is Adopted by Vote OF 236
to 1903.
SENATE OPENS PACT HEARING
Finance Committee Listens to Objec-
tions Offered by Paper Men and
Farmers Against Reciproc-
ity With Canada.

Washington, May BY the over
whelming vote of 236 to 100 the
farmers free list bill passed the
house amid Democratic applause.
There were "a Republicans voting
for the bill on final passage, made up
of the progressives from the middle
west.
1t is believed the decisive victory
the bill got in the house will go far
towards securing for 1t consideration
in the senate, although it may not
pass that body.
The Republicans voting for the bill
were Anthony, Anderson, Davis, Han
ma, Hubbard, Jackson, Kent. Kopp,
La Toilette, Lenroot, Lindbergh, Mad
json Miller, Morgan. Merz, Murdoch,
Nelson, Norris, Roberts New, Steen-
erson, Volstead, WarLurton. Berger
(Socialist, Helgisen, Akin On. V.
Mann Moves to Recommit.
Before the vote could be had Mann
moved to recommit the bill to the
committee on ways and means with
instructions TO amend 1t so as to pro
vide it should not be taken advantage
of by those countries not giving the
United States equal tariff treatment
with other nations
Speaker Clark overruled the motion
on the ground that 1t was not ger
name in that the instructions were
overruled when the bill was under
consideration in committee of the
whole. On an appeal from the de-
cision of the speaker, on motion of
Mann, all Republicans voted against
the speaker who was sustained by a
party vote of 219 to 1923.
Reciprocity Pact Before Senators.
Consideration of Canadian reciproc-
side of the capitol when the commit
tee on finance took up the bill.
Protests of book paper manufactur-
ers against reciprocity were made
first. George Sullivan, representing a
Philadelphia company, asserted that
because Of the vast wood supply and
cheap water power In Canada, with
advantages in the duty on raw mate
rial, Car adian book paper manufac
turers could make their product at
seven dollars a ton less than Ameri-
cans. He declared the agreement
would put the American manufactur-
ers out of business. Mr.. Sullivan said
there were 46 book paper mills in the
United States, with 10000 employees.
The only book paper Americans ex-
port is Bible paper.
Denounced in Farmers Plea.
Representatives of the farmers of
thirteen or fourteen states followed
the book paper manufacturers in pro-
test against the bill. Ex-Gov. N. ].
Bachelder of New Hampshire. master
of the national grange, denounced the
bill as a violation of the pledge of the
Republican national platform of 1908
industries equal to the difference in
the cost of production at home and
abroad
Are cattle, sheep and hogs wheat,
oats, butter, eggs and potatoes con-
trolled by trusts" asked Governor
Bachelor of the Democratic senators,
AS he referred to the Democratic plat
form. IF not, why put them on the
free list. instead of on revenue
basis, as your platform demands?'
The fact that a "so-called farmers
free list bill'' had been introduced, he
said, was an admission that the farm
ers would be injured.
To Place Wool on Free List.
That the ways and means commit
tee will put raw wool on the free list
IN revising schedule X was declared
to be practically certain and resulted
in caucus of the Democratic delega-
ton from New York, at which IS
members declared themselves in favor
of free raw wool, and four argued
against 1t. All pledged themselves to
abide by the decision of the full Demo
cratic caucus.