The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-03
Wool SCHEDULE SIMILAR TO.
ONE VETOED BY TAFT WILL BE
OFFERED AGAIN SAY LEADERS
ON % PER CENT BASIS
Minority Leader Mann Charges At
tempt to "Railroad" Bill Through.
Underwood Expects Passage of
Bill Soon.

Washington, Aug. 2.-An agreement
between democratic leaders of the
house and senate to frame a COM
premise wool bill similar 20 the
measure President Taft vetoed last
summer was reached today after a
meeting of the conferees on the iron
and steel bill The latter was ex-
pected to be finally passed n both
houses tomorrow. A meeting of the
wood tariff conferees probably will
take place tonight.
Senator Simmons, representing the
democratic progressive alliance of
n senate, ard 1eDree sntative Und ~
wood, democratic house leader, agreed
to the wool compromise.
The iron and steel tariff conferees
proceeded today in accordance with
the rrearranged program. All SEN
at2 amendments to the house bill
Were agreed to with the exception of
that for the repeal of the Canadian
reciprocity act. It was arranged that
representative Underwood, in report
ing the results to the house, should
move that the house insist on the
removal of the reciprocity amendment
from the bill.
After reporting of that action to
thu senate, Senator Simmons was to
move that the senate receda from
the reciprocity amendment and have
the support of democrats and pro-
gressives in that action. The steel
and iron bill then would go directly
to President Taft.
Twenty-nine Per Cant Basis.
The compromise on the wool bill
Will be on the basis of 29 per cent
duty on raw wool, instead of 20 per
cent as in the house bill and 35 per
cent, as in the LaFollette bill.
Or yarns, the LaFollette rate of
45 per cent and the house rate of 80
PEI cent will be compromised at 35
per cent.
On ready made clothing, nit fab
RIGS, women's dress goods and the
like. the LaFollette rate of 55 per
cent and the house rate ranging from
80 to so per cent will be compromised
at 40 per cent.
Oh combed wool and tops he La
Toilette rate of 40 per cent and the
house rate of 25 per cent will be
compromised at 80 per cent.
Same conferees as Last Year.
The conferees on the wool bill are
ths same as last year, led by Sena-
tol LaFolIette and Representative
Underwood.
The iron and steel revision bill. up
on which final agreement between
the two houses was ordered today,
proposes an average duty on all the
classes of imports of about 22 per
cent, as compared with an average
under the Payne-Aldrich law Of 1911
of about "a per cent.
The house today resumed considera-
tion of the cotton revision bill to
reGuce duties approximately 21 per
cent.
Majority Leader Underwood ex-
PRESSED his expectation of passing it
today.
Representative Payne of New York,
LeDroot of Wisconsin, and Hill of
Connecticut, and Minority Leader
Tsnn protested that Mr.. Underwood
wa. seeking to railroad" the bill
through the house, and Mr.. Mann
the attempt as an ex-
hihition of "autocratic authority"
L. was agreed to end the debate at
5 o'clock.
The disagreement of the conferees
on the senate reciprocity was report
ed to the house by Chairman I'm
derwood and that body Immediately
sen. the bill back to the senate with
the demand that 1t be dropepd.