The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-03
WcoL SCHEDULE SIMILAR TO
ONE VETOED BY TAFT WILL BE
OFFERED AGAIN SAY LEADERS
oh,2s 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
mouse and senate to frame a COM
premise wool bill similar 10 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
| th senate, atL !3aDree entative Jnd ~
wood, democratic house leader, agreed
to the wool compromise.
The iron and steel tariff conferees
proceeded today in accordance with
the lrearranged program. All SEN
at3 amendments to the house bill
were agreed to with the exception of
thai for the repeal of the Canadian
reciprocity act. 1t 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
] III 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-nne 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
A per cent and the house rate of 80
Pc cent will be compromised at 35
Ear cent
On ready made clothing, nit fab
RIGS, women's dress goods and the
like, the LaFollette rate of IS per
cent and the house rate ranging from
30 to so per cent will be compromised
at 40 per cent.
On combed wool and tops The La
Toilette rate of 40 per cent and the
house rate of 25 per cent will be
con. promised at 80 per cent.
Same Conferees as Last Year.
The conferees on the wool bill are
th7 same as last year, led by Sena-
to- LaFollette and Representative
Underwood.
The iron and steel revision bill. up
on which a final agreement between
the two houses was ordered today,
proposes an average duty on all the
classes of imports of about % per
cent, as compared with an average
u2ger the Payne-Aldrich law Of 1911
( TsToout "a per cent.
FgsAfe house today resumed considera-
ton 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,
Lenroot of Wisconsin, and Hill of
Connecticut, and Minority Leader
Eann protested that Mr.. Underwood
Was seeking to railroad" the bill
through the house, and Mr.. Mann
characterized the attempt as an ex-
hihition of "autocratic authority
T. was agreed to end the debate at
) o'clock.
The disagreement of the conferees
on the senate reciprocity was report
ed to the house by Chairman I'm
derwoo9 and that body Immediately
sen. the bill back to the senate with
the demand that it be dropepd,