The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-27
UNDERWOOD THINKS
WOOL BILL W|LLPASS
Believes Two Houses Can
Agree on LaFOllette Bill
SOME COMPARISONS
COMPARISONS
Hard Fight Will Be Made by Regular
Republicans of Senate to Control
the Conference Committee.
Delay Would Follow

| Washington, July 26.-The Senate's pass
| age Of the LaFollette wool bill presents a
situation upon which Majority Leader un-
| derwood of the House thinks the two
branches of Congress can agree upon. Mr.
Underwood this forenoon said he thought
there would be little difficulty in reaching
4 a compromise. In this event bill almost
identical with the one President Taft We
toed on August II, 1911. is again likely to
| go to the White House within a few
weeks.
| The former bill was vetoed on the
| ground that the tariff board had not re-
ported on its investigation of schedule
X. Leaders of both houses say the La
Toilette bill follows the conclusions of the
board quite faithfully.
Wool Schedule Next Week
| Mr. Underwood said he would call the
ways and means committee together next
week to take up the wool schedule.
Essential points are: Raw WOOL La
Toilette bill, 10 to So per cent House
bill 20 per cent; wool wastes and rags,
LaFollette, % to 30 per cent; House, 20
per cent; eombed wool or tops, LaFollette,
40 per cent; House, 25 per cent; yarns.
cent; clothes. ready made, clothes. knit
fabrics, women's dress goods, LaFollette,
SIS per cent; House. 30 to so per cent;
| Carpets. LaFollette, S5 per cent; House,
70 to 90 per cent.
The foregoing are the most striking
comparisons between the two measures.
When the House and Senate conferees
reached a compromise a year ago the
|
| 20 per cent, the wool waste duty AZ
| 20 per cent. combed wool duty at 81
per cent, yarn duty at 35 per cent,
ready y-made clothing duty at 40 per
cent.
! 1t will depend largely upon the ma
ture of the conference committee named
| by the Senate whether compromise
similar to that will be quickly effect
! ed. In 1911 republican leaders refused
to have anything further 10 do with
the bill after 1t passed and the Senate
named Mr.. LaH'ollette, republican, end
| Senators Bailey and Simmons, demo-
Gratis, as the conferees to act with
Representatives Randell, Harrison and
Underwood.
Should the republican Senate leaders
determine to hold control of the con-
ference this year by naming two regu-
lar republicans and one democrat the
perfection of wool bill In conference
might be delayed. Chairman Underwood
also sees chance for the cotton re-
vision movement at this session Of
Congress.
Underwood to Try Cotton
He said Il am going to have
the ways and means committee
consider the advisability of calling up
our cotton bill Now that tho Senate
has hown a disposition to enact some
legislation giving the people tariff re-
lief we might as well take up cot
ton"
After the LaFollette bill reached the
Mouse Majority Leader Underwood de-
manded that 1t be sent TO conference
and the Senate amendment be disagreed
on. Representative Payne of New York,
republican, objected to the bill going to
conference before it had been referred
Ito the ways and means committee. The
naming of tn conferees accordingly
was postponed.
Some of President Taft's callers at
the White House predicted he would
veto the wool bill IL it came to him
in the form 1t left the Senate, which is
substantially the same bill as was
vetoed last year. Mr.. Taft has yet had
no conference with republican leaders.
A hard fight between the regular re-
publican force and the democratic pro-
gressive combination over controi OF
the Senate conferees was Indicated
Friends of the LaFollette bill insist
that senator's favorable to that measure
be named as conferees. 1t is under
stood that republican leaders contem-
plate the naming of Senators Penrose
and Lodge. republicans end Senator
Simmons, democrat. In case this ac-
ton is attempted Senator LaFollette
and other progressives declare they
will carry their fighting from the
finance committee to the 3enate hoor.
This will be done In EFFORT to secure
.. conference committee favorable to the
lru v,ronnSition