The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-01
WOOL AND SUGAR
BILLS REJECTED
House Returns Them to Senate
Without Approval.
CANADIAN PACT STILL ALIVE
Democrats Defeat Project to continus
Existence of Tariff Board-Upper
Chamber Asked for Conference
on Measures.

Washington, July 3l.-That the
Democrats have little hope of the
passage of tariff legislation at this
session of congress was shown When
the house returned to the senate with
out approval, and without a request
for conference, the wool bill passed
last week by the senate.
Explaining this unusual procedure
Chairman Underwood of the ways and
means committee said that he thought
the senate might recede from its posi-
ton and substitute for the bill it had
sent to the house the Democratic bill
or some measure on which the house
could meet the senate through com.
promise proposition The bill rejected
by the house was the La Toilette bill
presented by Senator La Toilette over
g year ago.
Reject Sugar Bill.
Led by Underwood, the Democrats
of the house refused also to agree
senate and to the excise income tax
bill, carrying amendments repeating
the Canadian reciprocity pact and
continuing the tariff board Confer.
ences with the senate were invited on
these bills to see if the differences be,
tween the house and the senate could
not be adjusted or compromised.
The repeal of the Canadian reel.
procity pact was defeated in the house
by a vote of 1877 to 107, party lines
being loosely drawn. About twenty,
TWO Democrats from the middle west
voted with a majority of the Repub,
licans for the repeal. while several
Republicans were against it.
Underwood Assails Tariff Board.
Underwood made a vigorous speech
against the tariff board saying that
its functions had been lodged with
the department Of commerce and labor
through the consolidation of the bu.
reaus Of manufactures, statistics and
trade relations. He charged that the
excise income tax bill had been loaded
with the reciprocity pact and tariff
board amendments to provoke its de,
feat either by the Democrats or its
veto by the president ...---.
Had we voted to repeal the Can
adam pact" said Mr.. Underwood, the
president would have vetoed the bill
And the Democrats will not consent
to have provision for any tariff board
in this bill. We can fight this ques
ton out when We come to consider
the appropriation bill, where provision
for it Is made, and where such pro.
vision properly belongs
Calls Tariff Board Report Useless.
If you Democrats will accept this
provision for a tariff board" inter.
rupted Mann (Republican), you in.
sure its approval by the president. II
you are sincere in advocacy of it you
will accept the amendment"
The uselessness of the tariff board s
report" continued Underwood, is
proved by the fact that each OF US
can hold that It justifes any bill we
have brought in 1t is contended that
the La Toilette bill and the Hill bill
are founded on it, yet these Republi.
can measures differ radically. | can
not prove it Justifies the Democratic
bill. | urge that We disapproye the
senate wool bill because ] think that
President Taft will more willingly ap-
prove the Democratic bill than this
bill"
Representative Payne moved to sub
stitute the Hill wool bill for the La
Toilette bill, but was beaten 159 to
IS. Crumpacker, Indiana, then moved
concurrence by the house with the
La Toilette bill. 10 which there was