Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-30
Democratic Members of
Joint Committee Call
in the Republicans
NH ORITY PARTY
BEREFT OF POWER
Report Which Goes to the
House and Then to Senate
Prepared by Majority

Washington, D. c., Sept. 2s.-
The conference committee met
shortly after 10 o'clock and the
completed report was submitted
to the full committee by Chair
man Simmons. After a brief dis
cusslon 1t was approved by the
eight democrats, while the six re-
pubIicans who had taken no part
refused to sign Il.
Majority Leader Underwood pre-
scented the conference report as
soon as the house met. He OK
plained that members might wish
to debate its acceptance for some
time and secured an agreement BY
which the house will meet at II
o'clock instead Of noon tomorrow.
"After the report 10 acted on,'
said Mr.. Underwood, 1--WE expect to
take up and act on the senate
amendment relating to cotton fu-
tures, which 10 the only thing In
difference between the two houses.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 29.-The
democratic tariff revision, begun early
last April and which has been con-
stantly before congress since that
time. approached its final stages early
today. when the full conference com
mittee named by senate and house to
adjust their differences, met to adopt
their final report on the bill.
For oyer two. and a half weeks the
sslEepca, rammittseshad been at work
x,xs,,
promistng disputed questions. When
the six republicans were called In to-
day 1T was only to give their formal
expressions Of opinion on a report
which the democrats had prepared.
Compromises Effected.
When the tariff bill went into the
Conference committee, 1T carried more
than 670 amendments made by tie
senate and which the house refused
to accept. All Of these had been set
tied early today with the exception Of
the Clarke amendment proposing tax
on trading In cotton futures. In many
of its important amendments to the
bill, the senate was successful in con-
vincing the conferees that the CHANGES
should be accepted. These include the
heavy increase In the tax rate on
large incomes; the postponement Of
the date when free raw wool and re-
duties on wooden goods should become
effective so that trade may readjust
itself, the transfer to the free list Of
pig iron, ferro magnese ore and cheap
grades of iron and the reduction Of
duties on food products and many
other articles.
Report Goes to House.
AS the tariff bill was prepared for
presentation to the house by Chairman
Underwood Of the house conferees, it
contained practically all Of the reduc-
tions of duty that President Wilson
had insisted were part Of the demo-
cratic program and made sweeping re-
ductions in the tariff on nearly all
articles Of general use.
The conference report under the
situation existing in congress had to
20 first to the house for approval be-
fore 1t could be laid before the senate
It is quite certain that there will be
no executive opposition to the separa-
ton from the tariff bill Of the proyi-
sion imposing taxes on cotton futures.
In the view of the president. though
It Is highly desirable that some legal
restraint should be. placed on specula-
tion that is injurious to the producer
OF cotton and othr commodities, there
appears to be radical difference be-
tween the two houses of congress as
to the best means Of accomplishing
this purpose. As the cotton provision
Is, after all, not at all essential to the
enactment Of tariff legislation, the
president has assented TO the action
which it is understood the conferees
have taken in cutting out this provi-
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