Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-24
Uunor Has It That Alliances
Are Forming Which May
Defeat Schedules as They
Come From Lower House,
IRON MAY GO ON FREE
LIST IN SENATE BILL
Underwood Had Placed Ten
Per Cent Duty on One Of
AIabama's Great Products
Stone Thinks Otherwise,

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Washington. May 23.-Wool and
sugar. the stumbling blocks Of the
tariff. held the attention of the senate
finance subcommittee and senator's
in general today. the Legislative air
being filled with rumors Of contem-
plated changes and alliances and
counter rumors Of further tighten
ing Of the administration forces for
free wool and for free sugar In three
years
Great interest was attached to n
public statement made by senator
Walsh. of Montana. condemning the
proposition to put wool and sugar on
the free list. which gave rise to re-
port that he might join with senators
Ransdell and Thornton. OF Louisiana,
and vote against the bill. In that case.
the senate democratic majority being
only six, the vote on the tariff bill
would be a tie. necessitating the vote
of Vice President Marshall to pass IT,
Should this develop. there are some
democrats who believe that Senator
Poindcxter the only avowcd progress
slVc in the senate, will vote with them
on the bill. This would give lccway
for another democrat to desert Ia the
final vote.
Administration leaders declared to-
day that the situation relating to the
much-disputed schedules looked very
favorable for the Undei wood ni but
they le0s forward t. as lnterestin
session in the party caucus when the
southern and western representatives
will have an opportunity to make
determined struggle against free wool
and free sugar. A rumor that several
of them would unite to remain out
nf the caucus was denied rs party
leaders. though one of them declared
that he would not blame Senator
Walsh should he determine TO stay
out IL it became apparent that the
caucus would not yield on sugar and
wool
William Whitman. a leader Of the
woolen interests in tariff considera-
lion had an interesting hour with
Senator stones subcommittee. at
lacking the wooden manufactures
schedule Mr.. Whitman declared the
proposed duties on wool manufactures
We're 30 per cent less than the rates
in the Wilson tariff act which he said
was supposed to be a free trade bill
Senator James urged that economic
conditions in production justified a
dlHerenee Of so per cent at this time
as compared totcondltions when the
Wilson law was enacted
Asked if free wool would not prove
heneficial to his interests, Mr. Whit
man said It might eventually. AT pres
ent' he said his company had on hand
large supply Of raw wool bought
under tariff rates and that he would
be at a disadvantage in working this
oil while other manufacturers were
buying and manufacturing the wool
declared that foreign manufacturers
had large amounts of wooden goods
stacked away ready to put on the
American market as soon as the pro-
posed bill becomes Il law.
Julius Forstmann. of Passaic. \. J..
also appealed for an extension of the
time when the wool schedule shall
become effective until three months
after the passage of the act and the
duties on wooden manufactures. six
months after, in order to give the
trade an opportunity to work off
goods manufactured under present
tariff conditions.
II. r. Oxnard. recognized as the
head of the delegation representing
the beet sugar interests, appeared be-
fore Senator Williams subcommittee
to protest against the proposed sugar
schedule, lie presented the case Of the
beet sugar men at length, maintaining
that free sugar would be blow to the
industry in this country. An import
ant change in the bill as it passed the
house. II was reliably reported today
has been made by Senator stones
committee in the metal schedule They
are declared to have put iron and
ferro manganese on the free list. The
Underwood bill levies 10 per cent
'"t9 oll piE lIou anu 10 per ttiil Vu
ferro manganese, used in the manu-
faeture of steel An argument over
these rates developed in the house.
Majority Leader Underwood and Rep
resentative Palmer. of Pennsylvania
maintained that they should not be
free-listed because they were a good
source Of revenue. The senate sub
M a Il
this decision. maintaining they both
are products of the United States Steel
corporation and raw material for the
independent steel manufacturer and
should be on the free list for that rea-
son.
i. a. Levitte. Of the New York Mer-
chants association, and S. christy