The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
Measure as Amended APP
proved by the Demo-
cratic Caucus
WILL BE INTRODUCED
in HOUSE MONDAY
Leader Underwood Predicts That the
Bill Will Be Passed in House by
May 15--Ratified by Over
whelming Vote

Washington, April 19.-The demo-
cratic tariff revision bill with It's
sweeping reductions, lengthy free
list augmented today by the ways and
means committee and its income tax,
now is ready for debate in the House
Approved late today by the democratic
caucus as amended in two weeks dis
cussion and by the committee in minor
features the bill will be reintroduced
Monday by Leader Underwood. 1t will
be reported favorably by the majority
of the ways and means committee Tues
day and called up for debate Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Underwood predicted that the bill
would be passed in the House by May
10. Two months, the administration
leaders think is generous time to al
lot the Senate for it's consideration and
passage and, unless it Is decided to
bring in a currency bill thereafter,
Congress should be ready to ADJOURN
about July 10. The bill is approved by
the President came through the eau
to free sugar in three years and to free
raw wool made the most vigorous
fights but they We're hopelessly out
voted with little chance to develop
enough opposition with republican al
lance to do anything with their amend
ments on the floor of the House
Overwhelming Vote
49, III -.
minor amendments by an overwhelming
vote Some members took advantage Of
the rule granting them freedom from
the caucus pledge to support the bill
| in its entirety. Members who were re-
lleased from the caucus pledge were
Broussard, Dupre, Lazare and Morgan
lof Louisiana, on account of sugar; Ash
brook, White and Francis of Ohio, be-
cause of wool; Bremner and KinlSead
of New Jersey on account of cattle:
Donovan and Kennedy, Connecticut, be-
cause of hats, Burke, Wisconsin, farm
products. and Fowler, Illinois, linseed
oil.
The principal changes made in the
bill We're: Shoe machinery, buckwheat,
rye, rabbit fur and prosporic acid
transferred from dutiable to the free
list; onyx reduced from SO cents to so
ttHtS tupit iOOt' " put IL Oii liit
same basis as marble diamonds un-
cut. are unchanged, but cut diamonds,
Increased from Is to 20 per cent, cas-
tor oil reduced from 10 to IL per cent;
cod, seal and herring oil, reduced from
5 to s per cent; sperm oil, increased
from 5 to per cent; vanilla beans,
reduced from so to 80 cents pound;
salts and other compounds and mix
lures of which bismuth, gold. platinum,
rhOditlr1. silver tin uranium.
stitute the chief value, cut from IS to
10 per cent.
Urge Special Rule
Representative Hardwiek insisted ii
would be mockery not to draw the
lines closely on the offering of amend
ments. He introduced a resolution
which was referred for subsequent ac-
ton, providing that the tariff bill
shall be passed undar a special rule, re-
stricting general d, ate to eight leg
islative days and TIL the minority in
the House shall be aited in the Of
fering of amendmentDto not more than
two amendments as substitutes to each
schedule and section of the bill and
to not more than two amfndments to
the bill as whole and that mo 9TH
er amendments shall be In order" -
The caucus adopted an amendment
fixing May !, 1916, as the date when
raw sugar should go on the free list.
The time when the income tax shall
become effective was left subject to
future disposition by the House.
The big argument in caucus today
was over the provision that would al
low a per cent discount OH mer-
chandise imported 'in vessels built IN
the United States and which shall be
wholly the property of UPited States
citizens" Representative Harrison of
Mississippi led a fight against thi;
pr oposition ON the ground that it vio-
lated treaty rights and subsidized
American shipping. Mr.. Harrison's
motion to strike out the provision after
three hours discussion was rejected,
12S to so, and his next move to amend
so as to make it nonapplicable to ex-
listing treaties. likewise was lost Then
Representative Fitzhenry of Illinois
offered and the House adopted an
amendment to this provision so as tc
strike out the words quoted and SUBJ
stitute lin all vessels entitled to be
registered under the American laws"
This was acceptable to the commit
1t was on the vote on this question
that the first break in the ways and
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