The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
VOTE IS sought
BY SEPTEMBER 6
Senate Democrats Are Now
Hurrying Debate on
the Tariff.
MUCH STILL TO BE DONE
After Schedules of Rates and Free List
Are Disposed Of Income Tax
Will Be Taken Up.
MUCH STILL TO BE DONE

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to conclude with so much of the tariff
bill before the end of the week as
deals with rates and the free list, leav-
ing the administration features and the
week following. the Senate Democratic
leaders will resume work on the tariff
bill today at II o'clock. They plan to
get a vote on the bill in the Senate be-
fore the end of the week beginning
September /. In this they are prob
ably too optimistic, in the judgment Of
the older and more experienced legis-
lators.
After the bill is completed in the
Senate Committee of the Whole ii must
be taken up and gone over again for
amendment in the Senate. Some of the
most important struggles in connection
with the bill will be in the Senate
after the Committee of the Whole has
concluded its work.
The wool fight was transferred to the
Senate. Four substitutes for Schedule
K are pending to be disposed of in
that legislative forum. Probably the
most interesting struggle will hinge
upon La Follette's substitute. He has
a substitute also for the cotton sched-
ule. for which he will make a deter
mined fight. These contests are GER
tain to consume much time. In addi-
ton to the cotton and wool fights
which have been put over to the Sem
ate from the Committee of the Whole.
Senator cummins will introduce his
substitute for the metals schedule and
make a fight for it.
Struggle Over sugar.
The final and decisive struggle over
sugar will come in the Senate also
after the Committee of the Whole has
concluded with the bill. Senator Rams
dell of Louisiana has given notice of
an intention to introduce an amend
ment to tsrike out the clause Of the
pending bill giving free sugar after
May, 1916. He believes that the amend
ment has a fair chance to be adopted.
and will make a determined fight for
It. Word has come to Washington
that Senator Works and Senator New
lands, who have been absent. will be
back in Washington in a few days.
The closing days OF the consideration
of the bill will mark the real tests of
strength. That the party leaders re-
alize this is evidenced by the efforts
they are putting forward to bring in
absentees. o.
Once the schedules of rates and the
free list are out OF the way the Senate
will still have left a considerable amount
OF work on the income tax. various
amendments thereto providing for special
excise taxes and the administrative fea-
lures.
Among the amendments that are ex-
peeted to take up considerable time be-
fore being finally disposed of are the
following:
Senator Hitchcock's amendment putting
a graduated tax on tobacco production;
Senator Clarke's amendment taxing
future sales Of cotton: Senator Boral's
amendment excluding the products of
child labor: Senator SutherIand's amend
ment to apply existing rates of duty
under the Payne-Aldrich law to impor-
tations now in bond, being held for
entry under the new law at the lower
rates of duty. After considering this
more or less fayorably for
several days the Democratic leaders
have about decided to reject it. This
will lead to a fight. Several Democrats
agree with Senator Sutherland that the
goods in bond should be taxed under the
present law. There are about 900
more In bonded warehouses than at the
same time last year. The estimated ad-
ditional revenue to be derived from ap-