The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
RAPID PROGRESS
ON TARIFF BILL
Wool Schedule Disposed of.
Deep Excisi0n Into Free
List

Washington, August 2S.-Fast progress
on the tariff bill was made today in the
Senate The wool schedule was disposed
of so far as it will be considered by the
Senate in committee of the whole and
deep excelsior was made into the free list
schedule
Although no vote was taken on free raw
WOOL the decisive showing on that having
been deferred until the bin comes from
the committee of the whole, the finance
committee rates on wool manufactures
We're agreed to without amendment and
there was every Indication that raw wool
would remain free.
The Penrose, LaFollette, Smoot and Ca
tron substitutes for the schedule will come
up when the bill appears in the Senate
proper.
With only part of the free list, por-
ton of the paper schedule and the sun
dries schedule remaining to be considered
i'm committee, democratic leaders ex-
pressed confidence that the income tax
would be disposed of before the end of the
coming week. 1t was their hope to have
the bill ready for the final vote in the SEN
ate within two weeks Among the articles
agricultural implements and sugar cane
machinery, alcohol, horses and mules and
animals for breeding, apatite, asbestos,
beauxite Ignite, Bibles, Bread, biscuits
and many others.
An inspection system for foreign meat
imports more rigid than that in the tar
iff bill was proposed in an amendment ill-
troduced and urged by Senator Cummns
and the free meat section went over with
out action. The pending bill provides for
the acceptance of certificates of inspee-
tion from exporting countries.
Senator Cummns' amendment would de-
mand ante mortem examination IF
meats In the countries of expectation and
would authorize American inspectors to
reinspect the meat after it enters the
United States
There can he no reason why we should
permit the foreigner to supply us with
diseased meat and deny the privilege to
our own packers said Senator CumniIis
The present bill, he declared, would give
Americans no protection against beef of
diseased cattle from countries that had
no adequate system of antemortem in
spection.
Does the Senator want to fix it so
meats cannot come here from Mexico?"
asked Senator Williams.
Does Not Particularize
L 40 not paftlculaf1ze, SAID MIR. Cum-
Minis. st want to protect our consumers
no matter from where the meats come. "
Senator Norris also said he believed
the bill If not changed would give the
foreign meat from countries with inspec-
tion laws inferior to American laws pro-
vded the Secretary of Agriculture should
decide the foreign inspection was good
enough" He said the United States had
no power TO compel other countries to
adopt definite inspection systems.
"Other countries in the past have COM
PEELED us to adopt certain regulations, .
suggested Senator Lodge, "by excluding
our meats
Senator McCumber offered amend
ment proposing a countervailng duty of
20 per cent ad valorem on meat against
countries that levy a tariff on American
meats.
Many of the more important. items of
the tariff free list were passed, over for
future consideration. These include har-
ress and leather goods flax, cash regis
ters. typewriters, sewing machines, iron
pipe and other articles.