The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-30
TARIFF MEASURE
TO Be GIVEN TO
WILSON THURSDAY
Underwood Expects Compromise
Measure Will Be Ready For
Presidents Signature Then.
SENATE ABANDONS 151
MEASUREG. 81 COMPROMISED

Washington, Sept. 80 The tariff
bin as agreed upon by the Demo-
cratic confnfees viii be submitted
to the Republican members tomor-
row morning at 10 O'Clock. At noon
it will be reported to the House.
Chairman Underwood and Simmons
expect to have it before the Presi-
dent for his approval late Thursday
afternoon.
Among the G76 amendments made
in the Senate. many related merely
to yerblage The house yielded on
i27 and the Senate Abandoned t5l
Compromises were effected on 81
One item still under dispute will
come up before the House as a
whole.
Senator Simmons said this after
loon after a report from the treas
Try experts that for the first Sull
1scal year the measure would yield
surplus of $4,000, 900.
Important Dispute.
Among the really important qifes
Ions in dispute, big items were dis
posed of as follows by the conferees
House agreed to the Senate's plan
% make raw wool effective necem-
Der next and the new rates on wool
manufactures on January I, 1914.
Senate restored blankets of cheap
II grades to the dutlable list and
fitted the wool OF the Anagora goat
)ut Of the free list,
Senate won out in free listing pie
rom terromanganese a trust con
rolled product used in hardening
tcel and in free listing iron anf
teel slabs and blooms.
With the exception of two mno
TENS the reductions made by tho
senate in the metal schedule were
etaincd.
A compromise on automobiles
;as reached in which those valued
1t $4,000 or more take a IS per cen
iuty and those valued at less, 80
,er cent
House dropped from 40 to IS per
ent on bicycles and motorcycles.
House yielded TO the Senate on {
lightly increased rate on lead ere
nd the Senate yielded to the lowe
iousc rates on zinc bearing ores.
Senate Wins on Sugar.
IN the sugar schedule he Hous
ielded to the Senate and postpone
ntil March I next the date wheI
he new rates shall go into effect
nd granted to the immediate aboI
ishmcnt Of the Dutch color standard
As a COMPROMISE the propositiol
> assess the full internal revenue
ak against the brandy used in fort
wing sweet wines was dropped.
The only disagreement was owe,
he proposition to tax cotton futures
Fhis will be offered in the House b,
Mr.. Underwood in the shape Of tn.
Smith-Lever substitute which MAY
eventually be enacted as an indepen
lent law.
Senate reductions and transfers t,
rec list in the agricultural schedul,
generally were accepted by tn,
louise. The leading articles fre.
sted were: Cattle, sheep, eggs
wheat, with a counteryaaing dut,
If 10 cents bushel against count
les that do not admit ours free
wheat flour with similar counter
ailing duty of As ceats a barrel
The Senate agreed to put banana
1ack on the free list.
The House rate of x cent a poun,
N all citrus fruit was accepted.
The Senate won out after a stub
lornly contested fight over cotto,
thread and yarn and Gotten cloth
he Senate's reclassification witt
additional intermediate number
cached the same ultimate maximum
rates was agreed to by the House.
Free List Extended.
Tho free list was further extende
when the House agreed to the inclu
son therein of fax, tow of fax an
hemp.
Burlaps. unbleached. used by cot
.oa planters, wool packers and 70
| shipping grsia, fertilizers. etc