Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-09
FINAL TARIFF VOTE
BY SENATE TODAY.
Exodus of Senators Expected
Immediately After Voting
at q This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON. Sept. s.-rhe final
vote on the tariff bill will be taken in
the Senate at 1 O'Clock this afternoon.
in accordance with an agreement
reached before the Senate adjourned
shortly before o'clock this morning,
after sixteen hours session. in
which many important features. in
Guiding free wool and free sugar
were disposed OF.
Senators VINO had remained in the
chamber until adjournment returned
sieepy-eyed at o'clock for the final
deiibera tons. the income tax. the cot
on schedule and several other amend
inents remaining TO be discussed.
Senator LaFollette planned TO discuss
he cotton schedule and 10 offer
amendments. Senator Bristow and
Senator McCumber were ready for the
final arguments against free cattle,
free wheat and rates on other agri-
cultural products. and Senator Norris
planned to urge xaloriZa ton Of coffee
amendments.
An exodus of senators @as conf
IDENTIFY expected soon after the final
vote, many indicating last night that
they would leave for their homes or
vacation resting places as soon as
POSSIBLE. Senator Simmons in urging
the hour of o'clock for a vote as
serted that 1t was imperative that one
Democrat who wished TO vote for the
| bill should leave town on train at
| 5 o'clock.
! The tariff bill has been In the Sen
ate exactly four months and TWO days,
| having been sent over from the House
| May last
| During the luii in the Senate little
| business will be transacted. as q
quorum Is not expected until demands
are made for considerat ton OF the cur
rency measure, This, in all probable
ity. will not come from committee for
many weeks. In the meantime the
Senate probably will meet and ad-
Journ every three days
Hope TO Convert Senators.
The principal changes made in the
| bill by the Senate concern the free
| list and the income tax. House Lead
ers believe the Senate changes would
reduce the revenue the new duties
were estimated to produce, and they
hope in conference to get the Senate
! leaders to agree to restore some Of
! the House provisions.
The Senate reduced the minimum
| to which the income tax will apply
| from 1000 to $1,000 and increased the
rates on the larger incomes over the
| House provisions.
Countervailing duties on some man
| ufactured commodities were imposed
by the Senate to meet the free listing
of raw materials. The countervsji'ng
| duty on wood pulp was eliminated.
The free wool and free sugar pro-
visions. around which the sre.iacu-
lar features Of the tariff fight lang I'd,
We're unchanged by the Senate
The income tax is expected to lake
up the loss of revenue on sugar
The bill has been in Congress more
than five months and IL proba oiy
Will be nearly six months old before
President Wilson signs If. House
and Senate leaders believe il sill be
two weeks or more before the dis
puted points are agreed upon and ac-
| cepted by both houses
Republicans Lose Hope.
The Republicans today gave up hope
of carrying any amendments and per
mitted many of the votes TO ,be taken
without roll-calls. When the fight
over agricultural products opened
Senators Thornton and Ransdell, of
Louisiana. Democrats, Joined the Re-
publicans in voting against the low
duties of the Democratic bill. An
amendment BY Senator Bristow for
Is per cent. duty on cattle, swine,
sheep and other domestic animals was
defeated, 80 to %. The Senate COM
rhittee's action in cutting off the 10
per cent duty on cattle fixed by the
House bill and putting them on the
free list was then ratified, 81 to %.
Senator McCumber led the fight
against free wheat The House bill
imposed 10 cents a bushel. but the
Senate committee transferred the
item to the free list. An amendment
by Senator McCumber for q 15-cent
duty was defeated, So to 20.
Senator Jones made a further at
tempt to have retained in the bill the
House provision for per cent. re-
duction in duty on all goods imported
in American ships. He mustered only
eleven Republicans to his support,
however, and the provision was re-
moved. Many foreign governments
had protested against it.
G. o. p. Slips Up ON Bananas.
The Republicans made a last inef-
fectual effort to have the Democrats
take off the proposed duty of one
tenth of one cent per pound on ba-
nanas.
The provision for free meats was
denounced as IAN iniquity' by Senator
Bristow. who tried unsuccessfully to
have 15 per cent. duty fixed. His
amendment was defeated, IS to 81.
Another futile effort to put an anti
trust provision into the bill-one to
transfer imports to the free list when
ever 1t became apparent they were
controlled by trust-was made by
Senator Cummins. His amendment
was defeated.
This was an opportunity for the
Democratic party to give some real
relief from the burdens imposed by
trusts and combinations" said Sena-
tor cummins