New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-19
C0NFERREES PUT WHEAT
AND FLOUR ON FREE LIST
Countries Taxing u. S. Products
Must Pay 10 Cents a Bushel
and As Cents a Barrel.
ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT
To Be Followed in Other Cases
in Imposing Countervailing
Duties-Potatoes To
Be So Assessed.

Washington, Sept. 1s-settement OF the
differences between the Senate and the
House over the proposed duties on wheat
and -four was reached by the Democratic
members OF the tariff conference commit
tee to-day. The nature OF the agreement
was not made public. but 1t is understood
that the House members finally accepted
the Senate amendment almost without
change.
Under this provision wheat and -four
would go on the free list and duty Of
10 cents bushel would be assessed
against wheat imported from country
levying a duty on American wheat and
a duty OF % cents a barrel against -four
imported under like conditions. The
House had put straight duty OF 10 cents
a bushel on wheat and had free listed
four. with a countervailing duty OF 10
per cent ad valorem.
The agreement established precedent.
which. II Is understood. will be followed
in other cases in imposing countervailing
duties. II is expected that the conference
will approve a countervaIling duty OF 10
cents on potatoes, which both houses
have put on the free list, and that the
countervailinF duty on wood pulp. put In
By the House and later stricken out by
the Senate. may also be adopted.
Wide differences Of opinion developed In
the conferences over the duty on lead and
zine ore burlap, ferro-manganese ore and
several other items. An agreement was
reached on the mea. inspection provision
as applied 10 free meat from abroad. and
the section will be rewritten so that the
rigid provisions OF the American inspec-
ton laws will be applied In some Of their
moro important features TO imported
meats.
a night session OF the conference was
held fol the first time. owing to the slow
progress made on the bill to-day.
The decision OF the conferrees to drop
Senate amendment proposing a tax OF
81 10 a gallon on all fruit brandies used
10 fortify sweet wines was vigorously at
tackled In the Senate by Senator Pomer-
enc. lie said that II the provision were
dropped he would make fight on the
floor of the Senate against approval Of
the conference report.
The amendment met objections from
the House conferrees. BY an agreement
reached several days ago Il was proposed
10 eliminate the provision and take II up
ia.
sion Of Congress.
Senator Pomerene criticised tho tarin
bin managers more sharply than had any
other Democrat since Senator Hitchcock
denounced the caucus for the defeat OF
his trust tax amendment. He was
Joined by Senator Vardaman. OF Missis-
s!ppL
I'm 1880" Senator Pomerene said. this
favor was granted the California wine
producers without debate. on the theory
that there would be produced lght
wine suitable for table use. Instead Of
that they add enough alcohol to bring
the alcohol in sweet wines up 20 p per
cent. and have made II unfit for table usc.
There is only ~ per cent alcohol In wills
key. so that tho lady who takes her glass
OF sweet wine is getting more alcohol
than the man who drinks his hlghball.
He said that only the patent medicine
manufacturers who use the cheapest
sweet wines would suffer from the tax.
and objected to postpOnement OF consld-
Grafton Of the tax until the next session
Of Congress on the ground that IT would
relieve the California producers OF the
tax for a year. amounting to bonus OF
some $4,000.