Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-12
HOUSE MAY AGREE
TO CUTS|N TARIFF
Many Senate Amendments
Likely to Meet Approval
in Conference.
FIGHT OVER SOME ITEMS
REGARDED AS PROBABLE
Bill Presented by the Upper House
Favored by Democratic Party
Leaders.

stand for It's own bill, 1t was practically
admitted by leaders of that body to-
day that many of the reductions in the
tariff duties as recommended by the
democrats of the Senate will be ac-
cepted by the House in the conference
that must come over that measure after
II has been passed by the Senate. So
far the majority members of the ways
and means committee of the House
have only talked Informally of the
Senate amendments. Chairman I'm
deswood is out of the city and is not
expected in Washington until next
Monday. But following his return it
is expected that meetings of the demo
cratic members of the ways and means
committee will be held. at which the
Senate amendments will be given care
full consideration.
AS one Of the democratic leaders of
the House and a member of the COM
mittee said today, the Senate democrats
had sprung a great surprise, not only
on the public, but upon the members of
the House. when they made many sharp
reductions in the duties framed by the
House.
Cut to the Marrow.
I'VE cut many Of the duties to the
bone, as We thought" said the represent
alive, but the Senate democrats have
proceeded to cut them to the marrow"
He admitted that in the more i'm
portant items and changes the House
ments made by the Senate. The free
listing of cattle and of wheat by the
Senate, he thought. would be allowed
to stand. The House had tax on cat
tie and wheat, although it had placed
the finished products of these articles,
meats and -four, on the free list.
R~6 In HsaI
over placing a duty on cattle and wheat,
anyway" he said, land if l were making
a prediction on this matter / should
say they would stay on the free list as
in the Senate bill
AS a general principle 1t was said, the
proposition that where tax was placed
on the finished products. and vice versa,
was good. But in those cases where,
through American ingenuity. inventions
and patents American manufacturers
were enabled to place on the market
manufactured goods which could compete
with the whole world and even surpass
foreign manufacturers of a similar kind,
this principle will hardly hold, it was
said.
Where Americans Excel.
In such cases. where the American
manufacturer has practically a monopoly
the world over, the democrats of the
House probably will be willing to permit
tax on some OF the raw material going
into the finished products. and place the
finished products on the free list or con-
siderably reduce the duties. Sewing ma
chimes and typewriters were cited as in
stances Of manufactured articles in which
the United States leads the world
The House democrats will go upon
the principle in considering the tariff
bill as amended by the Senate that the
Senate will pass the bill practically as
reported yesterday by Chairman Sim
Of h0 An NIT
tests will come between the two houses
over those reductions made by the Sen
ate where the, House membevs believe
that the reductions will bring about
big losses Of revenue. The free listing
Of pig iron and Zero manganese, as
provided in the bill amended by the
Senate, probably will be among the
items over which there will be consid-
cradle argument when the bill gets to
conference 1t was pointed out today
that the free listing of these articles
will mean a considerable reduction in
revenues.
was raised by the House democrats
over the duty in the Payne law is a
Dig revenue producer. and it was ex-
pected that the increase in rates would
make 1t still bigger money raiser.
There Is bound to be fight. too 1t was
said over the decision OF the Senate to
place the hair Of the AnGOra goat, alpaca
and other such materials on the free list
diOfiS WIN the WOOL OF tho SneeD. The
House retained. a duty on this material
Other Heavy Reductions.
Big reductions have been made I'm the
agricultural. chemical, metal. wool and
flax hemp and tute schedules by the Sen
ate democrats, and. although the House
is on record as being strongly, in favor
of reducing rates. nevertheless there
probably Will be some contests when-tho
bill goes to conference over any possible
reductions in revenue due to the Senate
amendments.
Where the Senate has made increases
there Is sure to be contest, 1t Is said
Increases Will be found in the cotton
schedule. for one, and it is expected that
sharp differences of opinion will develop
over these amendments. Compromises I'M
doubtedly will be the order Of the day,
however. and it is likely that in the bill
as finally perfected in conference the
duties in the whole measure will be lower
| than as provided by the House. though
perhaps not quite SO low as in the Sen
ate BILL