The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-11
Committee Will Accept
Free Wool and One
Cent Sugar.
r e t AIMS RIGHT
TO MAKE CHANGES
Leaders in Upper House Will
Alter Any Schedules as They
May Think Necessary in In
terest of Equitable and
Scientific Revision-Cau-
Gus Proceeds Slowly.

Washington, April 10.-The Senate s
attitude toward President Wilson and
the new tariff bill became fairly we'll
defined to-day. after another meeting
OF the Democratic members Of the
FINANCE Committee. Briefly. the Son
ate committee will agree to accept the
view of the President and the House
as 10 free wool and l-cent sugar. with
the free-in- three years attachment. but
ii Will exercise it's right TO amend other
schedules and provisions of the bill
as II. thinks best.
The conference with the President
yesterday brought working agree
ment. under which both the executive
ana the Senate leaders have yielded
certain points. The Senate Democrats
do not propose to make any general
increase in the rates of the tariff bill.
or to make the Senate liable to the
charge OF having impeded the efforts
OF the President and the House toward
tariff reform.
changes VIII be made in many sched-
ules. however. the work having been
started to-day with considerable OF
the first schedule in the bill Some
of the changes regarded as necessary
by the Senate leaders may he carried
over to the House and put into the
bill in the Democratic caucus still in
progress there
Reserve Right to Amend.
The Senate leaders reserve the right
to make changes after the bill reaches
the Senate. where they consider them
necessary TO make the tariff revision
more equitable and scientific The de-
cision to stand with the President upon
the wool and sugar tariff issues has
brought the various forces Of Demo-
cratic control into practical unity, it
is claimed. Should the President and
the House majority refuse to accept
any change In the wool and sugar
schedule, it is understood the Senate
committee will lend it's support to the
same program.
The fght against free wool. however.
has become more acute at both ends of
the Capitol; and several State delega-
tions In the House are appealing to
Democratic Senators for support in
the fight to retain some duty
The Democratic caucus of the House
had reached only the third schedule OF
the new bill at the end of to-day's
work. Representative Underwood and
the other Democratic tariff leaders
were making no apparent effort to
limit debate or hasten party decision
on the ELL. This deliberate progress
has raised the hopes Of the wool and
sugar interests that they may be able
to organize sufficient strength to
change the hill in the caucus. so that
1t will pass the House with at least
a small duty on WOOL and without the
provision to make sugar free In 1916,
This opinion is strengthened by the at
titude of the Senate Democrats. Many
OF them who eavor at least small
wool and sugar tariff arc lending their
influence to the fight in tho House In
the hope that the issue can he fought
out there, and will not have to be set
tied in the Senate
Representative Underwood and his
assistants of the Ways and Means Com
mtttea, succeeded In plotting the tariff
bill through another days debate in
the House caucus without any change
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