The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-23
1t Is Accompanied by a Strong
Supporting Report From
the Ways and Means
Committee.
HEARING IN SENATE
NOT TO BE PUBLIC
Conference Will Be Held To.
day With Westerners Who
Oppose Sugar and Free
Wool Provisions.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-By
strict party vote, the senate finance
committee decided finally today that
no public hearings would be given upon
the tariff bill when it reaches the SEN
ate. Interested persons will be given
a full opportunity, however, to file
briefs or statements with the commit
tee, bearing on any Of the tariff sched-
ules
The decision is expected materially
TO shorten the time consumed in get
ting the tariff bill before the senate
for consideration. Tariff debate will
open in the house at IL O'Clock to-
morrow and in the hope that general
debate can be limited to five days,
Democratic Leader Underwood will at
tempt to hold the house to twelve
hours of continuous work daily. An
other week Of consideration under the
rule permitting amendments will send
the bill to the senate soon after May
5. it is believed
The tariff bill came back to the house
today from the ways and means conr-
mittee with vigorous supporting re-
port from the Democrats on the COM
mittee and an opposing report from
the Republican members.
The general debate that begins to-
morrow will be followed by concerted
efforts on the part OF the Republicans
in the house to amend the bill in all
| important schedules.
To Hold Conferences.
While the senate finance committee
| has decided that further hearings are
| unnecessary the Democratic members
Of the committee will confer tomorrow
with Democratic senators from Pacific
| coast and Rocky mountain states, who
are opposed to the free sugar and free
wool provisions Of the new bill. A
number of western senators, including
Senators Myers Of Montana and AS.
hurst Of Arizona, will not participate
in the conference as they have decided
| to support the free wool and sugar
programme if it is approved by the
| house.
| The conference tomorrow will dem
onstrate the strength against these
features Of the bill Those who will
participate insist, however, that there
has been no effort to form an offensive
alliance against the measure, as proof
of which they point TO the fact that
the Louisiana senators and others in
terested in change Of the free sugar
and free wool provisions have not been
included in the conference.
Report of Committee.
The report Of the committee on the
tariff bill follows;
"The revenues from all income taxes
readily respond to changes Of rates and
the latter can be raised or lowered
within a, few days time without dis
turbances such as general tariff
changes occasion. It is believed that q
budget or other effective system by
which congress may be able closely to
calculate and determinate in advance
forthcoming expenditures soon will be
devised, in which event it should be.
come easy to maintain close balance
between expenditures and revenues,
such as it practiced in most other civ
; ilized countries With other sources
Of revenue revised to an honest and
fixed basis and the income tax per
manent part Of our revenue system and
at all times affording substantial
amount of revenue, congress could, and
II necessary should, annually raise or
lower the income tax rates in such
manner as would prevent either Il de-
felt or a surplus in the treasury"
The Democrats, outlining their policy
in the preparation Of the bill, announced
i an absolute disregard for the cost of
a production theory as regulatory of
tariff rates and declared that in the
! pending bill they had attempted:
p Protection of Profits.
"To eliminate protection of profits
and to cut off duties which enabled
: industrial managers TO exact n bonus
for which no equivalent is rendered
e "To introduce in every line OF in
n dustry a competitive thrift basis pro
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