The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-26
WHEAT ON THE
UNRESTRICTED.
FREE LIST NOW
Opposition to Senate Com
mittee's Countervailing
Duty Set Afoot.
ON SAMEL LEVEL
AS LIVE STOCK
That is Plea Made-Sugar Contest
Settled and Proposition of Abandon.
ing the Tariff in 1916 Approved by
the Majority.
ON SAME LEVEL
AS LIVE STOCK

Washington, June 26-Opposition
to the recommendations of the senate
finance committee majority for a
countervailing duty on wheat and -four
was set afoot when the democratic
caucus resumed its work on the tariff
bill today. The question is thought to
have been determined finally in the
caucus two days ago, but late yester-
day it was brought up and there is
now sentiment to abandon the count
ervailing duty, leaving wheat and -four
on the unrestricted free list with live
stock and meats.
The schedules remaining, to be pass
ed upon today are agriculture. silks.
liquor, pulp and paper, sundries and
the free list.
Free Sugar and Wool.
Free sugar in 1915 and free raw
wool are now established in the tariff
revision bill, having been approved
late yesterday by the democratic eau
Gus of the senate after two-days'
fight The sugar schedule, as report
ed by the majority members Of the
finance committee and practically as
1t passed the house, was approved by
vote of forty to six Free raw wool,
as submitted by the majority and just
as it passed the house, swept the sem
ate caucus by a vote of forty-one to
six. This ratification of President
Wilson's tariff policy, he having in
sisted upon the wool and sugar pro-
positions before the ways and means
committee in the beginning. came
after a long series of developments
since the tariff bill passed the house
in which the president has been an
active participant: When the fight of
the anti-free sugar and anti-free wool
democrats was getting hot the presi-
dent issued a public statement declar-
ing that any suggestion of compromise
on his wool and sugar schedule ideas
was absolutely out of the question and
leaders to action when he made his
charge about the existence in Wash
ington of an 'insidfyua lobby" investi-
cation of which has Seen regarded as
favorable to the bill.
No Attempt to Bind.
The six. democratic senators who
voted against free sugar on the final
vote. approving the schedule were
Hitchcock, Nebraska: Newlands. Ne
vada; Ransdell and Thornton. Louis
lana, Shafroth, Colorado, and Walsh
of Montana. The six who opposed
free raw wool to the end were Cham
berlatn Of Oregon; Newlands. Nevada:
Ransdell and Thornton, Louisiana,
Shafroth and Walsh. No attempt was
made in the caucus to bind the men,
'bers to the action of the caucus. The
question will come up when the entire
bill has been passed upon. Some
members will fight it, but administra-
ton leaders said they believed only
the two Louisiana senators would ask
to be released from the caucus pledge
If one issue be omitted. One opinion
Is that a binding resolution will be
offered.
Approval Of the schedules came
after prolonged discussion and after
several amendments had been voted
down. On some of the amendments,
the opposition showed more strength,
the maximum being ten votes for Sen
ator Shafroth's amendment to the
sugar schedule. This would have
eliminated free sugar and substituted
duty of approximately one-half cent
a pound on refined sugar. This amend
ment was lost by a vote of thirty
seven to ten. Senators Thompson,
Chamberlain. Hitchcock. Newlands,
Shafroth. Lane. Ransdell. Thornton.
Tillman and Walsh voting for it.
When this had been lost Senator
Thompson Of Kansas offered an
rate for three years. reduce it fifty
per cent in 1916, and twenty-five per
cent each succeeding year until it
reached the free list. Senators Cham
berlain, Fletcher Hitchcock, New
lands. Shafroth, Thompson, Tillman
and Walsh supported this amend
ment.