The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-09-29
Many of the Senate's Impor-
tant Amendments Are
Agreed to.
LEADER is SATISFIED
Final Bill Lower in Its Aver
age Than Either Branch
First Passed.

INV AssoeiArEp SREs~
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 29-
The Democratic tarift revision, begun
last April, approached its final stages
early today when the full conference
committee named by the Senate and
House to adjust their differences
met to adopt their final report on
the bill.
For over two and half weeks
r-the eight Democratic members OF
the conference committee had been
at work adjusting differences and
compromising disputed questions.
When the six Republicans were
called in today it was only to give
their formal expression of opinion
upon the report which the Demo
Gratis, had prepared.
AS the tariff bill went into the con-
ference it carried approximately $40
amendments. made by the Senate
and which the House refused to ac-
cept. iAll of these had been settled
early today with the exception of
the Clark amendment proposing a
tax on trading in cotton futures.
In many of its more important
amendments. the Senate was sue
cessful in convincing the conferees
that the changes should be accent
ed. These included the heavy in
crease on tax rates on large incomes:
the postponement of the date when
free raw wool and reduced duties on
wooden goods should become eF-
fective so that the trade may read
Just itself; the transfer to the free
list Of pig iron, ferro Manganese, and
cheap grades of iron and the reduc-
ton Of duties on food products and
many other articles. II
As the .tariff bill was prepared for
presentation to the House, it con-
tanned nearly all the reductions OF,
duty that President Wilson had in
sisted were part of the Democratic
program and made sweeping reduc-
tons in the tariff on nearly all arti-
cles OF general use.
The conference report under the
situation existing in Congress had
to go first to the House for approval
before it could be laid before the
Senate.
1t is quite certain there will be no
executive opposition to the separa-
tion from the tariff bill of the pro-
vision imposing taxes on cotton fu-
lures. In view of the president
Though it is desirable that some legal
restraint should be placed on specu-
lation that is injurious to the pro-,
Queer of cotton and other commodi-
ties. There are appears to be rad
zeal difference between the two
houses as to the best means of ac-
comprising this purpose.
Majority leader Underwood pre-
scented the conference report as soon
as the House met. He explained that
members might wish to debate its
acceptance for sometime and secured
and agreement by which the House
will meet at II o'clock instead OF
noon tomorrow.
The conference report did not ap-
pear in the Senate at today's session
and Senator Kern secured unanimous
consent that today's adjournment OF
the Senate should extend until
Wednesday. BY that time 1t is ex-
pected that the house will have
disposed of the report.
Chairman Underwood in a state
ment today expressed satisfaction
at the outcome of the final tariE
negotiations.
"The House was compelled to
yield on some items where it believ-
ed higher duties should be retained
in order to secure revenue" he
said, 'but we worked out other
methods of getting the revenue and
am nowSsatisfied with the bill as
it comes from the conference. 1t is
lower in its average than either the
House or Senate bill as originally
passed because the House accepted
most of the Senate's decreases and
rejected most of the increases"