The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-11
SENATE ACCEPTS
PRESIDENTS VIEW
ON WOOL AND SUGAR
BUT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
AMEND THE OTHER
SCHEDULES.
right Against Free Wool Is Now
Looming Up in Both Ends
of the Capitol.

WASHINGTON. April IO.-Thc sen
ates attitude towards President VIII
son and the new tariff bill becans
Iairly well defined today after an
other meeting of The Democratic men,
pers OF the finance committee. Briefly,
the senate committee will agree to
accept the view of the president and
the mouse as to free wool and one cen.
sugar, with the free in three Years
attachment: but It will exercise its
rlPht to amend other schedules and
provisions OF the tariff bill AS IL thinhs
best
The conference with the president
yesterday brought a working agrc"-
ment. under which both the executive
ana the senate leaders have yield.
certain points. The senate Democrats =
DO not propose to make any gene.ll
increase in the rates Of the tariff bill.
or to make the senate liable To the
charge or having impcded the efforts
Of the president and the house toward
tarif reform.
Changes will be made in man j.,
schedules. however. the work having
been started today, with a Consid"ra o
ton of the first schedule i'm the bilI.
Some OF the changes regarded as nee
essary by the senate leaders may hc
carried over To- the house. and pat
into the bill in tin Democratic caucus
still in progress there.
The senate leaders reserve the full
right to make cnuuccs after the oll
reaches the senate when they c"u-id- r
them necessary ;o make tho tariff r.-
vision NOR" equitable and scientific.
The decision to stand Win 90
president upon tho wool and sugar
tariff issues has nrough, fht. 1arIp.l-
forces of Democratic control INTO pra 70
tical unity. II is claimed. should the
president and Tho house majority t.
fuse To accept any change in tho wool
anc sugar provisions. o. IS understood
that the senate commiftDo Will lend its
support to the same program.
Fight Free Wool.
The fight against fr'" wool. how
ever. has become more acute ar both
ends Of the capitol. and several stat
delegations In tho house are appealing
to the Democratic senators for sup
port in the fight to retain some duty.
The Democratic caucus Of the
house had reached only the first
schedule o. the nrw hill at the end 4
todavs work. Representative Under
wood and IN" otho- Democratic tariff
leacers were making no apparent et-
fort To- limit debate or hasten a party
decision on the bill.
Representative Underwood and his
associates Of ;hc ways and means
committee succeeded In plotting the
tarin bill through another days de-
bate in the house caucus. without an.
change IN ifs rates. Nany phases ~
the tarin were gone into with demand :
for changes IN duties coming from
many quarters. Tho greatest part -
tn. dav was devoted - work on tr1
sartfenwarc ~cn. duo. which finally
wa. approved after plea from
Speaker clark and ReTr.-. .nfift'-
Underwood Tor party harmony.
Tho schedule evoked a. i.riy OK
preston ~ views Tho pr.sCrf tariff
e. 60 pcr cent on most "f the pottery
and O. per cont on cheaper tlas-..s
The Democratic revision would re-
duce tho So per cent potter, fp 90 Az
~ per cent and the 80 per cent 20 D.
per cent.