The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-01
LEADER SMILING
and CONFIDENT
Underwood Expects House to
Finish With Tariff Bill by
Saturday.
OTHERS NOT OPTIMISTIC
They Have. Visions OF Debate
Dragging Over Into
Next, Week.
OTHERS
NOT OPTIMISTIC

unlSn aWl(n Inc hfl11 Dill IN inc House
3 by Saturday night" said Democratic
Leader Underwood tonight, after an
a1l-day debate on the iron and steel
schedule.
The metal schedule is only the third
OF the fourteek fSchedules, which arc
followed by tY free list. the techni-
calities of administrative provisions
:. and the income tax plan, and many of
the members of the House are prepared
TO, SEQ the debate stretch into next
week. Representative Gardner. of
Massachusetts, one OF the Republican
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, figured on the passage of the
revision measure about next Tuesday
night. But Mr. Underwood, smiling and
confident. saw nothing TO disturb the
plan for shifting the scene of the tariff
battle to the Senate with the opening
of next week.
The Democratic leader does not be-
lieye Il special rule will DO necessary
to put the bill through. The plan is to
have the measure adopted within an
hour after hearing amendments has
been concluded.
All day and again tonight Democrats
bowled over amendments proposed by
Republicans and Progressives. The
Ways and Means Committee. however,
had ready and carried number OF its
OyST amendments. all of minor char
actcr. and designed to perfect CLASH
iications.
LIE IRON anu steer SCncCulc was the
particular target of attack, and Rep
resentative Palmer, of Pennsylvania. In
charge OF that schedule for the Ways
and Means Committee, was frequently
reminded from the Republican side of
the fact that the bethlehem steel Com
pany was in his district.
Representative Mann, OF Illinois, the
Republican leader, and others, charged
that the duty on ferro manganese was
distinctly in the interest of the United
States steel Corporation. and that the
enhancement OF the value of ferro man
ganesc in this country, under the pro-
posed advance In rate, should be sufii-
Client to warrant the Pennsylvania
members indefinite continuance in
Congress.
VILE he thought the pending bill
would be very injurious TO the country,
he did mot believe in "W6longing tho
agony --at,asGesseSXS and suggested
that as we are to have the passage
in the present form. the sooner the
Personalities were INDUCED in sew
eral times during the day, particularly
during the discussion of the United
States Steel Corporation holdings in
the Minnesota mines. when Fepresen-
iptives Stanley, of Kentucky, and Mil
Z Ter, Of minnesota, engaged in bitter
exchanged Representative Underwood
also replied vigorously to statements
by AIR. STANLEY concerning Alabama
iron and Steel companies.
Representative Austin, of Tennes-
see, Republican, said Charles NJ Schwab
had succesded in getting free iron ore
after trying unsuccessfully to get it
from Republican Ways and Means Com
InitteeS.
,te t<rcidcr Criticized.
When Representative y. +. Kreidcr,
a new Republican member from Penn
sylyania. . offered an amendment to-
night TO put hooks and eyes used in
shoe manufacture on the free list, he
aroused criticism from Representative
a. Mitchell palmer. who declared MIR.
Kreider was shoe manufacturer, the
president OF the American Shoe Man
ufacturers Association, whose amend
ncpt Will put money into his own
pocket"
Minority Leader Mann replied that
it members were to be thus criticized.
Congressm&m from the farms would be
prohibited FROM discussing rates on the
agricultural schedule. MIR. Mann also
referred 20 the fact that Majority
Leader Underwood, author OF the
tariff bill, was engaged in the iron
and steel business. He said that AIR.
Underwood need not apologize to the
House for. that nor to explain it, that
he meant no reelection thereby; but
Mr.. Underwood answered with a Wig
orous statement.
III l could not represent my consti
tuency and a the same time the peo-
pie of thn United states without in
volving myself sS a special pleader for
interests In my district. ] would be nm
worthy oflmy position in this House.
II contcnd that when representa-
tives OF the people stand in this House
3 exercising the power to tax people oil
this country. that II Is at least unbe-
coming for Them TO display a selfish in
tercs: in these matters Tho time has
passed when the laws of this country
Will be written FOR special interest
when men can come and ask for lesis
lation 70 convert dollars from the
pockets OF the masses into their own
that they may grow rich"
The committee completed considera-
ton cS the metal schedule after many
amendments he'd been offered and re-
iected Representative Austin. OF
Tennessee, failed in an effort TO re
store the Payne rate on aluminium OF
Z cents a pound. He argued that the
Underwood rate of % per cent would