The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-04
DEMOCRATS
(coasinued from Firs, P.rs.)


committee should meet tomorrow and
GO over the ground preliminary 10 fur
thcr conferences with other members
OF tho senate. the president and ncni-
bers OF the house ways and means
committee" No further statement was
made b. Senator simmons or by tbs
other parties to the conference.
An investigation which has been
! under way for some time has brought
out strong opposition to the reductions
proposed by the house and sanctioned
D. the president, in many important
schedules. II Is understood that sen
ate leaders insist many OF these must
be changed II the new b,il rs Ia have
their support from the outset.
President Wilson made IL known to-
day TO visitors that he had not settled
in his own mind whether there should
! be- one general hill or series OF
schedule bills. This feature is con
sid"red OF high Importance both by the
president ana prominent Democrats I'm
tho senate. The house leaders are
prepared TO pass the entire tariff re.
vision IN single bill. but the attitude
or tho president viii depend upon the
rates that are finally agreed 40 upon
sugar and upon certain food products
still open to debate
wool on Schedule.
Several members of the senate fin
ance committee insist they will not
accept general bill. but will demand
! the opportunity To vote upon eacn
schedule separately. A proposal is
| now under consideration between the
! president. and senate and the house
I leaders. TO have at least the wool and
sugar schedules put into separate
: bills.
President Wilson is hopeful of So.
1 curing an understanding with both
! senate and the house. so that there
/ may be no radical differences OF opin.
/ ion when Representative Cnderw God
finally presents the bill TO the house
4 Senate leaders have not received an
! intimation. however. that he intends
/ 10 override their desires or attempt
I To force them 10 accept provisions
! which might arouse general Democra
! tic opposition when the bill reaches
| the senate.
The sugar schedule remained the
/ only stumbling block when the House
l Ways and Means Committee adjourn
/ ed late today after considering that
! ard TN" income tax since early morn
! ing. Everything was left To the
! president rs to the sugar schedule
and ~ was hoped that ms conference
I with the Democratic senator's would
make II poss.h bic for an agreement ~
he reached. and iur the bill TO he IN
! tToduced on Monday
/ FREQ raw wool was finally agreed
10 by the committee today. the fitteer
per cont AL valorem advocated by
/ Chairman Underwood being abandon
ed. This carried out the determine
ton reached yesterday by President
| Wilson and members o, the commit
tee
The plan for tho income tax als'
va agreed To hy the Ways and Mean:
Committee. the rates being left de
pendent eCuewhat upon the action q
10 taken relative 20 the sugar tariff
II was concluded TO place a tax OF on'
per cent on incomes Of moro than 81
600. graduating ny TO four per cen
on incomes exceeding 100000
j. was agreed further 70 differen
tia'e between individual and corpora
ton taxes. the latter 10 be fat tax
10 he determined whom tho eNac
amount Of necessary revenue ia as
csrtain"d when the sugar schedule j
fixed.
J The ways and means committee vii
moot tomorrow 10 take UP the suga
! schedule again.