Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Chairman Simmons of Senate
Committee Foresees Final
Vote Next Saturday.
SEVERAL ITEMS GO OVER
AT'REQUEST OF MEMBERS
Amendment Offered Providing for
Non-Partisan Commission-In-
come Tax Items Debated.

With the exception of few paragraphs
passed over at the request of senators.
the Senate yesterday afternoon completed
consideration Of the administrative
features of the tariff bill. This was re-
garded as rapid work. and Chairman
Simmons of the finance committee last
night was confident that final vote on
the bill would be had not later than next
Saturday.
Among the clauses in the administrative
sections Of the bill agreed to yesterday
were those prohibiting the importation of
goods made by convict labor restricting
the Importation Of goods made by child
labor, granting the President the right to
impose countervailing duties on many
articles. and prohibiting lawyers from
taken customs appeals cases on a con-
tingent fee basis
The Senate turned down an amendment
offered by Senator Sutherland of Utah,
which would tax goods in bonded ware
houses in this country under the rates Of
the Payne law. when the goods had been
brought into the country prior to the
passage of the pending bill Senator
Sutherland pointed out that according to
figures submitted by the Secretary Of the
Treasury there has been q great ac-
emulation of imported goods in bonded
tire reduction in the tariff duties, and
that the United States government would
lose In round numbers S1O.OOO,OOO of rev.
enue II these goods were taxed under the
Underwood bill instead of I'M
der the Payne law.
Proposes Tariff Commission.
Just before adjournment. Senator
Poindexter of Washington offered. an
amendment providing for the appoint
ment of non-partisan tariff COM
mission to care for future revisions
of the tariff schedules This went
over and will be debated later
The section of the bill providing for
tax on cotton future sales will be
taken up in the Senate tomorrow,
having been passed over yesterday at
the request of Senator Clarke of Ar
kansas. author of the section. be-
ton of an address which he proposes
to deliver upon this section.
The rates of the new income tax
and many other sections of the meas
ure that will occasion debate were
put over without action. and will
be taken up again this week Senator
Norris announced that before the bill
was completed, he would propose an
amendment directed at the Brazilian
coffee monopoly, giving the President
on product controlled through mo-
nopoly or conspiracy in another coun-
try.
Democrats in Conference.
Democratic members Of the finance
committee met again last night, and will
continue their sessions today to go over
the sections laid aside by the Senate
in its several weeks OF work on the bill.
1t was expected last night that the DEM
ocratic senators would be called into a
party conference tomorrow or Tuesday to
adjust all differences over the bill, in
Guiding the question of the income tax
on large incomes
The proposal Of the democrats to give
circuit courts of appeal equal jurisdiction
with the United States Court OF Customs
appeals was stricken out of the bill on
motion of Senator Williams of Missis-
sippi member of the finance commit
tee
Caucus to Consider Amendment.
The Clarke amendment to tax cotton
futures is to be considered again by
the democratic caucus, it was decided
last night, after number Of demo-
cratic senators had requested in writ
ing that this course be pursued.
The amendment would place a tax
on cotton future sales, the tax to be
refunded when the cotton Is delivered.
An attempt will be made in the caucus
to substitute for the Clarke tax the
Smith bill, requiring the delivery of
cotton within a certain number of
grades of the grade specified in the
contract of sale.
II the finance committee concludes
today it's consideration of matters re-
ferred back to 1t, the caucus will be-
gin tomorrow evening. 1t is planned to
adjourn the Senate an hour early daily.
so as to give more time for the caucus
each day.