The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-20
TARIFF BILL IS
NOW READY FOR
HOUSE DEBATE
Democratic Caucus Sets the
Seal of Its Approval on the
Drastic Revision Plan of
the Administration.
EXPECTED TO PASS
IN PRESENT SHAPE
Underwood Predicts Congress
VIII Adjourn by July Is,
Unless Currency Legisla-
tion Is Taken Up.

WASHINGTON, April l9.-The Dem
ocratic tariff revision bill with its
sweeping reductions, long free list
augmented today by the ways and
means committee, and its income tax
is now ready for debate in the house of
representatives.
Approved late today by the Demo
cratic caucus as amended in two weeks
discussion and by the committee in
minor features, the bill will be rein
troduced Monday by Majority Leader
Underwood. 1t will be reported favor
ably by the majority Of the ways and
means committee on Tuesday and called
up for debate on Wednesday.
May Adjourn July Is.
Chairman Underwood predicted to-
night that the bill would be passed in
the house by May 10. Two months,
the administration leaders believe, is
a generous time to aIlot to the senate
for its consideration and passage, and
unless it is decided to bring in cur
rency bill thereafter, congress should
be ready to adjourn about July To-
The bill as approved by President
Wilson came through the conference
unscathed. Democratic opponents to
! free sugar in three years, and free raw
wool, made the most vigorous fights on
the presidents suggestions adopted by
the ways aud means committee, but
they were hopelessly outvoted with lit
tie chance to develop enough opposition
with Republican alliance to do any
| thing with their amendments on the
! floor of the house.
Ratified by Caucus.
The caucus ratified the bill with its
minor amendments by an Overwhelming
vote, some members taking advantage
of the rule granting them freedom from
the caucus pledge to support the bill
In its entirety Members who were re-
leased from the caucus pledge were
Broussard, Dupre, Lazare and Morgan
of Louisiana, on account of sugar; Ash
brook, White and Francis of Ohio, be-
cause Of WOOL Bremner and Kinkead
of New Jersey on account of cattle;
Donovan and Kennedy, Connecticut
because of hats; Burke, Wisconsin,
farm products, and Fowler, Illinois,
linseed oil
Changes in Bill.
The principal changes made In the bill
were:
Shoe machinery, buckwheat rye, rab-
bit fur and phosphoric acid transferred
from dutiable to the free list; onyx re-
duced from 65 cents to 80 cents a cubic
foot to put it on the same basis as mar
BILE; diamonds. uncut, are unchanged. but
cut diamonds increased from is to 90
per cent; castor oil reduced from Is 10
IL per cent; cod. seal and herring oil re-
duced from to per cent; sperm oil re-
duced from to per cent; vanilla beans
reduced from 90 to 30 cents per pound, (,
salts and other compounds and mixtures
of which bismuth, gold. platinum.
rhodium. silver. tin and uranium consti-
tute the chief value cut from 10 to 10
per cent.
Representative Hardwck insisted II
would be mockery not to draw the lines
closely on the offering OF amendments.
! Ife introduced n resolution. which was
referred for subsequent action, providing
that the tariff bill shall be passed under
u special rule. restricting general debate
to eight legislative days and that the
minority in the house shall be limited In
the offering OF amendments to not more
than two amendments to the bill as a
whole and that mo other amendments
shall be in order"