Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-06-18
TARIFF BILL IS
READY FOR
CAUCUS
DEMOCRATS OF SENATE WILL MEET
TOMORROW TO TAKE UP MEAS.
URE, ALTHOUGH SUD.COMM|TTEES
ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME
SCHEDULES.
JAMES WANTS FREE
CATTLE AND MEATS

Washington, D. G., June While
the majority members of the senate
finance committee were preparing to
take up the income tax and admins
trative sections of the tariff bill today,
Chairman Simmons notified Minority
Leader Mann that all the tariff sec
tions would be ready for caucus
Tuesday.
"The caucus can begin it's work ev-
en- if the committee has not conclud-
ed by Thursday" said Senator Sim,
mons, but we hope to be able to fin
ish at least by Friday"
! The income tax may be consider
ably altered by the senate. The pro-
posal of the subcommittee to add to
the $4,000 exemption an additional
$500 for each minor child in a family
Is being favorably considered by some
members of the majority and may be
recommended to the caucus. The
subcommittee has not adopted but
may suggest for discussion another
amendment reducing the general eX-
emption from $4,000 to $4,000 This,
it is argued, would greatly increase
the revenue, and with the additional
exemptions proposed for children
would not impose hardships upon the
heads of families
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky |
who made the sugar tariff speech in |
the senate, defending President Will |
son, has taken vigorous position in
of countervailing duty |
on meat and cattle and announced to- T
day that he would carry the fight to
the Democratic senatorial caucus if he
failed to swing the committee into
line
When the majority members of the
finance committee resumed consider
alton of the proposed countervailing
duties on agricultural products, Sen
ator James emphatically declared that
the public was entitled to unrestrict-
ed free cattle and meat He did not
oppose the action of the Democrats in
free-listng wheat and flour with the
duty added, but he op-
posed such duty on cattle and meat
so strenuously that final action on the
natter was deferred Senator Sim
mons announced that the matter was s
settled for presentation to the caucus
insofar as wheat and -four were con- I
,erned.
81 am for free cattle and meat and I
hall go the limit to get it." said Sen &c
tor James, when his attitude before I
he committee became known. BE e
ause some countries levy a tax on
he imports of the American beef :
rust, why should we. in retaliation, II
tarve the people of the United
tates?"
The majority members of the COM u
1ittee were in session until late last e
light to hasten the tariff bill and prac- II
cally completed the sundries sched- "
le. Remaining for consideration are II
ne income tax and administrative u
eatures of the bill, which the COM "
littee will try to conclude by Thurs le
ay night 1t is probable that the u
aucus will be called to meet Friday u
ut problems in the administrative "
ection of the bill may delay the eau
is until Monday Chairman Sim II
ons is planning to get the bill into g. :,
le senate by week from Monday :.
possible. Az
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, VI
hose amendment to the tariff bill -
vying graduated tax on tobacco ,ne n
ltput was rejected by his colleagues d
| the finance committee, gave no. e
,e in the senate that he would car o
that amendment to the caucus and %
AXE determined fight for its in az az
rporation in the bill. VI
The action of the finance majority -,
putting tax on bananas yesterday VI
is explained by Chairman Simmons -.
day as revenue proposition.
1--WE have placed a tariff of five =
nts bunch on bananas said the ,,e ,,s
nator, "for the purpose of raising
venue and also for the reason that a..
? banana trade is absolutely con-
He'd by trust The idea was not
protect or encourage any banana ~,
lustry in this country because there 49,.
none. We estimate that the an
~ enu. " " i.ol, ',, -" inv
gate two million dollars and the