Arizona republican., 1913-04-19
Proposed Measure Makes Rapid Progress in Demo cratic Caucus and is Also Considered by Conference of Republicans MAY CHANGE
 INCOME TAX Four Thousand Dollar Ex- emption and Graduated Scheme Running Up to Four Per cent on $10O,WO Will Be Retained
ASSOCIATED PRESS pTsPATCn1

WASHINGTON, APRIL lS.--The tariff revision bill which made rapid progress today in the democratic caucus of the house was considered also by conference of the repjubli- can representatives who have agreed
 to the proposed amendments. Demo cratic leader. Underwood, predicted tonight that the bill will be brought up in the house Wednesday. In the democratic caucus the Ways and Means committee majority Wa; sustained on every point and in a series of fights over the proposed amendments the income tax, the only important change being made, by ac- QuieScenCe of the committee to strengthen the provision exempting
 life insurance policies. The four thousand dollar exemption and the graduated scheme of income taxation running up to four per cent on one
 hundred thousand or more retained intact
 House republicans in an open con ference endorsed the proposed
 amendment which would provide that the tariff commission be changed as to so require the con- mission to report annually and de- ferred until Monday the action on the proposition which will be intro duced as republican amendment to the Payne Hill wool bill offered two 1 years ago.
 Ways ard Means committee met anu agreed to number of minor
 changes and the bill will probably h. lot. to the defects disclosed in the caucus 1 proceedings.
 Democrats are bombarded with in
 quiries regarding the clause of the 1 income tax provision intended To eX- empt life insurance policies. To avoid complications the caucus 1 changed the language to read Pro Eded the proceeds of life insurance policies paid on the death of per sons insured and not to the insured as incomes"
 Representatives Moore of Pensyl- vania and Fordney of Michigan, the 1 minority republication representation | in the Ways and Means committed. at a party caucus. agreed with
 resolution that would prevent the re- publicans taking any constructive steps in making the tariff. l Republican leader Mann. and lieu 1 tenants prevented q vote on the res olution although Representatives
 Moore and Fordney endeavored to l force action.
 1 With democratic members of the house in the role of students. to-day, Representative Hull of Tennessee converted the tariff caucus into a class on income taxation after the caucus had disposed of amendments to a, few items on the free list. Sev- eral members sought to levy q small duty on raw hides, raw silk and tungsten ore.
 Relative to the exemption limit ot s40O0. Hull explained that lower exemption would necesitate too many special exemptions. and that the bill would be too difficult of enforce ment.
 The caucus defeated amendments to placesa ten or five per cent ad ValoI
 em duty on boots and shoes. The
 house republicans caucused today on
 whether they would offer tariff
 program of their own or merely
 point out the peril of the democratic bill" Republican members of the Ways and Means committee had
 voted to direct the republican caucus to prepare amendments.
 The senate interstate commerce
 1 committee today decided to prepare
 antitrust legislation to be submitted
 to the regular session Of congress next December