The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-27

WASHINGTON. Sept 2s.-An agreement
vas reached this afternoon on the Under
wood Simmons tariff bill by the confer.
ence committee Of the Senate and the
House.
This means that the labors Of the DEM
ooratic leaders on the tsrih. which began
last January and which have agitatsd
the business world 70, at least eight
months. are about over. II means also
that the Democratic theories against pro.
lection which have been hawked about
politically for years are now about to bs
subjected to the acid test Of experience.
On practically every detail of the bill
the conferees are now In accord except on
the Clarke amendment taxing cotton fu.
lures. On that phase Of the bill dis
agreement will be reported to the House
on Monday. and Chairman Underwood
will move that the House insist on its dis
agreement. instruct it's conferees to recede
from the Clarke amendment and substi.
tute what has come to be known As the
Sinith-Lcver proposal.
This substitute already has been out
lined In THE SUN. Just what will happen
10 the Underwood motion was not clear
tOsut8uts Uut cNIueUuy tUC IIOuSt COH"
ferees believe that they will be able to
carry tho motion. II will entail further
conference between the two houses only
on the cotton futures tax.
The conference committee will meet
again tomorrow morning. when 1t will
have before It the Government Print.
ing Ofice's proofs of the bill as 1t has
been finally agreed upon. The Republican
yv1AY1nhera NJ "a Cnnnittao will ho Ca1la6
in on Monday morning.
Plas Of the Leaders.
II IL the plan OF the Democratic leaders
to report from the full conference COM
mittee to the House before the close Of
the legislative day Monday. Chairman
simmons expects that the Senate will re.
celve the bill back from the House not
later than Wednesday morning. Then he
will ask the Senate to remain In continu.
ous session until tho bill IL finally
agreed to.
The hope that the bill might be SUBJ
mitted to the President by October 1 for
his signature viii not be realised. He
cannot receive It earlier than Thursday
or Friday and may not get II until the end
Of the week.
Tho closing hours Of the conference
verged on the sensation at times. When
the conferees closed their labors last
night II looked ~ II their differences were
80 pronounced that they could not be
reconciled readily.
The deadlock In the committee was sig
naiixed by the presence at the White
House this morning Of both Chairman
Simmons and Representative Underwood
who conferred with the President. A q
result Of these conferences suggestions
were made which led to mutual conces-
siOns and within two hours after the
conferees reasscmbled for the afternoon
session an agreement was reached.
Chief Casse 81 Delay.
The Clarke cotton futures tax amend.
uent was the chief cause Of the hnal
deadlock in the committee. Early In ths
day the Senate confereAs DID what the
i-snss conrsrees haS been expecting then
to do. offered to rscede from the
Clarke amendment. thereby eliminating
all legislation on the cotton futures tax.
The House conferces promptly declined
to concedc the right Of the Senate con
ferses to recede from the amsndmcn,
without the consent Of the House.
The Senate members then offered 4
verrnit the House members to agree Il
the Clarke amendment. The House msm
bers replied With the suggestion ths
tha innate recsde from the Clarke amend
,nept and accept the smith-I.ever sub
stItute. The Senate refused and some o
the House members intimated that tn,
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