Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-09
AN AGREEMENT REACHED TO PASS
the MEASURE At THAT time,
FOLLOWING A SESSION LASTING
UNTIL z A. M.-=REPUBuCANS
GIVE up AMENDING BILL.
LOUISIANA SENATORS
VOTE WITH REPUBLICANS
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= TARIFF BILL y

y TARIFF BILL
y PASSES, ID TO 81.
y Washington, D.. c., Sept. g.
y The Democratic tariff revision ,
y bill passed the senate late today
\ by vote of A to 81, after all
y amendments had been defeated.
y Senators LaFollette, Republican,
= and Pondexter, Progressive
\ voted for the measure, and Sen
y ators Ransdell and Boynton, :
y Democrats, voted against it, :
y : y : $ * = = : s
Washington, D. c., Sept. 9.-Th'
final vote on the tariff bill will b'
taken in the senate at 4 O'Clock thi:
afternoon in accordance with al
agreement reached before the senate
adjourned shortly after o'clock this
morning after a sixteen hour session
in which many important features, in
Guiding free wool and free sugar, here
disposed of.
Senators who had remained in the
chamber until adjournment returned
sleepy-eyed at O'Clock for final de-
liherations, the income tax, the cot
ton schedule and several other amend
rlents remaining to be discussed. Sen
alor La Toilette planned to discuss
the cotton schedule and offer amend
-rients.
Senator Bristow and Senator Nc
Cumber were ready for the final argu.
ments against free cattle, free wheat,
and rates on other agricultural prod
ucts, and Senator Norris planned to
urge to valorization of coffee amend
ments.
The principal changes made in the
bill by the senate concern the free
list and the income tax House lead
RS helievte the senate changes would
reduce the revenue the new duties
were esti mated to produce and they
hope, in conference, to get senate
leaders to agree to restore some of
the house provisions.
The senate reduced the minimum to
which the income tax will apply from
$1,000 to $4,000 and increased the rates
,cn the larger incomes over the house
previous. Countervailing duties on
scme manufactured commodities were
imposed by the senate to meet the free
list of raw materials. The counter.
yailing duty on wood pulp was elimi' |
rated The free wool and free sugar .
provisions, around which the spec
tacular features of the tariff fight
ranged, were unchanged by the SEN
ate. The income tax is expected to
Elake up the loss of revenue on sugar.
The Republicans today gave up
hope of carrying any amendments and
permitted many of the votes to be
taken off the roll call. When the
fight over agricultural products open
ed, Senators Thornton and Ransdeli
of Louisiana, Democrats, Joined the
in voting against the low
duties of the Democratic bill An
by Senator Bristow for a
fifteen per cent duty on cattle, swine, y,
sheep and other domestic animals was
defeated 33 to 20. The senate COM .
nittee's action in cutting off the ten T.
per cent duty ON cattle, fixed by the :.
house bill and putting them on the =
rec list, was then ratified 81 to 2S.
Senator McCumber led the fight =.
against free wheat. The house bill =
a duty of ten cents bushel,
,ut the senate committee transferred \
he item to the free list. -
An amendment by Senator McCum- G
'er for a fifteen per cent duty was
efeated 80 to 29. Senator Jones made =,
further attempt to have retained :,
n the bill the house provision for a
We per cent reduction in duty on all ~
oods imported in American ships. r.,
lie mustered only eleven Republicans =,
D his support, however, and the pro- =,
isiOn was removed. -
Many foreign governments had pro- - -
ested against it. -
The Republicans made last inef- :. -
ectual effort to have the Democrats Nv
AXE off the proposed duty of one ~
enth of one cent per pound on BAN T.,
mas. The provision for free meats -
as denounced as ian iniquity" by A.
enator Bristow. who tried unsuccess-
lily to have fifteen per cent duty an
AeI. His amendment was defeated so,
to 80. cir
Another futile effort to put an anti nm
'ust provision into the bill-one to
'ansfer imports to the free list mic
henever it became apparent they ho
ere controlled by trust-was made fo,
Y Senator Cummins. His amend N,
ent was defeated. -.
This was an opportunity for the tbe
emocratic party to give some real w
lief from the burdens imposed by uo
ust and combinations, said Senator W., w.
lmmins. ~
The senate began final voting on -,
to the tariff bill at 4
clock. A half dozen amendments W.
ere pending when the debate ceased NO
lder the agreement made last night tbe