Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-03
President in Conference with
Members Of House Ways
and Means Committee
Reaches Agreement
TARIFF BILL NOW IN
HARMONY WITH BRYAN
Heavy Loss of Revenue is Ex-
pected TO be Made Up by
Tax on incomes Permitted
by Amendment,
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(By Morning journal special leased wire)
Washington. April 2.--Removal Of
all tariff from raw wool has been
agreed upon between President VIII
son ana members Of the house com
mitteo on ways and means as the re-
sult Of conferences that ended today.
The present plan. which will have
the unanimous endorsement Of the
democratic members OF the committee.
provides that wool shall be placed on
the free list an end for which the
free wool democrats OF the house have
fought for two years
The concession to President Wilson
and the free wool advocates, takes
the place Of the fifteen per cent duty
which the committee had agreed upon.
This. In turn. was a reduction from
the twenty per cent duty OF the dem
ocratic wooden revision bill which
passed the house last summer, but
failed TO become law. The free
wool agreement. II Is claimed by the
democrats tonight rs expected to
bring Secretary of State Bryan into
full accord with the tariff revision
program.
The free wool democrats have press
ed their fight before President Wilson
In conferences in which Representa-
tives Harrison Of New York. and
Rainey OF Illinois. both members Of
the ways and means committee, have
been the leading figures. Represent
atiNs Harrison. backed by Mr.. Bryan.
made an ardent fight In the last con
gress 10 secure endorsement or the
free wool policy.
The understanding arrived at today
Is that the ways and means commit
tee viii complete It's bill with the free
wool provision incorporated ana with
a unanimous report from It's democrat
ic members. and that the president
win make known his thorough ae-
cord with It. The reception that may
be given the free wool plan by the sem
ate leaders. still Is matter of con-
lecture.
President Wilson is to meet Senator
Simmons. chairman of the finance
committee, and Senators Hoke Smith
and Stone. tomorrow night, and II Is
expected that the attitude of the SEN
ate then will be made clear.
Under the existing law. wool car
ries duty Of Approximately II cents
per pound or about 60 per cent when
figured on the ad valorem basis. It Is
estimated that the abolition of the
duty will cause a loss Of approximately
500, 900 900 TO the present govern
mont revenues But democratic tariff
leaders claim 1t will bring about a
reduction In the price OF
woolen manufactured goods, This re-
duction in revenue. and the possible
loss Of approximately s5S,00O.000 Of
revenues, should sugar be placed on
lhe free list, would he made up the
democrats say, by the income tax. the
details Of which probably viii be set
tied tomorrow by the ways and means
President Wilson was face to face
With the most serious phases Of tarlff
'evislon tonight
WIN Atif WIN VI AfA' iVNnN NtA1
ind means committee before him and
he extra session OF congress only
few days off. the president had pro-
'eeded deep enough In his study of
he tariff bill to realize that before
he democratic caucus met, there
were many points upon which he
himself must take definite stand. It
vas admitted at the White House that
he would do so ''in day or two"
1t was declared also that the presi-
lent had not finally made up his mind
Is to whether the tariff should be re-
used schedule by schedule or in
Jingle bill, whether sugar should be
lut on the free list or given reason
lble amount OF protection and wheth-
sr the income tax should be by flat
n graduated rate. These and kindred
questions the president had not yet
lecded absolutely. but from what he
old his callers today there was a
we3 defined impression to revision
~ a single bill.
The president leans strongly TO re-
'islon by single bill. lie thinks the
ncome tax question can only be de
'ided after an agreement has been
made upon tariff rates. He believes
hat sugar should go on the free list.
)ut Is open TO conviction on that
,ont.
The president had been hearing ar
yuments that people In Louisiana
'ould re-adiust their business to meet
he new conditions imposed by the
emoval of the tariff on sugar, But
Colonel Robert Ewing national com
nltteeman from Louisiana, has been
resenting the other side OF the dues-
ion and when he left the White
Iouse yesterday. he had laid the case
n full before Mr.. Wilson. Following
n his conference last night with Mr.,
the first thing the presi-