Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-17
TARIFF BILL WINS
IN SENATE a TO 81
Administration Measure Now
Goes to the House.
TO BE SIGNED BEFORE OCT. l
Two Democrats Of Louisiana Cast Bal
lot Against Aet-La Toilette and
Polndexter for lt-Conferees
Named by Marshall

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Under
~ood-Simmons tariff bill passed the
senate on Tuesday by AZ to 81. Sena-
tors Thornton and Ransdell of Louis
lana were the only Democrats to vote
against the bill, while Senator Pom
dexter Progressive, and Senator La
Toilette, Republican, voted for the
measure. Senator Lewis was paired
with Senator Gronna, but announced
that he intended to vote for the bill
anyway, and did so.
Vice-President Marshall announced
as conferees on the bill Senators Sim.
mons, Shively, Johnson and Williams,
Democrats: Penrose, Lodge and La
Toilette. Republicans.
The big fights in conference will be
over the cotton futures" section and
the senate proposals for graduated
income tax In place of the house pro-
vision. Most OF the other senate re-
auctions of duties will go into effect,
as will the free listing of cattle and
wheat. The conference work should
be completed within two weeks and
the measure passed and signed by
President Wilson before October 1.
Among the articles placed on the
free list we're raw wool and sugar at
the end of three years; cattle, sheep,
meats, wheat, -four, print paper val
ued at less than az cents pound,
wood pulp. pig iron, steel ingots,
blooms and slabs, cast iron pipe, pho
tographic and moving picture films,
exposed, steel rails, cement, milk and
cream, ferrO-manganese, lard. fax,
hemp, jute, eggs, corn. cornmeal. cash
registers, sewing machines, type set
ting machines, lumber and hair Of the
angora goat.
The senate placed In the bill a tax
on cotton futures; aimed to prevent
gambling.
In the chemical schedule the senate
has made a great number of amend
ments, the reductions and increases
being about equally divided In the
glass and earthen ware schedule. &C.
ment, upon which the house placed
duty OF FIVE per cent. ad valorem, was
placed on the free list The senate
adopted new classification for mica
The house had a duty of eight per
cent on pig iron, and the senate put 1t
on the free list The house also had
duty OF eight per cent. on iron slabs,
blooms, ETC., and the senate added
them to the free list The senate re-
duced the duties of automobiles val
ued at less than $500. 1t also re-
duced the duty on motorcycles from
40 per cent. ad valorem to % per cent.
In the agricultural schedule, the SEN
ate free listed cattle and sheep, which
the house taxed ten per cent. ad va
loren. It reduced the duties on oats
from ten cents bushel. the house
rate, to six cents. 1t reduced the duty
on beefs from ten per cent. to five per
cent ad valorem, it reduced the duty
on peas from fifteen cents to ten cents
a bushel. and 1t placed wheat. which
the house had taxed at ten cents
bushel, on the free list. The senate
reduced the duty on zante currants
from two cents per bushel to one
cent.
The senate placed duty OF one
tenth of one cent pound on bananas.
They have always been Tree In the
past.
The liquor schedule remained about
the same, although the senate placed
a tax of $110 per gallon on brandies
used In the manufacture OF wines.
The income tax section of the bill
provides for an exemption OF $4,000
with an additional $1,000 If man or
woman be married, and $500 addition
al for each minor child up to two. The
rates then are to be one per cent. on
all income from $4,000 to 100000. two
per cent. on all income from $4,000 to
$4,000, three per cent. on all income
from $4,000 to $4,000, four per cent
on all income from $4,000 to 100000,
five per cent. on all income from $780,
600 to S250,000 six per cent on all In
come from s25O,O00 to 100000. and on
all. income in excess Of $4,000 seven
per cent.