Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-05-06
He DEFENDS HIS ACTIONS
SAYS THAT is THE RATE FIXED
BY THE UNDERWOOD BILL
OF LAST CONGRESS.
THE ROLLER MOVES ALONG
AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED BY
REPUBLICANS AND DEMO-
GRATIS ARE DEFEATED.

Washington, May 6.-The wool par
agraph in the free 4fst brought about
detection from the solid front of
the democrats in the house in today's
tariff debate. Representative Sharp
of Ohio, representing democrats op-
posed to free wool, offered an amend
ment placing duty of 20 per cent on
raw wool, the rate fixed by the I'm
derwood bill of the rast congress
Representative Sharp defended his
democracy by the statement that he
now proposed rate which both
Speaker Clark and Minority Leader
Underwood had voted for in the last
congress.
Representative Fordney attacked
the free wool provision. Various
amendments, including one to place
all articles manufactured of wool on
the free list, were defeated.
The administration and income tax
features Of the tariff bill remained to
be disposed of today when the house
convened Both sections are important
portions Of the bill with many pages
of details that puzzle new members,
but their adoption virtually intact was
confidently counted upon by demo-
cratic leaders.
The preferential of five per cent up
on foreign goods brought in Ameri-
can bottoms, and the strenuous OBJ
jections of insurance companies
against the income tax on the ground
that policyholders will be ultimately
burdened with greater premiums, we're
issues ahead when the bill was taken
up
Representative Mondell got permis-
sion to offer an amendment provid-
ing that all rags imported must be
cleaned and sterilized, and delivered
diatribe on democratic rags"
The democrats propose to admit
free of duty" he shouted, the rags
of the world Rags from the harems
of Turkey; rags from the slums Of
London; rags from the purlieus of
Naples and Rome; rags from the
cholera and bubonic plague camps OF
the Balkan peninsula will be given
to our people free. | know nothing
more logical in democratic tariff
bill than free rags. We must have
the rags of all the world come here
to clothe our people, driven from EN-
ployment by the democratic tariff
rates."
Representative Underwood pointed
out that Mr.. Mondells amendment
was unnecessary because the rags
we're cleaned before being admitted 70
this country
Republicans from the northwest at
tackled the free wheat and flour pro-
visions of the bill
Representative Underwood defend
ed free flour, declaring that the north
west would not be injured, and an
amendment to the bill was defeated.
Efforts to take lumber from the free
list and alter the wood pulp and
print paper schedules were finally de-
feated
Democratic-RepubIican Love Feast
A democratic-republican love feast
was held as consideration of the tax
ing provisions of the bill drew to
close The occasion was the birth
day Of Representative Underwood
Minority Leader Mann announced
that he wished to put aside partisan
feeling for a time and talk person
ally. He told the house that 81 years
ago "one Of the ablest men in public
life first saw the light Of day and
congratulated the democratic party
and the American people that during
the 81 years Of his life there has
grown to greatness and bigness the
able gentleman from Alabama, Mr.
Underwood"