The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-02
SENATE TARIFF
DEBATE DRAGS
No Material Progress Made IN
Consideration Of Sim
mons Bill.
FREE WOOL DISCUSSED
Time Of Provisions Eject to Be Left
with Coaferenee-Cronna, Cahon,
and La Toilette Speak.

Il
consideration Of the Simmons
tariff bill was consumed mostly by de
bate. and very little progress was mad,
with the paragraphs of the bill.
Senator Gronna of North Dakota con
cluded a speech be began yesterday, con
demning the bill as a discrimination
against the farmers, and warning tn,
democratic party that the Republican
and Independent farmers of the North
west who voted for President Wilson
last year under the impression that HI
was in favor of looking after their in
terests, would rebuke the Democratic
party at the next election.
4 Senator Catron vf New Mexico ad.
dressed the Senate in a formal speech
most of which was devoted to condemn.
ing free wool. Senator Catron Ia a Re.
publican, but he declared that the Demo
| Gratis in the Western States where sheer
| men abound and wool is produced were
of one voice with the Republicans In
Icondemning free wool. Senator Catron
predicted that the wool industry would
disappear from the United States with
the introduction Of free wool from Aus
tralia and the Argentine Republic.
Date of Eject.
Shortly after the Senate met yesterday
Senator Brandegee Of Connecticut again
| raised the question as to when the new
duties on wool and wool manufactures
would go into effect. He read a number
Of kilograms and memorials from i'm
porters and manufacturers, appealing to
Congress to relieve the uncertainty, and
then. addressing Senator Simmons. chair
man OF the Finance Committee. Mr..
Brandegee inquired what progress the
nnrnnrrafc m 10 in fhAfr
ences looking to an agreement on a
definite date when these duties should
become effective.
Replying, Senator Simmons admitted
that after several conferences with
Chairman Underwood, of the Ways and
Means Committee, they had reached the
conclusion that the matter of fixing a
date would have to be left to the confer
ence committee of the two Houses on
the tariff bill. He said that Mr.. Under
wood was disposed to insist on having
the duties go into effect at once. while
the Senate leaders believed that a later
Date was advisable. He inquired OF Sem
ator Brandegee what date that Senator
believed would be most expedient, and
invited Mr.. Brandegee to introduce q
resolution embodying his views, and that
it could take the regular course Of such
legislation.
Senator Brandegee declined to TX
definite date. whereupon Senator Sim
mons said:
THE only relief for the situation that
see is in the prompt passage OF the
pending bill, and the Senator from Con-
necticut should join us in our efforts to
secure an early vote on the measure in
the Senate"
Senator La Toilette entered the tariff
yesterday afternoon for the
first time. in opposition to some Of the
regular Republican Senators from New
England. who wanted to retain q pro-
tective tariff on granite.
Senators Gallinger. Dillingham;, Page,
Weeks, and Lodge had been telling the
Senate that the duties proposed in the
Underwood bill would bring the New
England producers OF granite into COM
petition with Scotland quarries, and ruin
the home industry.
Senator La Toilette was the only Re-
publican who voted in opposition to SEN
ator Gallinger's motion to reduce the
duties on granite only 20 per cent below
the rates in the Payne-Aldrich law. Sem
ator La Toilette took the floor, and made
an argument tending to prove that the
granite industry of New England needed
no protection.
The increases proposed by Mr. CALM
provided in the bill for granite manu-
featured or partially manufactured. an.
from cents per cubic foot to cents per
cubic foot On granite in bulk. unmanu-
featured. were defeated, ayes, 10,
noes, A.
Several Republicans voted for the Un-
derwood rates and against Mr.. CALM
gers contention They were, Borah OF
Idaho. Norris of Nebraska, Sterling and
-
North Dakota, Kenyon of Iowa. and La
Toilette of Wisconsin.
Schedule B was left unfinished by ad.
journment and will be the business be-
fore the Senate today. The metals
schedule. which is next in order. prob.
ably will be taken up before the end OF
the legislative day. as but two PARA
graphs of the earthenware and glass;
ware remain Enacted upon.