The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-04
SENATE VOTE
R[(OyS|DERED
PRESIDENT TAKES FIRM STAND
TO PLACE MEATS AND GRAIN
ON FREE LIST.

| former action in voting to place
| wheat, flour, oatmeal and fresh
meats on the dutiable list, the sen
ate finance sub committee in charge
of the agricultural schedule, voted
] late Tuesday to place livestock wheat
| and oats on the free list.
This action, it was authoritatiyely
l stated was taken to meet the views
/ of President Wilson, Senator Sim
mons, chairman of the finance COM
mittee, and other administration lead
ers who disapproved the decision an q
nounced Monday to tax meats 10
per cent, compensatory to duty on
cattle into the Underwood bill and
to assess a compensatory duty on both
consider was taken in the subcom.
mitteee on motion made by Senator
Simmons, ex- offcio member of all the
sub committees handling the various
tariff schedules, when he returned to
the capitol from a conference with the
president.
In this enlargement of the free
list President Wilson is known to
have taken a leadinng part, as he
did in the matter of raw wool and
sugar. AS he still is standing un-
comprOmisngly for the wool ani
will stand for free cattle, sheep and
hogs, and free wheat and oats, now
that this has been determined upon
as the party policy.
Senator Simmons conferred with the
president alst week about his views
on the method Of equalizing the Un-
derwood bill with regard to these
raw materials and their products.
When the sub committees tentative
action was announced Tuesday morn
ing the senator went Immediately to
the white house.
| 'o'u OPPoeltc otoIy.
Il told the president" said he,
later, that members of the finance
: committee, in formal conference, had
agreed that there should be no tax
on meats and flour. 1t was true that
the SUB committee had taken diff
ferent action, but | informed the
: president that the majority of the fl
!. nance committee felt that we should
vote instead to place cattle and other
livestock and wheat and oats on
the free list. This President Wilson
agreed to and said it would BE all
right"
After leaving the White House,
Senator Simmons called on Senator
Williams, chairman of the sub com
mittee and told him of the sentiment
for free wheat and free cattle.
Then the subcommittee was called !
together and its former action re.
versed.
The matter is settled now" said |
Senator Simmons, and that is the way
the schedule will go to the senate"
The inquisitorial clause of the Un-
derwood hill which aroused foreign |
protest has been giving the Williams
sub committee considerable trouble
and in trying to work out a modifi- |
cation of its provisions they have
had the aid of Secretary McAdoC, |
Secretary Bryan and John Bassett |
Moore, counsellor of the state de-
partment.
a plan now is being discussed to
combine a portion of this provision
with the amendment proposed Civ
nG the secretary of the treasury the
! right to proclaim values, thus to have |
a safeguard against under valuations
and at the same time rid the provi-
sion of its features Objectionable to
foreign powers. The main purpose
of theinquisiforial clause was to pre-
vent under valuations, a necessity un.
der an ad valorem tax system.
To Prevent r-Valuations.
BY requiring the submission OF
original entries by foreign manufac-
turers in case of disputed valuations,
on penalty of exclusion of their prod
ucts, tho trainers of the bill believed
that deliberate Undertaking. would be
at minimum The amendment pro-
posed by Assistant Secretary Curtis OF
the treasury department and Assist
ant Attorney General Dennison to
give the secretary of the treasury
the right to proclaim valuations On
imports, irrespective of foreign mar
kets also was designed to prevent
under-yaluations, as we'll as to study
the revenues under an ad valorem
system.
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