The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-30
House Will Vote To-day and
Senate Will Get Bill
Wednesday.
WILSON TO ACT QUICKLY
Democrats Stake Party Fu-
ture on Reduction of
Living Cost.
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
Measure Expected to Yield $l6.-
100000 Surplus the
First Year.


wood-Simmons tariff bill as agreed to N
the conference committee was submitted
to the House to-day by Representative
Underwood. chairman OF the Ways and
Means Committee.
The bill will be voted on in the House
tomorrow. will 90 to the Senate Wednes-
day and after brief debate will be
adopted in it's present form. Before thu
end of the week President Wilson will
have signed the second low tariff measure
that has been passed in more than sixty
five years.
The Democratic leaders ia Cungrs-s
gave evidence of realizing that in snn-
mitting for final approval the results uf
their seven months of labor th"y had
taken a step freighted with unknown pos
sibilties in regard to the prosperity If
the country and tina, may break or mnhe
the Democratic party for years to CONF.
Generally speaking President Wilson
and his advisers in Congress are facin1
the future with confidence so far as ;h.
effect Of the legislation on American bus
ness is concerned. At the same time th.y
are predicting some degree of relief toy
the American consumer from what the
Democrats have characterized as the
abuses Of the high protective system.
Tariff Retrospcct.
Il mas been just twenty wears since the
Democrats last tried their hand AZ tariff
revision. Tn. effects ~ the Wilson Cor
man law or the disastrous results at
trbuted to it broke the hold of tho Demo
cratic party on Congress in the elections
Immediately following its enactment Two
years later the Presidency slipped through
the fingers of the Democrats and they re-
inancd out of control Of the Government
until the election uf Woodrow Wilson,
Tn. average ad Nalorem rate Of the
present bin Is very much lower than that
of the Wilson-Gorman act. The avcrHse
rate Of the latter was 3a.A5 per cent,
while the estimated rate Of the present
bill ranges from 81 to 20 per cent The
average for the present raIn"-Aidrich
law is Iol2 per cent
The Underwood simmons t-r.n law.
however will go upon the statute books
under much more favorable circums ances
than did the las, Democratic tsrid meas
ure
The Wilson -Gorman bill was agreed e,
ton In the midst Of party strife and with
the President openly accusing IN" leaders
in the Senate of party perhdy and party
dishonor." The Payne Aldrioh hill left
in its wake long series Of troubles for
the Republicans, which are in fact s,,ll
upon their party.
President Wilson's Position.
Unlike either President Cleveland or
President Taft, Mr.. Wilson will sign the
new tariff bill under most favorable con-
ditions. At the close OF the long fight he
finds himself personally triumphant and
al the same time in the closest accord with
the party leaders.
The bill has come through with a loss
of only two Democratic votes and .iese
were cast chiefly on account of local
reasons. The Underwood Simmons bill,
therefore. will bear the stamp of party
solidty, and with the best OF feeling be-
tween the President and his followers in
Congress. the new law will stand or fall
absolutely on its intrinsic merits. II will
go to the country free from any suspicion
and will be judged solely on what il ac-
complishes.
The bill about to become law is
variously described. Regular Republicans
denounce IL as a free trade measure and
profess to fear that ii will depress the
industries of the country. Progressive
Republicans find many good features In
the bill, while Chairman Simmons and
Leader Underwood describe the measure
as a tariff for revenue and not q free
trade bill.
Senator La Toilette who moves in a
sphere of his own in regard to tariff mat.
ters. holds that the bill is mildly pro-
tectiye"
Aims Of the RevIsi0nists.
The men who made the new tarifr law,
spurred on by the President, worked from
the beginning on IA distinct plan to re-
duce the high cost OF living, They re-
duced duties ON practically all of ths
articles that enter into the necessaries
of life. on the products OF the farm ~
well as upon manufactured products.
They sought consistently to shift the
burden of taxation as far as possible upon
the luxuries and those who are better
able to pay,
They have tried To free list raw ma
terial wherever II could be done without
working hardship and In that way COM
pensnte the American manufacturer for
his losses due to the reduced duties on
the things he produces.
With an addition t. TIA" revenues an
nual,y Of $s3.OO0.00o, as was estimated
by the Treasury exprrts, from the opera
tion OF the income tax, the Democratic
leaders found " poaslhl" to nrh" mu.f.
greater reduction IN duties than would
otherwise have been possible
In the mAhlns VI the biiI the coneeeos