Arizona republican., 1913-06-29
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Senator Ashmst Creates Sensation by Offering all Amendment to Put Wo- men $ WOOlen Dress Goods on Free List
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] ASSOCIATED PRESS RISl'A ft-li ! WASHINGTON, June 2o.-lmpatient
 at delay in getting the tariff bill be | fore the senate. the administration 1 leaders by Chairman simmons Of the i finance committees spurrcd the demo crats tO action today, and in the tariff 1 caucus tonight the consideration of all the schedules had practically been accomplished During the day the caucus approved the wool manutac-
 turers silk. paper, flax, hemp and 1 jute schedules. and tonight took up the sundries free list. which will be followed on Monday by d considerst- tiou of the administrative features and the income tax section. l. is surprising to many of the sen ators that the caucus passed through ! the committee amendments today without much friction. and no changes were made to any of the schedule. although at the request ot the com mlttee a few items Of the wool sched- ule were referred back. Tn the wool schedule the committee suggested that Combed tops and nails which are dutia ble in the bill at 15 per cent might be further reduced, if not put On the free list. and this was re- ferred back for further recommcnda- tions. together with the item of hlan- kets valued at less than 40 cents. which the committee will probably recommend to be placed on the free i list
 The action of the committee in transferring raw hemp, flax and juto to the free list was approved by the i caucus without discussion. The com mittee changes of the silk schedules and substituting q specific for the ' and no changes will be made in the Ipaper schedule or print paper valued
 at not more than 2ia cents per pound, { it being left on the unrestricted free list. as in the bill which passed the house
 ! Early today the only enHvening dis l cussiou occurred on an amendment ! by Senator Ashurst to put on the ! free list all wooden goods of general | use, such as cloth. women.s and chil- 1 drens dress goods, readN-made cloth 1 ing. stockings. and the like, which was agreed to in the democratic plat ! form. and. in declaring for the tariff reductions which would lower the | cost of living, they were justified in
 placing all clothing on the free list.
 Members of the finance committee IstrenuousIy opposed such d wide re- < duCtIon however, and the AShurSt amendment was voted down by d large majority.
 Simmons tonight declared the eau
 GUS had at last shown d disposition to
 hasten work, and believed the bill
 would be completed by Monday night Tor Tuesday at the latest, although l there is considerable difference Of opinion anticipated when the income
 tax is reached As amended by the | finance committee reducing to nor mal the exemption from $40o0 to $30OO for single person, the revenue to be derived is estimated to be about the same as the estimated revenue of the Underwood bill of $50, 0,000,000.
 The reduction of the general eXcmp-
 tion is figured to be about capitalized by the additional exemption for mar ried men and women and for children dependent on the income of the par
 ent.
 As soon as the caucus completes the bill. it will be passed upon by the T full finance committee. the minority
 members then getting their first Iofficial look at the measure. The
 bill will be in committee for not more
 than two days. In any event. it will
 be improbable for it to be reported
 to the senate in time for the general
 debate to begin before July i.