Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-06
Mann Lauds Underwood on
Occasion of Majority
Leaders Birthday.
PARTlSANSHIP DROPPED
AND APPLAUSE FOLLOWS.
Alabama Lawmaker Modestly Re-
plies to Tributes De-
livers Diatribe on Rags.

A democratic-republican love feast was
the House today as the weary threshing
out Of the taxing provisions OF the demo
cratic tariff bill drew to a close. The
occasion was the birthday of Represent
alive Oscar ". Underwood, the majority
leader. author OF the tariff measure.
AS the House approached the end of
the free list the monotonous presenta-
ton of futile republican amendments was
interrupted by Minority Leader Mann.
In a brief speech he announced that he
wished to put aside partisan feeling for
time and talk personally. He told the
House that fifty-one years ago one OF
the ablest men in public life first saw
the light of day and congratulated the
pie that during the ffty-one years of his
life there has grown to greatness and
bigness the able gentleman from Ala
banla, Mr.. Underwood.
Sweeping Applause.
Amid Il roar of applause from both
sides of the chamber, Mr.. Underwood
arose TO reply. He thanked Mr.. Mann
for his congratulations. and said:
Il know of no better time than this.
just as we are about to complete the tax
ing features of this bill, To say that l
want to thank both sides of this House
for the courtesy and kindness they have
shown the chairman of the ways and
means committee in his efforts to put
through this bill. l don't believe any
great measure ever passed through this
House with less personal rancor, or less
iil-feeling than this bill"
In a short time the consideration of the
remaining paragraphs of the free list was
completed and the income tax section of
the bill was reached.
When the House resumed the monot-
onoUs grind on the tariff bill today Rep
resentative Mondell obtained permission
TO return To the paragraph providing
free rags. 10 offer an amendment provid-
ing that all rags imported must be
cleaned and sterilized. Mr. Mondell took
OCCASION 10 deliver a diatribe on demo-
cratic rags
of duty, he said. the rags of the world
Rags from the harems of Turkey, rags
from the Sums of London. rags from the
purlieus of Naples and Rome. rags from
cholera and bubonic plague camps of
the Balkan peninsula will be given to
our people free. i know of nothing more
logical in a democratic tariff bill than
free rags We must have the rags of
all the world to come here to clothe our
people. driven from employment by the
democratic tariff rates.
Critic of Amendment.
Representative Underwood pointed out
that Mr.. Mondelrs amendment was IN
necessary because the rags We're now
cleaned before being admitted to this
country.
The rags amendment was defeated, 40
to "a.
An amendment by Representative Steen-
erson Of Minnesota to place the cheaper
furs on the free list was defeated after
q desultory debate. by "A vote of So to 30.
An amendment by Representative Foss
list and levy duty on them met a SINH
lar fate. as did an attempt 10 remove
tapioca flour from the free list
Republicans of the northwest attacked
tho free wheat and free -four provisions
Of the bill.
Predicts Flood of Wheat.
Representative Smith of Minnesota Of
fered an amendment to prevent foreign
countries from releasing their wheat du-
ties in order to secure the benefit of free
wheat in the American market. He de-
cIared the Canadian duty would probably
be removed and the American markets
flooded with Canadian wheat. Other
northwestern representatives supported
this contention.
Representative Underwood defended
would not be injured by free flour, and
the amendment was defeated.
Free barbed wire caused the next ar
gUment and an attempt by Representa-
tive Greene Of Iowa TO place a counter
valing duty upon the wire failed.
Perfunctory efforts TO remove the lum-
Der paragraph from the free list and To
alter the wood pulp and print paper
dragged futilely along for time and
were finally defeated.
Plans in the Senate.
As the tariff bill approaches It's day fol
passage In the House the Senate Is com
pleting plans for its consideration The
finance committee already considered II
informally. and expects to have the bill
before the full committee next week
Already briefs from manufacturing in
terests and corporations that will be af-
fected by the income tax have beer
filed with the committee. They will be-
thoroughly considered
Many republican senators have drafted
amendments 10 the bill which they will
propose later. Senator Sherman of ILL.,
nOis today introduced an amendment re-
feFred 10 the finance committee which
would provide that no provisions Of the
income tax should apply to any insurance
company or association which conducts
its business solely upon the mutual plan
and only for the benefit OF its policy hold
srs or members.