Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-21
Under Guise OF Working for Good
OF Country and Reducing the High
Cost of Living, They Strike at Vi
talsofAmericanW orking People.
Summary Of Changes Proposed in Our Protective
Tariff, Which Has Built Up Our Country.

| W washington June 20.-impGftar
reductions in the Underwood tariff bill
rates on iron, steel and other meta
products; the addition of cattle
wheat, pig iron. angora wool an,
| many other articles to the free lis
| and an increase in rate on many
| classes of cotton goods, and som.
silk products, We're the chief feature.
of the revised tariff bill, as it wa!
| laid before Senate Democrats, today
| by Chairman Simmons of the finance
committee.
After weeks of work in which every
item of the bill had undergone clost
scrutiny by subcommittee of the
| majority membership of the finance
committee the re-drafted measure was
brought into the Democratic caucus
today Fer two hours, the important
changes were explained TO Democrats
and the bill was then made public
Experts of the committee at once be-
gan work on a conf rehenSiVe sum
mary OF the changes.
President Wilson'S desires as to free
sugar in 1916 and free wool at once
prevailed in the re-draft of the bill.
To the list of market basket reduc-
tiens, the Underwood bill containe
the Senate committee added many i'm
portant items. In the general level Of
its rates, the simmons bill'' repre-
sens a heavier cut from existing rates
of the Payne-Aldrich law than did the
bill as it passed the House some time
ago.
The senate caucus adjourned early
and members spent the afternoon
working ont private analysis OF The
measure. The caucus viii re-convene,
tomorrow morning.
Senate leaders believe the bill will
reach the Senate itself, late next week.
Members Of the finance committee
express the belief. tonight. that there
would not be much revision in the eau
Gus ana administration leaders believe
that ali but two or perhaps three SEN
ators. will take the pledge binding
themselves to support the bill.
Senator simmons, chairman of the
committee. believes that the caucus
Will discuss the bill not longer than Il
week.
In statement of the rates changes
prepared. tonight. for the committee,
Chairman Simmons said that ''as re-
suit af the changes proposed III the
House bill by the Democratic members
Of the finance committee, the revenues
of the government would be increased
approximately five million dollars,
hand in band with Il reduction of the
taxation following the reduction al
ready made in the House bill. These
increases in revenues will be made up
by q tariff on bananas, and restoration
of the full internal revenue duty OF
sfto per gallon on brandies used IL
fortifying wines
Concerning certain of the changes
the committees statement said:
The chemical schedule remain sub
stantialIv as it came from the House
with The exception that certain vat col
ors, which enter largely into the man
ufaoture Of cotton, wooden and other
textiles which the House put on the
dutiab,e list, have been transferred &c
In, the free list. Creosote oil. which is
used principally for the preservation
of timber, was taken from the outlaoit
and placed on the free list A slight
increase in duty was made with refer
cuce TO the manufactures of ceiluloid;
cyanide Of potash and cyanide OF So
dunn we're also transferred from the
dutiable to the free list.
with regard to the sugar scheduie
no change was made from the proVis-
ion of the Underwood bill, except u
etrike out sugars tinctured and color
ed for fear that uitramarine blue use
in bleaching sugar might be regarded
as colored matter and thereby reiinee
sugar become subject to duty OF l"'
| cents Il pound.
| "With regard to cigars and oehe
tobacco products from the Philippines
the provision of the Underwood pii
permitting cigars with so per cent
of tobacco the product of the Phi''p