The Forrest City times., 1913-09-12
SENATE PASSES
 TARIFF MEASURE WITH THE LOUISIANA SENATORS VOTING AGAINST BILL, VOTE
 STOOD A TO 37.
REPUBLICAN WITH MAJORITY
Senator LaFoliette Sides With Demo. crats-President Wilson
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Western Newspaper Onion News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Washington.-The Democratic tariff bill passed the Senate amid a burst or applause that swept down from crowded galleries and found its echo on the crowded floor of the Senate. It's passage was attended with surpris- es in the final moments of the voting when Senator LaFollette, Republican. cast his vote with the Democrats and was joined few moments later by Senator Poindexter. Progressive.
 The Democrats had counted through out the long tariff fight upon losing the votes of Senators Ransdell and thornton of Louisiana, Democrats "ho voted against the bill because it would put sugar on the free list Until the names of Senators LaFollette and foindexter were actually called, how ever, no one knew definitely the stand they would take and their votes were greeted with enthusiastic applause. The flnal vote stood 44to-37.
 President Wilson expressed great qualification over the end of the long struggle In the Senate. Senator Sim mons, chairman of the Finance Com. mittee, who had piloted the bill through the Finance Committee. the Democratic caucus and the Senate, predicted that its passage would bring immediate stimulus to the commercial life of the country.
 As it passed the Senate the tariff olil represents an average reduction of more than four per cent from the rates Of the original bill that passed the house and nearly 2S per cent from the rates of existing law. In many import ant places, the Senate has changed the oiii that passed the house and a con. terence committee of the two houses began to adjust the differences. Lead. CTS Of both houses predict that the conference will consume less than two weeks time.
 The Senate endeavored to hasten the bill on its progress to the White House by naming it's members of the conference committee aJ soon as the bill passed.
 Vice President Marshall appointed senators Simmons, Stone, Williams and Johnson. Democrats; and Senators Penrose, Lodge and LaFollette, Repub ilcans, as the Senate conferees.
 Senator Stone withdrew from the committee and Senator Shiyely WAS appointed in his place. The house con erees, 1t was reported, will be Rep resentatives Underwood, Kitchen and Rainey, Democrats. and Payne and Fordney, Republicans. Each house VIII have an equal vote in the confer ence committee even though each does not name the same number of con ferees.
 The bill as it passed the Senate re tained the principal house provisions including free sugar and free raw wool but revised other rates still further downward. The average ad valorem | rate in the bill now is approyimateIy zb per cent, a decrease of 28 Der cent from existing rates and nearly 4 per cent lower than the rates of the house bill.
 The Senate's addition to the house Tree list with 1912 as basis will cost the government more than $44,00O. 900 but by adding tax of one-tenth of 1 cent pound on cotton for future de. l livery, a tax on bananas of one.tenth Of l cent pound, restoring the re qulrement of full internal revenue tax Of $l.lO gallon on brandies used to fortify wines and by increasing the surtax rates on large incomes, Senate leaders belseye they have provided an actual increase. The Senate made these other important changes: Lowered the normal exemption from the l per cent income tax from s4.00C 10 s3,00o for single persons, with ex emptions for wives and dependent children.
 Free listed cattle and other live | stock, wheat, hair of the angora goat and some other agricultural products restored oatmeal and rolled oats to the dutiable list and provided an elaborate inspection of meat imports.
 Provided in the sugar schedule for immediate atolishme.-s of the Dutch s'andard teet; postponed operation oi DrCnospd rpaucad r1tpE until Afarob 1914, leaving the provision unchanged ] for free sugar in May. 1916.