The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-21
FOR FREE SUGAR AND WOOL.
PRESIDENT Will NOT AGREE TO
COMPROMISE IN SUGAR AND
WOOL SCHEDULES.
Wilson Wants Underwood Tariff Blll
Enacted into Lsw-sugsr Schedule
Again Debated I'm Senate-Senator
Thomas Arouses Storm of Protest
from Republican.

the champion OF free wool and free
sugar In three years. as provided for
In the tariff bill recenetly passed by
the house. He announced emphati-
caily that he was not considering
compromises OF any sort: that he
stood squarely behind the measure
as Il passed the house and that he
regarded IL IA the duty OF the Demo-
cratic majority In the senate to full
hn It's platform pledges by enacting
the house bill into law.
II am not the kind" said the presi-
dent. that could ask compromises
when once take my position. i
have taken my stand with the house
leaders for the present bill. Enough
said. 1 am not looking for or ex-
pecting compromises"
The presidents utterance was made
10 half hundred newspaper corre-
spondents who gathered. as usual. to-
day at the White House for the semi
weekly conference. Practically, at
the same time. the senate was en-
gagsd In protracted debate. at the
end Of which tonight an agreement
was reached TO vote tomorrow on the
question OF public hearings on the
tariff bill. While the president. smil-
Ing. let n De known that ne was ex-
pressing no opinion whatsoever on the
proposal for hearings and that this
was n subject for the senate to dis
pose Of. his statement OF unqualified
support for the house bill was taken
generally to mean that Mr.. Wilson
considered arguments from special in
terests on the tariff schedule to have
been closd when the me dsure passed
the house. He Is understood to re-
gard the effort to obtain hearings as
q filibustering device.
The correspondents were about to
leave the Office when the president
asked IL IL were true that reports
were circulated TO compromises on
the wool and sugar schedules. All
day there had been rumors that con-
cessions OF some kind would be made
on the principal schedules In order
to satisfy opposition In the senate
The president had been told by
friends that In some sources there
was an expectation that a duty would
be put on raw wool or that the pro-
vision for free sugar after three years
would be dropped. 1t was TO counter
act these statements that ne took oc-
rasion to make his position clear
of course II is expected at the White
House that there will be minor
changes made by the finance commit
teo. certain equalization and correc-
tons which have been approved by
house leaders since the bill left their
hands. but In the principal schedules.
such as wool and sugar. the president
is degsrmined that there shall be no
change ~ he can prevent Il. There
were even intimations that he might
veto bill that came from the senate
with amendments on wool or sugar.
The agreement In the senate was
for n vote at 4 o'clock tomorrow aft.
ernoon on the motion TO refer the
Underwood bill TO the finance COM
mittee and tho Penrose- Toilette
amendment for public hearings. Re-
publican leaders accepted this pro-
posal from Chairman simmons after
senator stone had attempted TO force
m Immediate vote by moving to lay
al amendments TO the simmons mo-
ton on the table. This he withdrew
at Senator simmons request.
The sugar schedule was again the
subject OF eniivened debate. Senator
hansdell OF Louisiana. answering the
claim OF Senator James OF Kentucky
that the Democratic platform warned
louisiana TO expect free sugar. Mr..
Ransdell submitted records in an of-
fort TO show that the party was not
committed to free sugar.
The senate resumed consideration
OF the tarifr lato In the day.
senator Th homas OF Colorado dis
cussed predictions of business depres-
sion IL the Underwood bill became a
law. NO panic In the history of this
country was ever caused by an at
tempt to revise the tariff" ne said.
The senator aroused the RepubIi-
can aide by reading a magazine article
which alleged that the panic OF 1899
was manufactured by banking inter-
ests which desired the repeal OF the
sherman silver purchase act. Ac.
cording to the senator. circulars were
sent out from New York To- banks
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