The Sentinel=record., 1913-09-19
SETTLE ON WHEAT
 AND FLOUR RATES
CONFEREES AGREE BUT HAVE NOT MADE PUBLIC TERMS
 THEY CONCLUDED
Believed, However That House Ac- eeded to Demands of the Senate on the Cereal Tariff.

Washington, Sept l8.--A settl e- ment of the differences between the senate and house over the proposed duties on wheat and flour was reached by the democratic members of the tariff conference committee to- night The nature of the agreement was not made public but it is under stood tha the house m ambers finally accepted the senate amendment al most Wtthout change,
 Under this provision, both wheat and flour would go on the free list and a duty of 10 cents per bushel would be assessed against wheat i'm ported from a country levying duty on American wheat and duty of 45 cents per barrel against flour i'm ported under like conditions. The house had put a straight duty of 10 cents per bushel on wheat and had free.isted flour with a counteryailing duty of 10 per cent ad valorem.
 Today's agreement established a precedent which it is understood, will be followed in other cases in inn posing countervaiing duties.
 1t is expected that the conference will approve a countervailing duty of 10 per cent on potatoes, which both houses have put on The free list, and that the countarvailing duty on wood pulp, put in by the house and later stricken out by the senate, may also be adopted.
 Wide differences of opinion de yeloped in the conference over the duty on lead and zinc ore burlap ferro manganese ore and several other items. An agreement was reached on the meat inspection pro vision applied to free meat from abroad. and the section will be re written so that the rigid provisions of the American inspection laws will be applied in some of their more i'm portant features to imported meats A night session of the conference was held tonight because of the slow progress made on the bill today. The disposition of the conferees tt drop senate amendments proposing .
 tax of $1.10 gallon on all frui 1 brandies used to fortify swee. wines
 was vigorously attacked in the sen ate today by Senator POmeren2. H' l declared that unless the provision | | adopted he will make a fight on tn | floor of the senate against approva
 of the conference report
 The amendment met objectiOn | from the house conferees. By al | agreement reached several days agr
 it was proposed to eliminate the pro
 vision and take it mp as separate
 measure at the next session of con eress.
 Senator Pomerene criticised th' | tariff bill managers more sharply than had any other democrat since Senator Hitchcock denounced the
 caucus for the defeat of his trust amendment He was joined by Sen
 ator Vardaman of Mississippi
 In 1S90,' Senator Pomerene said this favor was granted the Califor nia wine producers without debate or the theory that there would be pro
 duced a light wine suitable for table use Instead of that they add et enough alcohol to bring the alcoho
 in gwaet wines mp to 22 per cent, ant have made it unfit for table use There is only 40 per cent alcohol 1T
 whiskey so that the lady who takes her glass of sweet wine is getting more alcohol than the man who drinks his highball"
 He declared that only the patent medicine manufacturers, who use the cheapest sweet wines, would suffer
 from the tax, and objected to post poning consideration of the tax unti the next session of congress on tho ground that it would relieve the Cali iornia producers of q tax for a year amounting to a bonus of some S7. gUG C00