Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-12
Many Senate Amendments
Likely to Meet Approval
in Conference.
FIGHT OVER SOME ITEMS
REGARDED AS PROBABLE
Bill Presented by the Upper House
Favored by Democratic Party
Leaders.

Although the House undoubtedly will
admitted by leaders of that body to-
day that many of the reductions in the
tariff duties as recommended by the
democrats of the Senate will be ac-
cepted by the House in the conference
that must come over that measure after
it has been passed by the Senate. So
far the majority members of the ways
and means committee of the House
have only talked informally Of the
Senate amendments. Chairman In
deswood is out Of the city and is not
expected in Washington until next
Monday. But following his return it
is expected that meetings of the demo !.
cratic members of the ways and means
committee will be held. at which the
Senate amendments will be given care
full consideration.
AS one Of the democratic leaders Of
the House. and a member OF the COM
mittee said today, the Senate democrats
had sprung great surprise, not only
on the public, but upon the members or
the House, when they made many sharp
reductions in the duties framed by the
House.
Cut to the Marrow.
I'VE cut many of the duties to the
bone, as we thought" said the represent
| ative, but the Senate democrats have
proceeded to cut them to the marrow"
He admitted that in the more inn
portant items and changes the House
probably would consent to the amend
ments made by the Senate. The free
listing of cattle and of wheat by the
| Senate, he thought, would be allowed
1 to stand The House had a tax on cat
tie and wheat, although it had placed
the finished products of these articles.
meats and flour. on the free list.
] There was quite fight in the House
| over placing duty on cattle and wheat,
anyway he said, and if l were making
a prediction on this matter. l should
say they would stay on the free list as
! in the Senate bill"
| As a general principle. it was said, the
| proposition that where a tax was placed
| on the finished products. and vice versa,
/ was good. But in those cases where
through American ingenuity, invention!
and patents American manufactures.
were enabled to place on the marke
| manufactured goods which could compet'
with the whole world and even surpas:
foreign manufacturers OF a similar kind
this principle will hardly hold, it wa.
| said.
Where Americans Excel.
| In such cases, where the American
| manufacturer has practically a monopoly
| the world over, the democrats of the
| House probably will be willing to permi,
| a tax on some of the raw material going
| into the finished products, and place the
| finished products on the free list, or con-
| siderably reduce the duties. Sewing ma
| chimes and typewriters Were cited as an
! stances of manufactured articles in which
| the United States leads the world
1 The House democrats VIII go upon
| the principle in considering the tarifl
bill as amended by the Senate that the
| Senate will pass the bill practically as
| reported yesterday by Chairman Sim
mons of the finance committee. Con
| tests will come between the two houses
| over those reductions made by the Sen
ate where the House members believe
that the reductions will bring about
big losses Of revenue. The free listing
| of pig iron and fero manganese, a:
| provided in the bill amended by the
| Senate probably will be among the
items over which there will be consid
| cradle argument when the bill gets L
That the free listing of these article:
| Will mean considerable reduction il
revenues
! Zero manganese. the duty on which
| was raised by the House democrat:
| over the duty in the Payne law, is
big revenue producer. and it was ex
pected that the increase in rates woulC
make it still bigger money raiser.
] There is bound to be a fight. too. il was
said. over the decision of the Senate Il
place the hair of the Angora goat. alpaca
and other such materials on the free list
along with the wool of the sheep. The
| House retained a duty on this material
Other Heavy Reductions.
| Big reductions have been made in the
agricultural. chemical, metal. wool and
| flax hemp and jute schedules by the Sen
ate democrats, and. although tho House
| is on record as being strongly in favor
of reducing rates, nevertheless there
probably will be some contests when the
| bill goes to conference over any possible
reductions in revenue due TO the Senate
amendments.
| Where the Senate has made increases
| there is sure to be a contest, 1t is said
Increases will be found in the cotton
schedule, for one, and it is expected that
sharp differences of opinion will develop
over these amendments. Compromises un-
| doubtedly will be the order of the day,
however. and it is likely that in the bill
as finally perfected in conference the
duties in the whole measure will be lower
| than as provided by the House, though
perhaps not quite so low as in the SEN
ate bill.