The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-26
WILSON WILL SIGN
PRESIDENT TELLS CABINET HE
WILL FAVOR suNDRY CIVIL
APPROPRIATION MEASURE.
TARIFF AMENDMENTS MANY
Changes Have Support of Senate FL
nance Body, Which Has Submitted
Bill to Democratic caucus-oppose
Currency Bill.

Washington, June 23.-Wilson in,
formed his cabinet that he will sign
the sundry civil appropriation bill
carrying $116.000,OO0 and that he will
issue a statement giving his reasons
for doing so.
The Underwood tariff bill as amend
ed by the senate finance committee
was submitted to a caucus Of the SEN
ate Democrats. ThiS marks the last
important stage of the bill before 1t
is finally reported to the senate and
made the target for Republican at
tacks.
With large additions to the free list
and drastic reductions in the metal
schedule, the Underwood tariff bill as
amended by the senate finance COM
mittee and reported to the Democrat
ic caucus was made public here. The
revenue producing qualities of the bill
have been increased, however, in the
face, of many reductions by a provis-
ion imposing a duty of Ave cents a
bunch on bananas and removing from
brandies used in fortifying American
wines the large preferential hereto
fore given them.
Wheat and flour have been retained
on the free list subject to fixed coun-
tervailing duty. The bill as reported
is expected to produce five million dol
lars more revenue than as passed by
the house. The only material increase
in duty was In the cotton schedule.
This like the wool schedule was re-
classified to place slightly higher du-
ties on highly manufactured prod
ucts.
AS reported to the Democratic eau
Gus by the senate finance committee,
beet and sugar cane machinery, aliZa-
rim and colors obtained from anthra-
Gene have been added to the free list
Russian seq, New Zealand and Nor,
wegian tow, Jute waste, suitable for
the manufacture of paper, all books
used in schools and educational insti.
tutions, sand blast and sludge ma.
chimes, all hydraulic machines, catgut
for surgical use, creosote oil, glaciers
diamonds and diamond clust, and eggs
of all fowls have been placed on the
free list.
Cattle, sheep and ell other domestic
live animals suitable for human food,
not otherwise provided for, are other
additions to the free list.
Opposition to the Owen-Glass cur.
rency measure was voiced by the mi.
nority members of the senate banking
and currency committee. The pro.
posed Democratic bill was termed an
extension of the Vreeland measure
and contains defects that must be
eliminated before 1t is enacted into
law. The Republican committeeman
also asserted that the currency legis.
lation could not be enacted at the
present session of congress without
Republican support.
Federal control of banking as pro.
vided in the new measure was criti-
cized especially and the different rates
Of interest provided for the proposed
banking regions were attacked.
Senator Nelson, ranking minority
member of the committee, said:
Il believe many changes will have
to be made before the public will sane
tion the new bill,
Il thought they were going to give
us something new" said Senator Bris-
tow. "but they only have foisted off
the old Vreeland measure with all its
defects"
Il think there are many things that
will have to be changed in the meas
ure," said Senator Weeks, though
am heartily in favor Of currency legis-
lation during the present session."