The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-27

WASHINGTON. Sept 2s.---An
agreement was reached this afters
noon on the Underwood Simmons
tariff bill by the conference commit
tee OF the senate and the house.
On practically every detail Of the
bill the conferees are now in accord
except an the Clarke amendment tax
Of the bill a disagreement will be re-
ported TO the house on Monday and
Chairman Underwood will move that
the house insist on it's disagreement
and instruct it's conferees to recede
from the Clarke amendment and sub
stitute what has come to be known
as the Smith Lever proposal. The
house conferees evidently believe they
will he able to carry the motion. This
will entail further conference be-
tween the two houses on the subject
Of the cotton futures tax alone.
Meets Again Today.
The conference committee will
meet again tomorrow morning when
ii will have before 1t proofs from the
government printing office of the bill
as 1t has been finally agreed upon
and on Monday morning the Repuh-
lican members of the committee will
be called in.
1t is the plan of the Democratic
leaders to report from the fun con.
ference committee TO the house be-
fore the close of the legislative day
Monday. Chairman Simmons expects
that the senate will receive the bill
back from the house not later than
Wednesday morning. Then he will
ask the senate 10 remain in continuous
session until the bill is finally agreed
to.
The closing hours of the confer
ence today verged on the sensational
at times When the conferees closed
their labors last night II looked as II
their differences were so pronounced
that they could not readily be recon-
ciled The deadlock in the confer
ence committee was signalixed by the
presence at the White House this
morning of both Chairman Simmons
and Representing Underwood. who
conferred with the president AZ
result of these conferences, sugges-
lions were made which led to mu-
tual concessions and within two hours
after the conferees reassembled for
the afternoon session an agreement
was reached.
TIL Clarke cotton futures tax
amendment was the chief cause OF
the final deadlock in the COMMITTEES.
1t seems certain now that the
Clarke amendment lis doomed. On
most of the other questions In con-
troversy the senate won.
The Other Issues.
The long standing issue over dutiee
on lead and zinc was settled by the
senate receding on the paragraph res
lating to duties on zinc in ores. there-#
by yielding the senate proposed duty
of IL Ia per cent and accepting the
lower duty Of 10 per cent fixed by the
house. ON every other question at
fecting lead or zinc duties. the house
yielded to the senate. II
The house conferees also, accepted
the senate amendment fixing dates
when the wool duties shall 80 into
effect. which was one OF the hnal
stumbling blocks. Raw wool will -
on tho free list on December LIST ana
the reduced duties carried by thu
present bill will become effective On
January 1st The house bill PROPOSED
To make the wool duties effective Inns
mediately on the bill being signed hY
the president. Today's action Was N
important concession to the maHu-
facturers
The senate won over the house. too.
on controverted paragraphs In tho
schedule relating TO cotton cloths
and yarns. BY this agreement slight
ly higher duties are given tp certain
coarser grades OF cotton cloths An4
yarns by changing the ciassiicatto
Fur hats and frames. forms a14
ether parts for the manufacture n
such hats were given rate Of a. pe6
cent The house fixed the rate ~ AN#
per cent, the senate made IL ~ 60
the senate rates fnaly prevetl9A