The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-14
CHANGES
HIS lNND ABOUT ]
THE FREE TARIFF
Opposition From West to the Wool
and Sugar Schedules I'm
presses President.
'TRInoRAHs FLOOD sENArl
Colorado Warns That Abolishing;
natiss WIN Rainn Beet In /
\ j. dustry Of Country. i.

q ), s.Ass.ss Fs@ 49, a..t'
T. Washington. May. ls Presiden
Wilson is beginning to receive peti
tions .frameail over the West ldeclar
Ing that his policy In regard to fire.
sugar and free raw wool means ruin
alton. gs
Senators Newlands. Chamberlain
and Walsh have advised the Presi
dent what the political effect of plac
ing these articles on the free Isl
will he.
The President has begun to listef
TO these pleas, and word that ht
was beginning to change his minc
was brought to the Capitol today by
one OF the most prominent Demo
Gratis In Congress
& Another OF the Inconsistencies oil
the HQuses bill was corrected In thu
Senate subcommittee today Ferro-
manganese was put on the free list
Under the Payne Aldrich bill the
duty on this product is fraction
less than Z per cent ad valorem
The. House doubled it to IL per
cent. estimating the duty to be col
lected at s550,0O0. Ferro-mangan-
ese is used In hardening steel. Prac-
ticaliy the entire product is con-
ltrolled BY the steel trust. Increas-
ing. the duty was OF direct benefit to
that trnst and against the interests
of the independents and the small
steel men everywhere.
!, 220 Appeals From Colorado.
Senator Smoot since Friday has
received more than 200 kilograms
from trade and civic bodies, and
private persons in Colorado appeal
ing to him tosfind some way to pre-
vent the destruction of Colorado beet
sugar thrdagh placing it on the free
list. Ai
The kilograms denounce as abso-
luteiy false the statement mada in
debate by Senator Thomas Of Col
orado that women in the beet sugar
fieldsof his state receive only 22
cents day. Senator Thomas char
acterized this as the cheapest labor
on the American continent. s.e
kilograms from boards Of trade
declare that Thomas statement
shows ne. knaws absolutely nothing
about the industry. "a
In many instances the Finance
comndtteas is taking into account
the dsffershce in cost Of labor here
and abroad in making the amend
ments they viii order. Particularly
is this true in the textile industries.
Chairman SIMMONS said this after
noon that he was to have another
conference with the President later
In the week. when II may be possib ble
to inform Mr.. Wilson what the ten
tative changes are.
\ Renew Public Hearing Fight.
! slThe fight for, public hearings on
the tariff bill will he resumed when
tho Senate meets tomorrow. One
Western Republican said he would
not support the motion and that twb
other Republicans would join him.
They would do this, he saidN because
the bin lis framed on. a revenue
basis only and IT would do no good
70 hold hearings, to listen to pro-
lection arguments or facts. The
question OF hearings may be debated
another week
i An offacialt delegation appointed
byea special act of the Porto Rican
legislature has Just arrived In Wash.
ington to defend the general eco
nomic interests of that island. Ss
They are pointing. out to TIE
Senate Committee ,andS hope to be
given the, privilege OF telling Presi.
dent Wilson that free sugar and the
reduction on citrus fruits duties
would paralyze and destroy the pres
sntssystsm Of public education.
They assert 1T would paraJyze The
dsyefopment of public works and
sanatal Hon; throw into poverty and
misery 7s,ooe families of laborers,
REPRESENTING 100000 men. women
and shildren; and 'finaliy wou,a
weaken ssbe ties Of affection -betwees,
me rsdple Of the leland and lof tie
United States 8 Practically | every
protsc. - re Improvement -sf Porto
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