Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
TARIFF REVISION
BILL COMPLETED
Modelled from Beginning to End
to Accord with the Presi-
ent's Ideas.
ULTIMATUM TO SUGAR MEN
Must Agree to One Cent Pound
Duty and Free Sugar After.
wards, or Take Bitter
Pill Now.

Washington, April 4--The democratic
tariff revision bill is completed tonight
with the exception of a final decision
upon the sugar tariff From beginning to
end 1t is a measure modelled in accord
with the ideas of President Wilson with
wool meats and Nancy other foodstuns
and clothing materials on the free list
with low duties upon all agricultural
products and foodstuffs that are not free
and with the tariff on chemical, steel and
other commercial products cut far below
the present protective rates.
The Senate tariff leaders to-day asked
for an opportunity to study the bill until
Sunday afternoon. They will then confer
with Chairman Underwood of tho House
committee on ways and means, and
later will have a final conference with
president Wilson Briefly summarized
the tariff developments of the day We're:
President Wilson's ultimatum to sugar
interests that they must agree to a tariff
of one cent per pound for three years
with free sugar after that time. or he
would attempt to secure free sugar at
once
The completion Of the bill by the ways
and means committee, with the eXcep-
ton of the sugar schedule. On this the
committee is prepared to agree on free
sugar if the President insists.
Income tax rates fixed at one per cent
for all corporation incomes above 5000
one per cent. on personal incomes from
5000 to $4,000; two per cent. from $4,000
to $4,000; three per cent. from $4,000 to
100000; four per cent. above 100000.
LOUISIANA READY TO FIGHT.
The President submitted his proposal
on the sugar tariff to Representative
Broussard of Louisiana early in the day.
Louisiana senators and representatives
conferred all day and sounded out other
members of the Senate to determine
whether enough strength could be secured
to fight the free sugar features of the
plan.
Notwithstanding the sugar controversy
events so shaped themselves to-day as to
indicate that the House, the Senate and
the President will come to definite
and final agreement upon the tariff bill
before Monday and that the measure
will be presented to the House early next
week as an administration measure and
with all tariff leaders behind it.
After a short meeting of the demo-
cratic members of the finance commit
tee to-day, Senators Simmons, James
and Hughes called on Mr.. Underwood
and discussed the wool, sugar and ag-
r!cultural tariffs. "A demand from some
quarters in the Senate for an increase
in the agricultural duties, and a doubt
as to the success of both free wool
| and free sugar in the Senate consti-
tute the problem over which the Sen
ute leaders will work tonight and to-
morrow
The House tariff makers have left
matters entirely in the hands Of the
President. Members of the Senate FIN
nnce committee to-day declared there
would be an ultimate agreement with
the President over all contested points.
The situation as it has develope i
:his week is apparently consumma-
dion of the plan, laid out by the Presi-
dent and the House and Senate lead
ers, to bring the executive department
and both branches of Congress into
agreement upon the tariff revision be-
fore the new bill leaves the custody
of the committee that has drawn it.
SITUATION is UNIQUE.
The situation, unique in tariff history OF
recent years, is expected to greatly
shorten the time required for the passage
of the tariff bill; and to reduce to an un-
usual degree the congressional debate and
amendment Of the measure A preliminary
agreement on the bill, it is claimed vii
result in the making of few changes by
the Senate when the bill reaches ina
body.
Chairman Underwood, when the way!
and means committee adjourned for thu
= oil
of mind. and expressed the hope that tho
committee would hear from the Presiden
And the Senate committee BY Sunday a
the latest.
"Our bill is ready" said Mr.. Under
wood. THE sugar tariff is the only ser
sous point in controversy ana our com
nittee has agreed to whatever the Presl
dent wants us to do, after he has mad
up his mind"
BECAUSE of delay in settling the sugar
schedule the committee may not be ready
20 introduce the bill on Monday. CHAIR
man Underwood assured the Preslden
that he could have all the time necessar!
~ bring about an agreement with tn
Senate leaders.
provision of the tariff bill is that !
shall become effective on midnight or IN
day on which II Is signed by the lresl
dent. This provision and the fact tina
the measure will be blanket bill inciud
irg the income tax when 1t comes iron
the committee, strengthens the probabil
ry that it will be considered in Congress
as one measure, instead Of being take
DIP schedule by schedule.
President Wilson gave his cabinet to
Gay an outline of the negotiations throug
which he hoped to secure common
agreement on the tariff bill. Later Nom
bers of the cabinet expressed themselve
as in hearty accord with the President
views on the tariff.
The President was hopeful tonight tina
he would have the support of the Louisi
ana senators on the one-cent sugar pro
proposal
Recommended for Good Reason.