New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-09
DEMOCRATS DISCOVER
FLAWS IN THE TARIFF
Sober Consideration OF the
New Measure Gives Many
Cause to Complain.
SIGNS OF DISSATISFACTION
Disgruntled representatives
Turn TO Senate, Hoping Mar
row Margin There May
Save Some Industries.
From Tho Tribune Uurcau.l

Washington. April S.-Thc average
Democrat spent his time to-day i'm check
ING over the Underwood tariU bill care
fullv NOTING the articles for which he will
urge a bit of protection when the caucus
rcconvenes tomorrow. The Inconsistency
and sclf-intorest of Democratic tariff re-
visionists arc such that tire party leaders
now believe the caucus may extend over
several days. aud no member viii Ice tie
MED the probably futile motion Of amend
mont
Members from the Middle western
states were grouped i'm earnest confao
to-day concerning tho free listing of farm
I and dairy products They experienced 4
| fellow feeling for the men from Colo
RADIO and Louisiana. who hal hccn told
that sugar must 60 on the free list after
three years. There are murmurs Of dis
scnsion I'm Democratic ranks; combina-
tloYs are in the process Of formation, and
/ even the party caucus will not check all
I opposition TO the Underwood bill when IT
reaches the House floor for amendment
and debate.
The disgruntlcd House Democrat. how
| ever. expects little relief from his col
leagues I'm the lower body. lie is now
pulling the wires ovcr IN the senate. hop
/ ing that the narrow Democratic margin
there will save the day for som" particu-
lar industry in which he is interested.
Rival interests in the House cropped
out to-day from "A more studied analysis
/ Of the new tariff bin. Members from the
1 New England states FOR instance. are un-
| able to reconcile the attitude o. the Ways
and Means Committee with respect t.
Louisiana sugar and Massachusetts.
New Englander Indignant.
why is Louisiana permitted to wait
/ three years for free sugar, when boots
/ and shoes are slapped on the free list
| instanter?" Indignantly asked New
England member. Il want that explained
| in the caucus"
! The member who represents an agri-
cultural constituency is also demanding
TO know why farm products have been
made non-dutiable while other schedules
have suffered more moderate reductions.
Indicating that there are n many Dem
ocratc ideas concerning tariff revision AS
/ there are Democrats. a Georgia member
scoWled to-day as he fingered the tariii
| bill He discovered that a drug used IN
a beverage manufactured in his district
had been taxed almost out Of existence.
He will go into the caucus tomorrow and
ask the restoration Of the PAYNE rate
/ which is about one-hfth OF that assessed
! IN the new measure. ON the other hand
/ this same member probably will uphold
/ the hand Of other Southerners. who want
incidental protection termed by the
/ Democrats a revenue duty" on products
! in which their constituencies are vitality
/ interested.
Prospects are that the Democratic eau
/ Gus Will be the greatest talkfest In the
history of the new triumphant party. and
/ the WAYS and Means Committee members
are gathering their forces TO resist all
attempts 10 change the bill TO conform "a
the respective ideas Of New England, the
South. the Middle West, the Northwest
and the Pacific Coast