Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-02
AGREE TO listen
TO ARGUMENTS
Democratic Senators Concede
! Tariff Hearings.
AFFECTS WOOL AND SUGAR

Al interested Parties May File Fur.
ther Statements With the Finance
Committee and a Group Of Western
Senators Can Appear and Make Ar
guments Against Free Wool and
Free Sugar Provisions.
Washington, April 22.-Democratic
forces in charge of tariff legislation in
the senate slightly yielded to the de-
mands for hearings upon the tariff
schedules. In addition to the permits
sion given all interested parties to file
further statements with the finance
committee Senator Simmons conced-
ed to a group of Western senators the
right to appear and state their argu-
ments against the free wool and free
sugar provisions. 49,. -.
A full meeting of the senate finance
committee is to be held. Republican
senators will then renew their de-
mands that general open hearings be
given. The attitude of the majority
of the Democratic members of the
committee is against this, however
They assert that such course would
delay the tariff revision and that no
arguments would be brought forth
that have not already appeared in thu
hearings before the house commit
tee, or in the briefs filed with the
senate committee.
The senate Democratic leaders have
given up hope of having the bill
brought into the senate in the form Of
separate schedules. 1t has been deter
mined that the measure will be con-
sidered, as whole bill in the sen
ate, as it will be in the house.
The hearing to be granted to the
senators firm the Rocky mountain
and Pacific coast states upon the wool
and sugar issues is expected to de-
velop the full strength of the Opposi
ton to the bill and to give the finance
committee definite information as to
whether it will be necessary to re-
store any of the duty on either OF
these schedules.
Not included in Invitation.
According to information the Louis
lana, Nebraska and Kansas anti-free
sugar forces had not been included in
the invitation given for the finance
committee hearing.
Some of the Western senators will
present their arguments against free
sugar and free wool Wednesday. They
have not indicated how much time
they expect to- occupy.
After lively fight Republicans in
open caucus voted in favor of an ag-
gressive constructive tariff campaign
during the consideration of the Demo
cratic tariff bill. BY the vote of 81 to
q the caucus rejected resolution
presented by Representative Moore of
PENNSYLVANIA to prevent the Repub.
ncans from Offering, as party meas
ures, amendments to the Underwood
bill.
Representative Payne of New York,
author of the present tariff law, led
the fight against the Moore resolution
and urged the adoption of a substitute
for the wool schedule of the Under
wood bill, which hi. had presented to
the Republicans of the ways and
committee. This substitute
bill fixing the rate on pure wool at Is
cents a pound and arranging the du-
ties on the various stages of manu-
featured wool at relative compensa-
tory rates, was adopted by the eau
Gus.
Representative Gardner reported
that the Republicans of the ways and
means committee were not ready to
submit a cotton bill and the caucus
adjourned unit! Thursday night