Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-07-10
THE FINAL ROUND.

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The last stage of the tariff fight has
been reached, the Underwood-Sim-
mons bill having emerged from the
Finance Committee of the Senate.
The committee has been wrestling
with this bill a long. long time and
numerous minor changes in the House
measure have been made. Senator
Simmons and his associates on the
committee have given a great deal of
time and careful thought to the con-
sideration of theUnderwood bill. which
was referred to them some three
months ago, and express the hope that
their conclusions will be approved by
the Senate Democrats when the provi-
sions of the amended are
fully understood. Anyway, the fight
in the Senate has been launched and
Ihe outcome of one of the. most stub
aEorn tariff controversies ever wit
messed in the American congress is on.
1t is pointed out by Washington cor
respondents, in discussing the many
changes proposed by the Senate COM
mittee that this is the first time in the
history of tariff legislation the Senate
bill has shown itself to be a lower
measure than the House offered. De-
spite this fact, the country is advised
that the estimated revenues of the
Senate bill are thought to be larger
by about SIS, 000, 900 than the House
bill carried. The total estimated rev.
enue under the Underwood Simmons
measur will be, including the income
lax, about 1910, 100000. For the first
year nearly 1913, 0OO. 900, since the
Senate caucus approved the recon-
Amendation of the Finance committee
IDstponing the effectiveness of the
cut in the sugar schedule until March
/, 1914. The bill in its present form
represents the best thought of the
biggest men in the country and it is
hoped that the same may be enacted
into law without further delay: The
people are becoming impatient with
Why not pass the bill and
risk the consequences? A state of
guncertainty has existed for months in
industrial circles and no benefit to the
country is likely to accrue from a
long drawn-out fight on the floor of
the Senate. The Senators should pass
the bill and go home. There is dan
Hger and death in delay"
Anticipating obstructive tactics the
caucus adopted a resolution directing
1.-THE Finance committee. in order to ex-
pedite consideration OF the bill, to in
zterpose objection to all requests for
bringing up anything in the Senate
-gexcept the tariff bill. The suggestion
Senator Simmons that Democrats
zee bound by instructions of the
aGancus will doubtless hasten the end.
Three so-ca1led Observation-Disclosures
and Thornton, of Louisiana, and
Hitchcock of Nebraskaohave placed
themselves in the attitude of boilers,
but there is, apparently, to be no other
detection from the party ranks. Cal
sculating upon this basis the bill will
pass muster by a majority of two
Democratic votes, without Vice Presi-
dent Marshal taking a hand.
The Democratic Senators owe it to
themselves and tie country to stand
together in this final struggle for rem
edial legislation promised in the Bal
fimore platform last year. Wilson, I'm
derWood, Simmons and other great
leaders are deeply concerned about
this particular piece of legislation now
pending before the Senate. The Re
publicans r powerless to defeat it
If every Democrat stands by his gun
and remains on the firing line. The
cyes of the country are rivited upon
Nhe united States Senate. May ths
Democratic Senators acquaint them
selves like men.