Arizona republican., 1913-04-20
Will Be Introduced On Mon day by Majority Leader Underwood, Who An nOunces But Few Amcnd- ments Made in Caucus
MANY REDUCTIONS
 LONG FREE LIST
Now Believed It Will Be Passed by House by May 15 and Approved by the Senate Not Later Than July 15
ASSOCIATE PRESS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON. April l9.-The dem- ocratic tariff revision bill, with it's l sweeping reduction and long free list. was augmented today by the ways and l means committee and it's income tax is l now ready for debate by the house of 1 representatives.
 It was approved late today by the democratic caucus as amended in the
 in minor features, the bill will be in ! troduced on Monday by Majority Lead 1 CT Underwood.
 l It will be reported faVorably by the ways and means committee and called up for debate on Wednesday. Chair man Underwood predicted tonight the bill will be passed in the house by ! May 15. Two months, the admins
 tration leaders believe, is a generous
 time to allot to the senate for it's con-
 sideration and passage. unless it is ] decided to bring in the currency bill ] thereafter and congress should be 1 ready to adjourn about July T.. The bin as approved by President i Wilson came through the caucus un- scathed. The democratic opponents of
 free sugar and free raw wool made the
 most vigorous fights on the presidents ! suggestions as adopted by the ways and means committee. but they were 1 hopeleSsiy outvoted with a little chance l to develop enough opposition with the | republican alliance to do anything with
 the amendments on the floor of the
 house The caucus ratified the bill, l with it's minor amendments by an oV-
 erwhelming vote. some of the members 1 taking advantage of the rule granting | freedom from caucus pledge to support 1 the bill in it's entirety.
 1 Members who were released from the | caucus pledge are Broussard. Dupre, {! Lazare and Morgan of Louisiana on account of sugar: Ashbrooke. White 1 and Francis of Ohio, because of wool, l Bremner and kinkaid of New Jersey, 1 on account of cattle; Donovan and 1 Kennedy of Connecticut, because of l hats: Burke of Wisconsin, farm pro- ducts and Fowler of Illinois, linseed oil. The principal changes in the biE | were:
 Shoe machinery, buckwheat. rye, 1
 ferred from the dutiable to the free list: onyx reduced from 65 cents to j0
 cents per cubic foot to put it on the
 same basis with marble; diamonds, un cut are unchanged. but cut were in-
 creased from 15 to 20 per cent; castor oil reduced from T. to 12 per cent: cod,
 seal and herring oil, reduced from to 3 per cent; sperm oil reduced from } | to 3 per cent; vanilla beans reduced from 50 to 30 cents per pound, salts
 and other compounds and mixtures in
 which bismuth, gold, platinum, rhodi-
 um silver, tin and uranium constitute : the chief value are cut 15 to 10 per cent.
 , Representative Hardwisk introduced a resolution which is referred for sub
 seuuent action, providing the tariff bill
 be passed under a special rule, restrict ing the general debate to eight legis- lative delays and the minority of the
 house be limited to offering amend
 ments not more than two amendments
 as substituted for each schedule or sec
 ton of the bill and not more than two amendments on the bill as whole and
 that mo other amendment shall be in , order
 The caucus adopted an amendment :, I fixing May 1, 1916 as the rate when . raw sugar shall go on the free list. The
 time when the income tax shall become effective was not decided
 There was big argument in the l caucus today over provision thai
 would allow five per cent discount or , all goods wares and merchandise i'm ., ported" in vessels built in the United , States and which shall be wholly the
 i property of United States citizens"
 Representative Harrison of Missis
 1 sippi led the fight against this propo
 sition on the ground that it violated
 the treaty rights of subsidized Ameri ri can shipping. His motion to strike ou
 ithe provision was rejected by 12S t' - 50, his next move was to amend so a.
 to make it non applicable to existin! e treaties and it likewise was lost Q Then Representative Fitzhenry o n Illinois offered and the house adopte'
 the amendment of this provision so a
 to strike out the word quoted, as a sub . sttute "in all vessels entitled to b p registered under the American laws. nl Oral hearings on the tariff will no d be granted by the senate finance com r. mittee according to an unofficial opin
 expressed at a meeting today.