El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-21
SENATE TIRES
Of YIELDING
ON TARIFF
Southern Senators Threaten
to Defeat Report if Burlap
Is Made Dutiable.
FREE LISTED FRUIT
TO COST 100000

HTASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 20
/ w Yielding on a number of its
amendments to the demands OF
! the house conferees on the tariff bill,
| the senate managers today gave the
/ house members to understand that under
no circumstances viii they permit bur
! laps to be placed on the dutiable list
Sufficient senators from the south have
/ notified the committee that the confer
ence report viii be rejected if the senate
yields that provision, and the senate
managers have no desire to imperl the
bill by agreeing to a report that can
not be sustained. When the du1able
list finally was laid aside this after
noon. the house still was contending
for dutiable burlaps, although it had
won its victory for free cotton bagging.
The principal items still in dispute
are lead and zinc bearing ores, burlaps,
the date when the wool schedule shall
go into effect, cotton thread and cotton
cloths, and denatured alcohol
Loss of S2,OOO,OOO in Revenue.
The most prominent concession made
by the senate today was the shifting of
bananas from the dutiable to the free
list. This means a loss OF something
more than S2,0OO,000 in the revenues
under the senate bill The senate fixed
a duty of one-tenth of a cent a pound
on this fruit President Wilson stood
behind the house on the fight that
bananas should be free listed under the
existing law.
After a prolonged struggle. the SEN
ate cOnferees accepted the house rates
on lemons, which are fixed according
tc the cubic contents of the boxes and
at slightly more than provided by the
senate. After being shifted back and
forth, Zante currants, an important ar.
ticle of food among Greek citizens, have
finally been made dutiable at y cent
per pound. The house fixed a rate OF
cents and the senate reduced it to
1 cent
Wood Pulp TO Be Free.
The house was victorious in its de-
mard7 for free press cloth made from
camel hair and used in the manufacture
OF cotton seed oil, an important south
ern industry. Wood pulp will come in
free, the house yielding to the senate
on this item. The countervailing duty
here was stricken out, but it was re-
tanned on potatoes.
During the debate. senator Brandagee.
Of Connecticut, stated that the manu-
facturers of fur hats in his state would
nave to go out of business if the duty
was not kept at 80 percent The house
made the duty 40 percent and the SEN
ate increased it to As Today the man
ufacturers in senator Brandegee's state
were treated to a surprise when the
senate accepted the lower rate of the
house.
AdjOurns Until Monday.
After discussing the income tax sec
lions this afternoon and finding they
could make no Roadway, the conferees
decided to take a rest and adjourned
until Monday morning. The house
cOnferees have not protested against
the increased tax, but they are demand
ing that the family units as a base for
the collection of the tax be restored
and that the family exemption allowed
by the senate be rejected
Senator Simmons expressed the hope
tonight that a final report could be
made Wednesday next, but admitted
that q full agreement by that date
might be impossible
Oppose Currency Legislation.
For the first time in a week, the
senate committee on banking and cur
rency had q quorum. Senators O'Gor-
man and Hitchcock, who have been at
White Sulphur Springs playing golf,
returned and attended the hearing The
his opposition to the currency measure
and indicated his attitude of hostility
in answers to questions put by him to-
day.
Senator O'Gorman, while not showing
his opposition, is understood to be
firmly opposed to any effort to enact
currency legislation at this session
Strong support Of the bill was voiced
today.
Senator Owen, chairman of the COM
mittee, at the conclusion of the hearing,
expressed the hope that this part of the
committees work would end by the
middle of the next week. when the bill
will be taken up in committee
Banker Suggests Changes.
Although he suggested some changes,
W. W Flanagan, a retired New York
banker approved the pending measure
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