Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-02
Further Discussion is Expected
Before Revision Plan is Sub
mitted to Extra Session Of
Congress.
STRONG OPPOSITION
TO FREE SUGAR PLAN
Effort is Made to Harmonic
Differences Between House
and Senate Previous To
Democratic Caucus,

(By Morning Journal Special Leased wirc)
Washington. April l-President
Wilson and Representative oscar w.
Underwood were in conference FOR
several hours at the White House too
day over features of the proposed
tariff revision. The conference was
requested hy President Wilson. who
had been studying the new tariff bill
for several days and familiarzing
himself with many Of the questions
'about which controversy has been
raised
other conferences which are 60 fol-
low with Mr. Underwood and Senator
simmons, chairman of the senate fin
.ance committee, viii settle the status
of the sugar. wool and agricultural
schedules. SO far as the party leaders
can settle them. and will decide
whether one general bill or separate
schedule bills shall be presented TO
the house The opponents of free
sugar. chiefly representing the cane
growing sections of the south. have
made strong representations 10 the
president against the removal of all
duty from that product.
Since his first conference with MIR.
Underwood, President Wilson has gone
over the tariff bill in immediate de-
tail with Secretary Redfield. of the
department of commerce, for whose
tariff views he has high regard
II WAS understood that few detailed
rates were under consideration al to-
nights conference. but that The gem
eral questions as to the free admission
of raw materials and the extent to
which the duty should be removed
from AGRICULTURAL products and arti-
.cles largely consumed boy the public.
were discussed fully
Efforts to bring the senate and
house into accord before the details
of the new tariff bin become public.
are to be made late this week. Sena-
tor simmons Will ask democratic
members Of the senate finance com
mittec to meet Friday for the pre-
liminary consideration of the tariff
At that time it IS expected that copy
of the bill by the house ways and
means committee will be submitted
to the democratic senators and con-
sidered in detail
Should the senate committee deter
mine that certain features of the bill
would not be acceptable In the senate
efforts viii be made to have the draft
of the bin changed by the house com
mitee or by the democratic member
ship of the house when It meets i'm
caucus next week. so that house and
senate may be brought into as COM
plete accord as possible in support of
the house bill
When the conference letWeen Pres
ident Wilson and Representative TIM
derWood ended tonight the free sugar
plan and the rs per cent tax on wool
were hanging in the balance.
Mr. Underwood, upon leaving the
White House. would only vouchsafe
the Information that some progress
had been made and there were no
differences letween the president and
himself and that the majority of his
committee would meet again tomor-
row
However, the fight against putting
raw sugar on the free list and against
retaining the duty on raw wool and
over some other parts of the tariff
revision. is understood to have led the
president to hesitate in committing
himself upon these matters until he
has had an opportunity to obtain fur
ther light lie Will confer over the
tariff situation tomorrow and within
the next twcnty-four hours communi
cate his views finally to the ways and
means committee, which in the
meantime, is virtually marking time.
1t was Indicated tonight tnal Iree
sugar would remain in the bill as it,
is 10 be introduced by Chairman TN
dcrwood, though that conclusion is
by no means certain. If the presi-
dent concludes that the pleas for q
duty on sugar should be needed, the
committee majority is expected to ace
Quiesce and transfer sugar to the
dutiable list
The purpose now is to 90 ahead
win be submitted in that shape to|
the democratic caucus Of the house.
which can break il up into schedules
If it So desires, but the tariff revis-
ionsts are disposed to believe thatI
the caucus viii adopt the committees
plan.
The president is understood toI
have agreed with the house demo
crats on the income tax plan, which
however, is subjected to change as toI
rate and the amount Of the exemp-
tion, now Professionally at from ! per
cent on $4,000 to 8 per cent on
100000.
The democratic caucus may not be
held Tuesday after all, if the pres
dent should delay his opinion as toI
changes in important rates