The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-26
HEARINGS NAY Be GRANTED.
DEMOCRATS RELENT AND Al
Low BRETHREN TO STATE
GRIEVANCES AGAINST
TARIFF BILL.
Underwood Tariff Hin VIII Come up
in House I'm Few Days as Revised
BY Caucus and After IL Passes
Through Hands of Ways and Means
Committee.

Washington. April 2i.--Democratic
forces In charge of tariff revision in
The senate slightly yielded today to
the demands for hearings upon tariff
schedules. In addition TO the permis-
sion given all interested parties to file
statements with the finance commit
tee. Senator simmons today conceded
60 group OF Western senator's the
right to appear and state their argu-
ments against the free wool and free
sugar provisions that have been
agreed To by the Democrats OF the
house. full meeting of the senate
nnance committee Is to be held to-
morrow. Republican senators will
then renew their demand that general
open hearings be given. The atti-
tude Of the majority Of the Demo-
cratic members of the committee Is
against this. however. They claim
revision. and that no arguments would
90 brought forth that have not al
ready appeared In the hearings be-
fore the house committee or i'm the
hr.efs filed with the senate commit
tee.
The Underwood traiff bill ,as finally
approved and revised by the caucus
Of house Democrats, was reintroduced
ia tn house today by Representative
Underwood and referred back to the
ways and means committee. Tomor-
row IL will reappear with a favorable
report from the Democrats on the
committee and without a dissenting
vote.
IL has been determined that the
measure will be considered as n whole
bin I'm the senate as Il will be in the
house. The hearing to be granted to
the senators from Rocky Mountain
and Pacific Coast States upon the wool
and sugar issues In expected TO de-
veiop the ful, strength of the oppo-
sition and To give the finance COM
mittee definite information rs TO
whether II Will be necessary TO restore
any OF the duty on any OF the sched-
ulen
Tonight the Louisiana, Kansas and
Nebraska anti-free sugar forces had
net been included In the invitation
given for the nnance committee hear
rng.
Some OF the Western senator's will
present their arguments against free
sugar and free wool Wednesday. They
have not Indicated how mucs time
they expect to obtain.
The Republicans are figuring on
number OF amendments to- be pro-
posed In the substitutes for the wool
snd cotton schedules.
Representative Payne of New York.
an ranking minority member OF the
committee. today introduced his bill of
1911 to create a tariff board, changed
30 as to provide for a tariff commits
sion OF Ave members to be appointed
py the president by and with the ad-
vice and consent OF the senate and
clothed with authority TO negotiate
trade agreements with foreign nations.
Representative Goode OF Iowa also
introduced n bill to create a tariff
commission with broad powers Of in
vestigation and report.
representative Henebaugh OF Illi-
psis. a Progressive. introduced a reso-
esion declaring that inasmuch as the
Two minority bodies outnumbered the
Democrats body In popular vote the
tarin bill should be left to a refer
endum vote of the people of the Unit
ed States.