The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-03-20
HE WILL SUPERVISE
REVISION PROGRAM
Executive Makes It Clear
That He Will Be the Boss
of the Democratic Party
in Congress and That He
Must Be Consulted Upon
All Important Matters
BY IRA ID. BENNETT
.special nispatch to Tne csln

Especial Dispatch TO The Csl)
WASHINGTON. March 19--woodrow
g Wilson is to be chief of the democratic
tariff tinkers in the extra session. os-
car w Underwood of the house ways
and means committee and f. NJ. Sim
mons OF the senate finance committee
viii be in active charge OF the legis-
lation. but the president VIII be the
man behind the gun. He promises to
supervise the whole revision program
and each schedule will be approved by
him personally before action IS taken.
One section Of the tariff was obtained
verbatim tonight as follows:
ON wool of the sheep, hair of the
camel goat, alpaca and other like ami
mails and on all woods and hair on the
skin OF such animals. duty shall be 20
per cent ad vaIorem
LINING UP THEIR FORCES
This provision. which is in the pres
ent drafts of the tariff measure, IS sub
iect to the action of the caucus which
IS to be held in april The members of
the committee on ways and means who
favor free wool say that they will
carry the fight to the caucus and ex-
pect that wool may be made free. They
80 lining up their forces. and there is
4 chance that they will succeed.
The tariff bill as it now stands con-
tains the following provisions with ref
erence to hosiery and knit goods man
Ufactures:
"On stockings, hose and half hose
made on knitting machines or frames
composed of cotton or vegetable fiber
and not otherwise especially provided
for in this act, 20 per cent ad valorem.
AID VALOREM DUTY FIXED
ON stockings. hose and half hose,
selvedge. fashioned, narrowed or shaped
wholly or in part by knitting machines
or frames, or knit by hand, including
such as are commercially known as
seamless stockings, hose and half hose
and clocked stockings, hose and half
hose, on all of the above composed of
cotton or other vegetable fiber, finished
or unfinished, 40 per centum ad
valorem. On mems and boys cotton
gloves, knitted or woven, 35 per centum
sd valorem"
Chairman Simmons went to the
White House. this afternoon and had
long talk with the president He
admitted frankly that his mission was
TO lay before Mr.. Wilson the tariff
matter and get his views on the man
ner in which the legislation was to be
handled in the senate Returning to
the capital Mr.. Simmons saw House
Leader Underwood and impaired to
him the Information he had CLEANED at
the White House There developed
from the conference these facts:
GOING TO BE BOSS
President Wilson is going to be the
bes5 OF his party in congress. He
must be consulted upon all matters,
and in tariff matters the proposed leg
islation will be submitted TO him be-
fore even the democratic caucus gets
chance to learn Of the new duties
IN fact, he will redraft any schedule
that does not please him and once his
official Endorsement is given 1t will
be expected to go through both houses
unchanged
The senate finance committee will
give no hearings to manufacturers or
working men who might wish to be
heard in the defense of their rights
They must content themselves with the
fling of briefs.
If possible, the house leaders will
rush through the tariff schedules in
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