Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
BURLAP CLAUSE
HOLDS TARIFF
CONF FERENCE
Senate Yields to House on Almost
Every Other Item That
Conferees Disputed,
BANANAS ON FREE LIST
Wilson Stands Behind Lower
Body in Contention and He
Has Way in FinaIity,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O-Yielding
on a number of its amendments to
the demands of the House conferees
on the tariff bill the Senate managers
to-day gave the House members to
understand that under no circum-
stances VIII they permit burlaps to be
placed on the dutiable list
Sufficient Senators from the South
have notified the committee that the
conference report would be rejected
If the Senate yields that provision,
but Senate managers have no desire
to imperil the bill by agreeing TO a re-
port that can not be sustained. When
the dutiable list finally was laid aside
this afternoon the House still was
contending for dutiable burlaps, al
though it had won it's victory for free
cotton bagging.
The principal items still in dispute
are lead and zinc bearing ores, bur
laps. the date when the wool SEIZED
ue shall go into effect, cotton thread
and cotton cloths and denatured al
cohol.
Bananas on Free List.
The most prominent concession
made by the Senate to-day was the
shifting of bananas from the dutiable
to the free list. This means a loss
of something more than 100000 in
the estimated revenues under the
Senate bill. The Senate fixed duty
Of one tenth of a cent a pound on
this fruit. President Wilson stood be-
hind the House in its demand that
bananas should be free listed as un-
der the existing law.
After a prolonged struggle. the SEN
ate conferees accepted the House
rates on lemons, which are fixed &C
cording to the cubic contents of the
boxes, and at rates slightly lower than
those provided by the Senate. After
being shifted back and forth, Iante
currants. an important article of food
among Greek citizens, have finally
been made duti1bie at one-half cent a
pound. The House fixed rate OF
2 cents and the Senate reduced it to
1 cent.
House Scores Victory.
The House was victorious in its de-
mord for free press cloth made from
Caue!s' hair and used in the manu-
facture of cotton seed oil, an impor-
tant Southern industry. Wood pulp
will come in free, the House yielding
to the Senate on this item. The
countervailins duty here was stricken
out. but it was retained on potatoes,
During the debate Senator Brande-
gee, OF 1tnnetllCuI stated that Aut
manufacturers Of fur hats In his
State would have to go out of bust
ness if the duty was not kept at least
at so per cent. The House made the
duty 40 per cent, and the Senate in
creased it to As To-day the manu-
facturers in Senator Branuegee's
State were treated to a surprise when
the Senate accepted the lower rate OF
The House
After discussing the income tax sec
tions this afternoon and finding they
could make no head way, the conferees
decided to take a rest, and adjourned
until Monday morning. The House
conferees have not protested against
the increased surtaX, but they are de-
handing that the family units as a
basis for the collection of the tax be
restored and that the family exemp-
tions allowed by the Senate be re-
jected.
Senator Simmons expressed the
hone tonight that a final report could
be made Wednesday next, but admit
ted that a full agreement by that date
might be impossible.