Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
Accepts the Amendment.

Not the got: the bull,'' yelled some
one who knows his Latin as he does
campaign document
That's it, the bull. and plenty of il.
Taurus. the bull-neciied stubbornness of
the democracy. is represented in this tar
iff zodiac. Capricornus is the goat. and
SO are the people the goat And Capri
coTnus will be Jack Gamers Angora
goat the pride of Texas. Here also we
have Leo. the lion. and him we saw yes
terday with his shaggy name. Mr. Rainey
of Illinois. in charge of the agricultural
schedule. and we also have Cancer, the
creeping crab. with all its mendacity and
SidewiSe motion.
This is sample of how the bill gal
loped through last night after a day OF
firing discussions. The committee of the
whole finished the paper schedule after
a long debate. and after a spat upon the
fur paragraph in the sundry schedule
steered a clear course toward the free
list. Minnesota members wanted furs
put back on the free list. Representa-
tive Moore OF Pennsylvania made a hit
with the women in the galleries with a
speech against the tarin on feathers from
birds OF plumage. He said IL was favor
ing the ribbon trust as to prohibit feath-
ers meant millinery would be composed
chiefly of ribbon.
House Votes for Free Wool.
Schedule X, called the keystone Of the
arch OF protection. came down with a
crash at the end of the three and a
half hours debate on the wool tariff.
when the House in committee of the
whole adopted the Underwood provision
The republicans had offered as a substi-
tute the Payne bill with slightly higher
vote of 1913 to a the democrats
cheered. Representative Austin of Ten
nessee republican. voted with the DEM
ocrats-not because he favors the Dill,
but because, as he explained. he could
not vote conscientiously for the Payne
amendment. as he believes il would do
more harm than good. Representatives
Temple and Walters. progressives. voted
for the Payne amendment. while Repre-
sentatives Murdock and Kelly. also pro-
gressives voted with the democrats.
The republicans did not let schedule
X die an easy death. Deprived by
agreement of letting loose their politi-
cal views on wool during the three
and a half hours. their speakers kept
hopping back TO it long after the key
stone of protection lay crumbled on
the ground The clerk would read a
paragraph from the paper schedule and
from his seat would appear a republi-
can TO speak on the way the country
would 90 straight to the bow-wows
with the protection shorn from the
golden fleece of American lambs" as
Representative MOndell of Wyoming
twice stated ii within FIVE minutes.
Representative Claude hltchin of North
Carolina and Representative Gardner
of Massachusetts fell into clash that
for a moment looked IS if it might go
farther than words. but this was pre-
vented by Representative Garrett of
Tennessee chairman of the committee.
who took hold of the situation as a
stern parliamentary policeman should
and brought the speakers back to the
rules.
Questions the Facts.
Representative Mann took advantage
Of the general scheme OF running
amuck on wool and told the demo-
crafts they did not use facts in making
up a tariff bill at all.
Representative Moore of Pennsylva-
MIA offered an amendment in the silk
schedule. which, under the present bill.
has a tariff of As per cent ad valorem
on certain lines of this material. Mr..
Moore standing in the middle of the
protective camp. offered an amendment
to reduce this to 50 per cent. He said
it was suggested in the interest OF UNI
brella manufacturers. who found that
foreign umbrellas can come in at SO
per cent, while the component parts
Of the umbrella are taxed higher. thus
giving a foreign umbrella maker 10
cent advantage over TIC
The amendment was rejected
prediction that Canada would be
in position to bring the United
States to its knees in the matter of
paper exported from the Dominion. un-
less a retaliatory duty of some sort is
placed on cheap print paper. was also
made by Representative Mann Of Illi-
nois. floor leader of the republicans in
discussing the print paper paragraph
Of the Underwood Dill
Reduction in Duties.
Under the terms of the bill the
tariff on printing paper is reduced from
about 16 per cent ad valorem TO II per
cent for all such print paper valued at
more than zig cents a pound.
Paper at less than that is on the free
list which will be discussed probably to-
morrow The tariff for two-and-a-half
cent print paper was adopted after a
long discussion about Canada's suprem-
acy, and possible tyranny in paper and
a running fire of debate as to whether or
not the Dominion will be getting more
under this present bill than 1t would
have gained under reciprocity.
After spirited debate on the tariff re-
vision measure. the House last night at
1907 recessed until IL O'clock Monday