The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31
SENATE COMPLETES
THE FIRST READING
OF NEW TARIFF BILL
Leaders Agree That Pas
sage of Measure Is Now
i'm ViewBreathe
Sigh OF Relief

Washington. August s0-The Senate
heaved a sigh of relief tonight, when
just before adjournment, it completed
the first reading of the new tariff bill.
Although many of the most important
new features of the measure remain to
be settled, Senate leaders agreed that the
disposal of the first reading of bill had
brought the passage of the measure within
its completion and passage.
The rates of the new income tax; the
provisions of the administrative features
of the law: the suggested tax rebate of
5 per cent for imports brought in Amer
lean ships; and many other sections of
the measure that will occasion debate
We're put over without action. and will
be taken up again next week. Senator
Norris announced that before the bill was
completed, he would propose an amend
ment directed at the Brazilian coffee
monopoly giving the President authority
TO levy % per cent duty on a product
tOHlIOlltu tuIOuHn fHOiOpOly Vi COll-
spiracy In another country.
May Continue Sessions
Democratic members of the finance
committee met again tonight and may
continue their sessions tomorrow. to go
over the sections laid aside by the Sem
ate in its several weeks of work on the
bill. 1t was expected tonight that the
a party conference Morday or Tuesday,
to adjust all differences over the bill in
cuding the question of the income tax
on large incomes.
The Senate today made number Of
important changes in the bill. The pro-
posal of the democrats, to give circuit
courts of appeal equal jurisdiction with
the United States customs court was
withdrawn by Senator Williams in behalf
of tie democratic committee members. He
said the committee had decided iG would
be better to leave the final Judgment in
customs cases entirely to the customs
court.
Just before adjournment Senator Poin-
dexter offered an amendment for tariff
committee of five persons who would
serve for 10 years and receive salaries of
$4,000 per year. They would be remov-
able by majority vote of Congress- Tne
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of the progressive party will be taken up
| Monday.
Provision Adopted
| The Senate adopted a provision prohib-
| ting importation of goods made by con-
| vict labor or principally by children
| under IA years of age Senator Borah,
republican, who had been instrumental in
| having the child labor question consid-
cred as part of the bill, declared the
! amendment. as 1t had been drawn. did
| not meet the needs of the situation The
| wording of the provision, he said, would
! admit goods made by child labor, because
! it would be difficult to show they had
/ been made principally by children under
| IA years of age
! The provisions giving the President
| power to establish retaliatory duties much
higher than the usual tariff rates against
certain imports from countries that might
discriminate against the United States
were adopted after several fruitlesss at
tempts by the republicans to amend them
! by Increasing the list of articles upon
wlsich extra duties could be levied.
| Senator McCumber endeavored to have
/ agricultural products included in the list,
but his amendment was rejected