The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-12
DEMOCRATS PLACE SHOE MA
CHiNERY ON FREE LIST TO
SMASH THE COMBINE.
SUGAR COMES UP TODAY
AIl-Day Fight in Prospect With Louis
lana Men Opposing Proposed Rates
Many Protests Against Various
Items Are Being Received by Men,
bers of the Upper House.

Washington, April 11.-Shoe ma
chinery, now taxed As per cent and on
which a reduction to 25 per cent was
proposed by the tariff revision bill,
was ordered transferred to the free
list today, by the democratic caucus
of the house. 1t was the first real
break of the democrats from the ways
and means committee rates, though
earlier in the day the caucus had
agreed to an amendment offered by
Representative Palmer of Pennsyl-
vania, a member of the committee and
in charge of the metal schedule under
which lead, containing less than 8
per cent zinc, would be admitted free
of duty on the zinc contained in it.
The shoe machinery amendment,
proposed by Representative Borland
of Missouri and carried by a viva voce'
vote without substantial opposition
from the members of the committee,
followed a lively discussion in which
Representative Oglesby of New York,
a new member, arraigned the So called
machinery trust and pointed to the
free list as an opportunity to let in
competition.
Anti-Free Sugar.
Another development of the day was
the agreement of the Louisiana mem
bers on an anti free sugar program
in the caucus with Representative
Broussard on guard to offer a series
of amendments to the sugar schedule
to represent the sentiment of the
Louisiana cane sugar interests and the
beet sugar sections.
The sugar schedule will be taken
up tomorrow with an all-day fight in
prospect. Representative HardMick
of Georgia and others are insistent
upon immediate free sugar. The
Broussard amendment will make the
hundred weight rate on So degree
sugar from Cuba, $1.14 on passage Of
the bill, $1.056 on June 80, 1915, and
81 2-10 cents on June 80, 1915, instead
of $1.34s as under the present law, and
$1.004S in the committee bill.
This would mean, by comparison
with the. present tariff law, a reduction
of roundly 20 cents at the outset, 30
cents in 1915 and 81 cents in 1918
On 10O-degree cane sugar from sources
other than Cuba, the Broussard
amendment would make a net reduc-
tion from the present rates of 37K
cents per 100 pounds on passage of
the bill, so cents in 1916, and 81 cents
in 1919, the pending tariff bills rate
being "a cents.
Another Broussard amendment
would extend the period of grace un-
der which the contemplated free sugar
basis was to be reached to a total of
four years. so as to carry the whole
question beyond the next national
election.
Wool Disposed Of.
The wool schedule quickly was dis
posed of by the caucus. An amend
nent by Representative Raker of Cali
fornia to transfer paving posts, rail-
road ties and telephone, telegraph and
other poles to the free list, in place of
the proposed 10 per cent duty, was
voted down.
Democratic Leader Underwood said
the caucus would not be able to get
through the bill for several days and
that it's consideration by the house
probably would not begin for another
week.
Hundreds of protests against The
rates in the proposed tariff are reach
ing members of the senate, where ad-
vocates of higher protection appar-
emily have determined to center their
attacks.