Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-22
Cereals and Livestock and Pro-
ducts of Them to be Treated
in New Schedules to be
Prepared,
IF FLOUR IS FREE
WHEAT WILL BE ALSO
President Said to be in Accord
With Numerous and Import
ant Changes Proposed in
Tariff Measure,

isY uoRaiao JouHnkL SPECIAL LrAsro wiagl
Washington May l.--Determina-
ton 10 equalzc livestock and grains
and their respective products in the
Underwood tariff bill has been reach
ed by the senate finance suh-commit-
tee considering the agricultural sched-
uc. II has been agreed that II cattle,
sheep, hogs wheat and oats are to re-
main dutiablc as the Underwood bill
classifies them, then a duty shall be
placed upon beef, mutton, pork, flour,
wheat and oatmeal, or II these pro-
ducts are TO remain on the free list.
the raw material will be converted
into the free list.
This Is the first basic tariff change
to be planned by scnate democrats
since the Underwood bin came from
the house.
Whether raw materials and their
products are TO be free listed or all
are to be made dutiable has not been
determined. but that all would be
treated alike. was asserted today hy
Senator John Sharp Williams, chair
man of the subcommittee. which has
the schedule in hand. The decision to
equalize these schedules. 1t also was
reported. had been reached with the
knowledge Of the president and not
without his approval.
When Senator Williams was told Of
a report in circulation that his com
mittee had decided TO put all livestock
and grains on the free list III keeping
with their products as they are treat
ed in the Underwood bill. he declared
thero was no ground for such a re-
port
But" declared the senator, there
is this much about IT, If cattle, sheep
and hogs are to remain dutiable in
this bill, then the products will carry
duty. The same is true of wheat
oats, flour ana oatmeal. There will be
no discrimination between these raw
materials and their products in this
bill. But we have not determined
whether they shall be dutiablc or un-
duiiable.7
The fight over this feature of the
Underwood bill began in the house
and there was considerable democratic
opposition to the free-lsting Of farm
products. while the raw material was
left dutiable. Some democrats pre-
dictod that the senate would change
the schedule, most Of them asserting
that livestock and grains would so to
the free list Whatever the sub-com-
mittee does in the matter Is expected
to meet with the approval Of the fl
nance committee majority. It was
learned today that Senator Walsh,
Of Montana, planned to introduce an
amendment in the senate to put cat
tie on the free list If the bin were
presented without such a change
The Underwood bill puts duty Of
10 per cent ad valorem on all live
stock and frec-lists all fresh meat,
duty Of 10 cents per bushel on wheat
and oats and free-lists wheat. flour
and oatmeal. representative Under
wood, chairman of the house ways
ana means committee, when asked
about proposed senate changes today,
said that he has heard nothing about
"%HA eiAt'N III niu HDl fflitHu 10
take any further part in the tariff
consideration until the bin gets to
conference.
That there are to be a great many
changes in the bin in the senate. was
admitted today by Senator Simmons,
chairman Of the finance committee.
lie announced, however. that next
tNannnrdatr ,. rttl, t44 -
begin framing the various subjects
and that they hoped to have the bill
ready for the finance committee by
June 1st. The democratic caucus, he
said. would be called for consideration
Of the bill about June Sd, and an ef
fort Will be made to report II to the
senate the following week
The decision today of the majority
members Of the finance committee to
close all private hearings on the bill
next Tuesday has not met with re-
publican approval and an attack on
this plan is looked for in the senate
tomorrow. The committee decided to
print all briefs Of manufacturers not
heretofore published and to receive
briefs until the bill reaches the senate
floor
Another problem confronting the
democratic leaders is the anti-dump-
ing clause in the Underwood bill
which makes no provision for articles
on the free list. This clause would as
sess an additional duty not to exceed
10 per cent on imports sold in this
country for less than the foreign price,
but it is not made to apply to the free
list and some democrats insist that
the free list should be included.
Soap manufacturers appeared be-
fore Senator Johnston's sub-commit-
tee today. protesting against taking
certain essential oils from the free