The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-10
THE TARIFF BILL PASSED
WITH VOTES TO SPARE

feated SO to 16 An amendment by Sem
ator Catron for 20 per cent duty on
raw wool was defeated AZ to 80 and
general substitute wool bill offered by
Senator SmOot was defeated without a
roll call.
One important change made on the rec
ommendation of the finance committee
gives the Secretary of the Treasury power
to censor all imported moving picture
films. An amendment by Senator McCum-
ber proposing higher duties on barley,
oats, wheat and flax seed was rejected
4S to 25 and one by Senator LaFollette
for ~ scent duty on wheat was defeated
without roll call.
Senator James, acting for the finance
committee, secured the adoption of an
amendment modifying the provision of the
bill that authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury and collector of internal reve-
nue. to employ income tax officials with
out regard to the civil service laws. The
new provision leaves it optional with the
officials as to whether or NOT they will
take employees from the list of civil serv
ice eligibles.
In Senate Four Months
The tariff bill has been in the Senate
exactly four months and two days. 1t
was sent over from the House May s.
During the lull in the Senate little busi-
ness will be transacted, as a quorum is
hot eAHcctti bftil utfiidHuS are Iidut iOl
consideration of the currency measure. In
all probability this will not come from
committee for many weeks
In the meanwhile the Senate probably
will meet and likewise adjourn every third
day.
The republicans early gave up hope
of carrying any amendments and per-
mitted many of the votes to be taken
without a call of the roll.
When the fight over agricultural prod
uets opened Senators Thornton and Rams
dell democrats, Joined the republicans
in voting against the low duties of the
democratic measure.
An amendment by Senator Bristow for
a Is per cent duty ON cattle, swine, sheep
and other domestic animals was defeated
33 to 20.
The Senate committees action in cut
ting off the 10 per cent duty on cattle 30
per cent fat, fixed by the House BILL and
putting them on the free list. was then
ratified, 81 to IS.
Senator McCumber led the fight against
free wheat. The House bill impounded
10 cents a bushei but the Senate COM
mittee transferred the item ito the free
list of article q.
An amendment by Senator MeCumber
for t5-cent duty was defeated a5 to 80.
Senator Jones made a further attempt
to have retained in tie bill the House
provision for per cent reduction in
duty on all goods imported in American
ships He marshaled only II republicans
to his support from 2s. The provision was
then removed.
Many foreign governments had protest
ed against this.
The republicans made last Intellectual
effort to have the democrats take off
the proposed duty of one-tenth of / cent
per pound on bananas
Free Meats Denounced
The provision for free meats was de-
nounced IAN iniquity'' by Senator Bris-
tow, who tried unsuceessfully to have a
10 per cent duty imposed. His amend
ment was defeated Ss to 32
Another futile effort to put an anti
trust provision into the bill. one to trans
fer imports to the free list whenever it
became apparent they were controlled by
trust, was made by Senator Cummns
His amendment was defeated.
This was an opportunity for the dem
ocratic party to give some real relief
from the burdens 1t imposed by trusts
and combinations Senator cummins
said.
Senator cummins declared during the
tariff debate that Congress had lost its
place In the estimation of the American
people, who had substituted in its place
"a single wili"--that of President Wilson
He assailed the democrats for the Sc
cret caucus and insisted they should
relent. He said he would read from
the words of "the man who has more in
fuence in the Congress of the United
States than other man before had
II refer to Woodrow Wilson," he said.
Senator Cummins quoted from President
Wilson's book entitled "The New Free