The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-23
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
GIVES ENTHUSIASTIC SUP
PORT TO MEASURE.
PROTECTION IS ALL OFF
Democrats Hope to Raise Deficit
Caused by New Tariff by Making
income Tax Elastic-lt Will Be
Raised or Lowered Accordingly as
Finances Are Required in Treasury.

Washington, April 22.-By a strict
party vote, the senate finance COM
mittee decided finally today that no
public hearings would be given upon
the tariff bill when it reaches the
senate. Interested persons will be
given a full opportunity, however, to
file briefs or statements with the COM
mittee, bearing on any of the tariff
schedules.
The decision is expected materially
to shorten the time consumed in get
ting the tariff bill before the senate
for consideration. Tariff debate will
open in the house at II o'clock to-
morrow, and, in the hope that general
debate can be limited to five days,
Democratic Leader Underwood will at
tempt to hold the house to IL hours
of continuous work daily Another
week of consideration under the rule
permitting amendments will send the
bill to the senate soon after May 5,
it is believed.
The tariff bill came back to the
house today from the ways and means
committee with vigorous supporting
report from the democrats on the COM
mittee and an opposing report from
the republican members.
Will Try to Amend It.
The general debate which begins to-
morrow will be followed by concerted
efforts on the part of the republicans
in the house to amend the bill in all
Y it's important schedules.
While the senate finance committee
has decided that further hearings are
unnecessary, the democratic members
of the committee will confer tomorrow
with democratic senators from Pacific
coast and Rocky mountain states op-
posed to the free sugar and free-wool
provisions of the new bill. A number
of western senators, including Sena-
tors Myers of Montana and Ashurst
of Arizona, will not participate in the
conference as they have decided to
support the free-wool and sugar pro-
gram if it is approved by the house.
The conference tomorrow will DEM
onstrate the strength that exists
against these features of the bill.
Those who will participate will insist,
however, that there las been no efftrt
to form an offensive alliance against
the measure and as proof of this, t1t y
point to the fact that Louisiana SEN
ators and others Interested in a change
OF frees and free-Wool provisions
have not been included in the confer
ence.
Majority Report.
Presenting the completed democratic
tariff revision bill to the house today,
the democrats of tie ways and means
committee recommended radical re
adjustment of the entire fiscal policy
of the nation. They proposed to make
an income tax, the means of accur-
ately adjusting the funds to be raised
by taxation to correspond With the
necessities for government eXpendl-
lures.
The report, after outlining the oper-
ations of the proposed income tax
said:
The revenues from all income taxes
readily respond to changes of rates anC
the latter can be raised or lowered
within few days notice without dis
turbances such as general tariff
changes occasion. 1t is believed thai
a budget or other effective system by
which congress may be able closely tt
calculate and determinate in advance
forthcoming expenditures, soon will b'
devised, in which event it should be
between expenditures and revenues
such as is practiced in most othe
civilized countries With our sourc
of revenues revised to an honest an