The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-05
SENATE MAY PASS
TARIFF BILL BEFORE
SATURDAY NIGHT
Begin Supreme Effort to
End Long Legislation.
Last Session of the
Caucus Today

Washington, September 4.-Demoeratic
preme effort tomorrow to complete the
tariff bill and pass it before adjournment
Saturday night. The Senate tonight ad-
jouTned until o'clock tomorrow after
noon. and the final session of the demo-
cratic caucus will be held tomorrow MORN
ing.
A compromise on the income tax rate,
representing a further concession to the
'insurgent' advocates of an increase on
large incomes, has been drafted by SEN
ators Williams and Simmons. and it is
believed will be adopted at tomorrow
mornings caucus. 1t proposes to increase
the additional tax rate on incomes of
$4,000 to 100000 from to per cent and
on those ranging from 100000 to $5oo,oO
from to 4 per cent.
To Settle Differences
Senator Kern, democratic leader, notified
all absent democrats to be in their seats
for the rest of the week. After confer
ences with republican senators Interested
In pending amendments, Chairman Sim
mons of the finance committee, expressed
the belief tonight that the passage of the
bill might be reached late Saturday night.
Senate leaders have decided to name
seven senators to the joint conference
commitmtee that will settle differences
between the two houses after the Senate
passes the bill. This large representation
will be asked for to provide places for
mi in
johnson of Maine, democrats, who have
been in charge of the bill, and for three
republicans. 1t is predicted the House
will consent to changes in the bill.
Senator Newlands. whose vote on free
sugar has continued to be matter of
some speculation, will return to Wash
ington tomorrow. Democratic leaders ex-
pect him to support the administration
bill. 1t is believed the sugar fight will
not take more than an hour when the
bill comes to its final stages, and that
The promised fights over free wool, cot
ton and income tax can be held to close
limits.
The latest proposal for the income tax
rates, which seemed tonight likely of
adoption by the democratic caucus, would
establish the following total tax, includ-
ing both the normal tax of | per cent
and the additional tax" on large in
comes:
One per cent on incomes of $1,000 to S20.-
coo; per cent from $4,000 to $4,000:
per cent from $4,000 to $4,000; 4 per cent
from $4,000 to 100000; per cent from
100000 to s500.000 6 per cent from $780,
900 to $l,OO0,00o; Z per cent above $1,000,
600.
Amendment Offered
The Senate drilled away all day long
at paragraphs previously passed over,
finally agreeing to more than score.
Senator LaFollette Just before adjourn
ment offered an amendment providing that
meats imported from foreign countries
must be accompanied by a certificate tes-
tifying to its fitness for human food. The
provisions went over until tomorrow.
Eleven European nations have filed
formal protests against the provision in
the tariff bill granting per cent re-
duction of duty on merchandise imported
into this country in American vessels.
These countries are Great Britain, Ger
many, France. Italy, Austria, Spain,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and
the Netherlands
President Wilson sent the list to the
Senate today
The nations protesting allege that the
per cent reduction violates existing
treaties. John Bassett Moore, counsellor
of the state department, interpreted the
treaties in question to mean that neither
contracting party shall charge a lower
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