Arizona republican., 1913-03-20
Conferences Between Will son and Cabinet and Be- tween Ways and Means and Appropriations Con- mittee on Live Matter.
FREE WOOL FIGHT
 SURE TO RECUR,
Matter of Recognition of Chinese Government Oc- cupies New Administra- tiOn Which Seeks to Pro- mote Friendly Relations.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON, March 19.-The sen ate, the house and the president came together informally today for the first time. on the "preliminaries' to tariff revision. A short conference between the president and Senator Simmons, to name the finance committee followed by a legislative conference between the senate sub- committee and Chairman Underwood of the house ways anI means committee. laid the ground vol k for series of three cornered confer ences which are to follow before the tariff bills are presented in the house in April
 As a result of the discussion it was said by Underwood and Senator Sim mons. tonight the two houses of con- gress will practically be agreed upon the details of tariff revision before the bills are reported in the house and that the opinions and desires of President Wilson also will have been fully con- sdered
 A fight over free wool decided by the ways and means committe in favor of a fifteen per cent duty will recur in the senate and the reduction of the sugar tariff will also be a stumbling block there. While a few individual items in the tariff revisions bills were considered by leaders in the two hous- es today these subjects were canvassed and plans made to attempt to recon cile various factions of both bodies be- fore beginning the actual debate in the house and senate.
 The senate finance committee will work informally with the house com mittee on ways and means and both will be in close touch with President Wilson up to the time the bills are completed for the house caucus.
 The senate committee began the con sideration of the complete revision bill and soon passed it upon the democratic caucus in the house without waiting for the house. The sentiment of both houses developed strongly in favor of single tariff bill, embracing the whole revision instead of a separate bill for each schedule Should the house adopt this plan, the senate leaders declare the tariff will be passed quickly in the senate. Representative Payne, of NeV York. the ranking republican in the ways and means committee. said today while there will be a minority report on the tariff bill by the republican members of the committee there will be no time to present a republican tariff measure. The question as to when the tariff law will go into effect will not be taken up. but according t. the opinion expressed tonight it wou'd proval the following day.
 Wilson believes the tariff bill should be taken as party measure. The an nouncement today that the finance committee of the senate and ways and means committee of the house would work on the tariff bill in joint con ference consulting the president often is in line with his idea that democratic leaders in congress should draft a tariff bill which would stand or fall on it's merits. both in congress and before ,he country He believes in enforcing party discipline after the leaders of the approved tariff bill make every effort to secure it's passage in both houses without material alteration.