The Washington times., 1913-09-10
TARIFF BILL TO
Be LAW SEPT. 70
This Is Hope of Democrats, Who
Prepare to Rush Conference
Upon Measure.

senator simmons, chairman u Tic
Senate Finance Committee, said today
the meetings of the conference commit
tee of the two houses on the tariff Dill
would begin tomorrow if there was no
delay on the part of the House in nam
ing its conferees.
{ Senator Simmons estimates the bill
will be in conference a week or ten
days. This is the general view at the
Capitol. Senate Democratic leaders
want to get the bill into law September
20. a week from next Saturday.
The conferees will not hold public
meetings, but will sit behind closed
doors. Republican corferees Will be
allowed to be present, but it Will be
a formality. Actually, the Democratic
eonferees will settle all disputed points
and the Republicans will not be al
lowed to WELD any balance of power In
case of differences among the Demo-
Gratis.
The bill passed the Senate shortly
before o'clock last night The vote
was A to 81. Senators La Fcllette and
Poindexter, the former Republican. the
latter Bull Moose, voted with the Dem
ocrats for the bill. This caused no sur
prise as il has been generally expected
they would line up for the measure.
Two Against Bill
ony two Democrats voted against the
bill on final passage. They were
RansdeIl and Thornton of Louisiana
Senator Burleigh of Maine. absent on
account of illness, was not paired. Sena-
tor Gronna. progressive Republican OF
North Dakota, who had been paired on
amendments with Senator Lewis Of IL
nnois, released Senator Lewis on the
final vote Senator Gronna thus ap-
pears in the Record as absent and nor
paired.
Reduces House Rates.
The Senate has reduced the rates as
they stood in the House bill about
per cent The House leaders contend the
Senate has Topped off too much revenue
and the real struggle In conference will
center around this question.
The chief effort of the Senate man
ayers in constructing the bill has been
to try to reduce the cost of living. For
this reason, food products generally are
free listed and House rates reduced. The
average ad valorem rate in the bill as
passed by the Senate is 26 per cent This
is a reduction of 2S per cent from exist
ing law 4 feature of the Senate bill
ton graduated rates up to per cent,
the Senate graduated them up to per
cent The tax on cotton futures Is also
a feature of the Senate bill.
Following are some of the important
changes in the bill made by the Senate:
Lowered the normal exemption from
the i per cent income tax from $4,000
TO $4,000 for single persons; with ex-
emptions fo-. wives and dependent
children; exempted the incomes of
70 tins M NJ
which revert to the benefit of stock
holders; increased the graduated sur
tax On large incomes to a maximum
of S per cent on those more than
100000; exempted incomes Of mu.
inequalities derived from operation of
public utilities and changed the date
from which the tax shall be comput-
e6 for the first year from January
to March /, 1913.
Free listed cattle and other live
stock, wheat hair of the angora goat,
and some other agricultural products;
restored oatmeal and rolled oats to
the dutiable list and provided an elab-
crate inspection of meat imports.
Reduced House rates on wooden man.
ufactures to become effective Janu-
ary /, 1914.
Provided in the sugar schedule for
immediate abolishment of the Dutch
standard test; postponed operation of
proposed reduced rates until March 1,
.,
for free sugar in May, 1916.
Cotton Rates Increased.
Slightly increased rates on finer cot
ton goods, reclassifying the whole
cotton schedule. and changing the silk
schedule from an ad valorem to a
specific basis.
Provided for an administrative force
10 handle incorne tax collections without
regard TO requirements Of the civil ser
vice
Struck out a countervailing duty on
wood pulp.
Greatly reduced rates Of the metal
schedule.
Struck out many reform provisions IN
administrative section; rejected the anti
dumping clause: the per cent tariff re-
duction on imports in American vessels
and the requirement for inspection of
books Of foreign manufacturers in under
valuation cases; but added a provision
giving the President authority to retail
ate against nations which discriminate
against American goods, by proclaimtng
Increased rates on certain goods: adopt
ed a provision excluding goods manu-
fsctured chiefly by child labor and Pro-
Nidcd for the creation Of a commission
10 revise the customs laws.
Important additions TO the free list in
clUdeS antimony ore, limestone rock
asphalt, asphaltum and bitumen. fabrics
Of jute yarns, wool blankets valued at
lees than 40 cents a pound, textbooks
sugar. machinery. cast iron pipe, surgi-
ral catgut. cement, creosote Oil. de-
IA tured alcohol, fax and hemp, furs and
fur skins, gun powder. pig iron, spiegel-
esen, ferromanganese, wrought iron,
iron slabs and blooms, Photographic
moving picture films, steel ingots, blooms
and slabs. cattle and other live stock,
wheat sawed cedar, angora. goat and
alpaca wool. and paper twine for bind
ing wool.
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