Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-19
FASTERPR0GRESSbY
TARIFF CONFEREES
Long Fight Over Ferroman-
ganese Ends and Other
Articles Disposed of Today.

The conferees on the tariff bill today
decided to leave ferromanganese on the
free list. thus ending a long fight be-
tween the Senate and House. The House
had a duty of Is per cent ad valorem
on this article, and the Senate put IT on
the free list.
The House, on the other hand. won a
victory when the Senate conferees agreed
to a duty on Angora goat hair. which
the Senate had put on the free list, along
with raw wool. The duty is a compro-
mise. The House duty was 20 per cent
ad valorem. and it is believed that a
rate of about 10 per cent advalorem has
been agreed to- The duties on mohair
have also been agreed to, and 1t is under
stood that the compromise is slightly
lower than the House rates.
The conferees gave up the specific rates
In the silk schedule, returning to the ad
valorem duties OF the House, though these
have been slightly changed. 1t is under
stood some small increases We're made.
The paragraph dealing with aluminium
was also agreed to. the Senate rates
standing
Faster progress was made in today 8
meeting of the conferees than for the
last day or two.
Glove Workers Throng Corridors.
A large delegation of men and women
employed In the glove factories at Glow
ersville. N. Y. thronged the corridor out
side the Senate finance committee rooms
where the tariff conference is going on
They came here especially to make last
plea to the conferees to agree to the
Senate rates on gloves. the Senate hav-
ing increased the duties considerably over
those of the House bill. Within the last
day or two the conferees agreed to a
compromise on these rates, reducing
somewhat the Senate rates.
AS members Of the conference commit
tee came along the corridor they were
held up by the glovemakers, who begged
them TO reconsider their action. saying
that the reduction in the duties would
fall not upon the manufacturers. but
upon the operatives. whose wages would
be cut in order to meet the competition
with the cheaper labor abroad. They
told the conferees that they had come to
Washington at their own expense and
not at the suggestion of any of the
manufacturers
The cOnferees held a short session last
night, at which the duties on cotton
threats, yarns and cloth were discussed,
but no decision was reached, 1t was said.
Senate Amendment Stands.
The conferees yesterday reached an
agreement to leave the countervailing
duty on wheat and wheat flour It IS
understood that the House members
finally agreed to accept the Senate
amendment practically without change
This means that a duty of 10 cents a
bushel will be levied against wheat i'm
ported from country levying duty on
American wheat, and duty OF 40 cents
per barrel against wheat -four imported
under similar conditions.
This agreement established a precedent
which 1t is understood will be followed
in other cases in imposing countervailing
duties.
1t Is expected that the conference will
approve countervailing duty of 10 per
cent on potatoes, which both houses have
put on the free list. and that the coun-
tervailing duty on wood pulp, put in by
the House and later stricken out by the
Senate. may also be adopted.
An agreement was reached on the meat
inspection provision as applied to free
meat from abroad. and the section will be
rewritten so that the rigid provisions OF
the American inspection laws will be ap-
piled in some of their more important
features to imported meats.
Agreement Attacked in Senate.
The decision of the conferees to drop
Senate amendments proposing a tax of
81. 10 gallon on all fruit brandies used
to fortify sweet wines was vigorously at
tackled by the Senate yesterday afternoon
by Senator Pomerene. He declared that
| II the provision We're dropped he would
| make fight on the floor OF the Senate
against approval of the conference report
| The amendment met objections from
| the House conferees. BY an agreement
| reached several days ago il was proposed
/ To eliminate the provision and take it uI
/ as "A separate measure at the next ses-
\ sion OF Congress.
Senator Pomerene criticised the tariff
/ Dill managers more sharply than had
/ any other democrat since Senator Hitch
/ cock denounced the caucus for the de-
| feat of his trust" tax amendment. He
was joined by Senator Vardaman OF
! Mississippi.
Stronger Than Whisky.
In 1880" Senator Pomerene said, this
favor was granted to the California wine
producers without debate. on the theory
that there could be produced a light
wine suitable for table use. Instead OF
that they add enough alcohol to bring the
| alcohol in sweet wines up to - per cent,
and have made it unfit for table use
| There is only ~ per cent alcohol in
| whisky. So that the lady who takes her
glass OF sweet wine is getting more al
cohol than the man who drinks his high
ball"
| He declared that only the patent medi-
| cine manufacturers, who use the cheap
est sweet wines. would suffer from the
/ tax. and objected to postponement OF
| consideration of the tax until the mex,
session OF Congress. on the ground that
II would relieve the California wine pro-
ducers of the tax for a year, amounting
| TO bonus of some S7.OOO,OOO.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Michigan Guardsman Wounded in