Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-23
FIRST CONCESSION
In I ariff Revision Proceed
ings Made by Democrats.
Further Statements and Hear
ings 10 Be ALLOW Directors.
Revised Underwood Bill Re.intro.
duced In House. Other Measures.

Washington. April 22.-Democratic
forces i'll charge OF tariff revision in
the Senate slightly yielded, Monday, to
the demands for hearings upon tariff
schedules In addition to the permits
sion given all interested parties 10
file further statements with the fl
nance committee, Senator Simmons,
today. conceded to group of Western
senators the right to appear and state
their arguments against the free wool
and free sugar provisions thta have
been agreed TO by the Democrats of
the House.
full meeting of the Senate finance
committee is to be held, tomorrow.
Republican senators will then renew
their demands that general open hear
ings be given. The attitude of the ma
jority of the Democratic members oil
tie committee is against this, however.
They claim that such course would
delay tariff revision and that no arsu-
mnnts would be brought forth that
have not already appeared, IN uie
hearings before the House committee
or III the briefs filed with the senate
committee.
Il
approved and revised by the caucus
~ Honse Democrats was re-introduced
ir. the House, today. by Rep. Ohder-
wood and referred back TO tne ways
aud means committee. Tomorrow, II
will reappear with favofapie ieloi.
from the Democrats on the committee
and with Il dissenting report from the
Republican committee members, cru
ieiZins its rates and the method o1
revision followed by the Democrats.
Senate Democratic leaders have given
nm hone of having the bill brought INTO
the Senate in the form of separate seheo-
ules. II has determined that the measure
will be considered as whole bill IN the
Senate as it will In the House. Ihe
hearing to be granted to the senators
from Rocky Mountain and Paeigc Coast
states upon the wool and sugar issues is
expected TO develop the full strength or
the opposition to the bill and to give the
finance committee definite information
as to whether it will be necessary to re-
store any of the duty on either of these
schedules.
According to information, tonight, the
Louisiana, Kansas and Nebraska anti
free sugar forces had not been included
in the invitation given for the finance
hearing.
Some of the Western Senators will pre-
sent their arguments against free sugar
and free wool, Wednesday. They have
not indicated how much time they expect
to occupy.
The bill will be expedited in the House
by Limitation of debate. The Republi-
cans are figuring on a number of amend
ments to be proposed in addition to the
proposed substitutes for the Underwood
and cotton schedules. Representative
Payne of New York. as ranking minority
member of the committee, today, intro
duoed his bill of 1911 to create a tariff
board, changed so as to provide for tar
iii commission, of five members, TO be
appointed by the President by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate and
clothed with authority to negotiate trade
agreements with foreign nations. Repre-
sentative Good of Iowa also introduced n
bill to create a tariff commission with
broad powers of investigation and report,
Representative Hinebaugh of Illinois. a
Progressive. introduced bill declaring
that inasmueh as the two minority bodies
outnumbered the Democratic body In
popular vote, the tariff bill should be
left to referendum vote of the people
of the United States.