New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
TARIFF DUT|ES'[EFT
TO WILSON'S DECISION
Senators and Representatives
Await Presidents Orders
as to Wool and Sugar.
FLOUR MEN ENTER PROTEST
Bill Expected to Cut More than
$80,000,000 from Revenue,
To Be Made Up by the
New Income Tax.
tFrom Tho tribune Rurcaul

From Tho Tribune Bureau
Washington, April 5.-The tariff CEN
ire shifted back TO the White House
to-day and will probably remain there
until word comes from the President
as TO what the rates on wool. sugar
and other disputed items shall be.
Democratic Senators. after their ef-
forts to induce the House members 90
modify their demands TO such an eN-
tent that the apparent difficulties IN
the way of the passage of the bill in
the upper house might be obviated,
practically rested on their oars. await
ing the White House ultimatum. Thel q
was a disposition TO leave the tariff
case entirely to the President. IL he
DEGREES that the Democratic platform
promises call for free sugar and free
wool the Senate leaders will try 20
force them through, refusing TO lake
the responsibility Of modifying the
Representatives demands to assuage
the wrath of their constituents.
Representatives from the sugar
states. particularly Louisiana, are
making a strong effort 70 induce the
President and the House leaders to
abandon their plan TO place sugar on
the free list. They have not yet ac-
cepted the compromise offer to cut the
duty 10 one cent a pound for three
that time. They still insist that this
would destroy the industry as effect
nally as TO place sugar on the free list
at once.
Flour Men Protesting.
The -four milling interests of New
York are also beginning to file their
protests against the proposition to
place flour and feed on the free list
and retain a duty on wheat. This
scheme TO take the tax off the market
basket and still protect the farmer
will, it is contended. place a blight on
the flour milling industry in the United
states.
Milling interests at Lockport and
Niagara Fails insist that their business
will be destroyed if the plan is carried
out. The Canadian mills, they say,
with an ample supply of wheat, will be
able 10 ship their manufactured product
across the border without hindrance in
competition with the millers of the
United States, who must pay the mar
gin Of protection afforded the Ameri-
can farmer. Members of the New York
delegation are being flooded with pro-
tests.
Important additions TO the tariff free
list. as reported tonight. include boots
and shoes, hide leather. skins. meats,
lard, salt, iron ore, timber. agricultural
implements. sewing machines, type
writer's, printing presses, road machin-
cry. newsprint paper, wood pulp, cot
ton bagging, barbed wire and steel rails
The President was reported to have
vithstood renewed attacks on the free
raw wool schedule as embodied in the
bill. So firm is his attitude reported TO
bean attitude backed by the majority
Of his party in both branches of Con-
gress-that any effort of legislators to
escape caucus pledge on the wool
schedule would not be tolerated.
The President. in talking to-day TO
Senators Walsh and Meyers, of Mon
tana, made plain his firm position, de-
claring the party could not afford to
place any tariff on raw wool.
Senators Consider Bill To-day.
The Senate Finance Committee will
meet tomorrow to go over the sched
ules as drafted by the Ways and Means
Committee On Monday Chairman
Underwood will introduce the bill, and
the House Democrats have been called
10 consider it in caucus on Tuesday
morning.
The bill, it is estimated. will result in
n loss in revenue Of from SSo,OOo,0oO TO
SS5.OOOOOO. as compared with the
Pavne-Aldrich law. The saving TO the
people. ii is estimated by the Demo-
cratic experts, will aggregate several
times this loss.
The measure is expected by Demo-
cratic leaders TO produce an annual
revenue Of S225. 600, 900 from the dutia-
.l,,Inc ord anproviunateIv 500 :