Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-05
DEMOCRATS
MAY FIGHT
ON TARIFF
Free Sugar and Wool SChed-
uIeS Are Not Yet
Agreed to
DUTIES ON LUXURTES
REMAIN UNCHANGED

.a6y The United Press.
~ WASHINGTON. April 5.-President
Wilson was still waiting today for
the reply OF the southern sugar in
..eerests to his suggestion that they ac-
sept a duty of one cent a pound on
p.Cuban sugar and si.2O on all other
Sugars. this rate to run three years
after which sugar automatically goes
on the free list. Colonel Robert Ew-
y1ng, national committeeman from
. louisiana who submitted the presi-
dents tariff suggestion TO the Cane
Growers Association did not believe
that a definite answer would be given
before Sunday Other than the sugar
.srates the tariff bill remains complete
and only on sugar and the free wool
provision will there be the semblance
OF a fight
Senator Warren, Of Wyoming, Re-
publican, was busy today canvassing
his associates i'm an endeayoI 20 Sc
cure pledges sufficient 10 orayon.
free wool Warren, big sheep own
or insists that the sheep industry OF
shc west will be ruined If the tarin
Is taken of wool He was hoping that
ne might be able 10 make an alliance
between the Democrats who do not
tibelieye In free wool and those who OPP
nose free sugar and by this means
force the administration to back down
in its plan for a radical revision. But
at the White House President Wilson
stwas sitting tight He has had COM
slplete poll OF the Senate and House
-,made.
Only on sugar is there any ques-
-tion and the President confidently be-
aieves that the southern Senators will
eventually agree to his plan. But If
hhey do not, then the sugar schedule
Twill be taken from the general tarifi
{bill introduced as a separate measure
land passed. In the latter form Presi-
ldent Wilson has been assured that
Ihe could get Republican votes for
leuch a measure.
Steel rails are on the free list in
lThe bill as at present prepared and all
of the steel duties have been radically
treduced. There will be an enormous
Toss in revenues when the new tariff
haw COTS into fleet but the Congress
Seional leaders and President Wilson
have agreed that this will easily be
.made up through the income tax This
measure as prepared. fixes a tax OF
one per cent. on all corporation in
comes above $4,000; one per cent OF
all personal incomes from $4,000 4
$4,000; two per cent. from $4,000 4
$4,000; three per cent from $4,000
to SiO00O0. four per cent abov
100000
These rates will probably stand al
although they have not yet been accept
ed as final.
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10 sugar and wool, includes at pre-
sent, cattle and beef products boots
and shoes. timber, lumber shingles
laths, cements. wire fencing and
staples iron ore. hoop and band iron
land steel. cotton bagging and ties
harness. saddles and saddlery, leath-
-er betting, ploughs harrows. farm
wagons. thrashing machines. cotton
gins, planters. mowers and similar
farm implements and parts. sewing
machines and parts. baling wire
machine tools. cut nails. tungsten
sbearing ores. cash registers, limo
types and other typesetting machn-
es; printing presses. typewriters and
road Improvement machinery
With free printing presses there
will be free print paper. with reduc-
hAohc idHEluk iiOm % 70 per ttul
on other grades OF paper.
In the chemical schedule free list
are included borax, chalk. charcoal
-copperas. cotton seed and whale oils
potash. paris green, sulphate Of soda
talcum, antitoxins, vaccine, virus
lprussic, nitric, sulphuric and acids n
more common use. santonin and its
sSaits and several natural and un
compounded drugs, such as banks
berries, buds and bean in every-dal
use
- The duties on "luxuries" are main
tanned al the present figures. TIT
chemical schedules are substantial,
The same as those Vetoed by Presiden
TAFT and the steel schedule is tn
same. with the exception that rail
are free. The present cotton schedul
Is cut approximately 35 per cent
along the entire line and with this an
free wool, the Democratic leader
are confident that clothing will b
materially reduced