Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-15
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Tariff Fight Is Postponed
Till Thursday Morning.
Done 10 Enable Finance Com
mitiee 10 Complete Report.
Pres. wilson Expresses Surprise at
Increase In Arts and Books.

Washington July t4-Formal open
ing Of the tariff fight on the floor Of
the Senate was postponed. today.
from Wednesday until Thursday
This was done to enable the finance
committee TO complete its report on
the Underwood Simmons bill. the
presentation of which Will mark the
beginning of forensic hestilities on
the floor. The man to whom the
Senate will listen. tomorrow, Will he
Senator Thomas of Ohio.
AS prelude TO the long debate
which is to follow, Senator McCum-
Der, today. addressed the Senate in
opposition to the bill. speaking. he
said, from a farmers point of view,
As another preliminary. Senator
Smoot introduced his proposed sub
stitute for the wool schedule.
President Wilson, today. expressed
surprise that the Senate finance COM
mittee had increased duties in the tar
if bill en- the works of arts and
books. He believes these articles are
more of educational use than lnxu-.
ries. 1t Was indicated that the pres
ident would consult senators on the
change.
Senator Smoot. Republican member OF
the finance committee. introduced. today,
a substitute for the wool schedule of the
Underwood Simmons bill. proposing rates
based directly upon the report of the
tariff board and adopting in each grade
the lowest rate The schedule is lower
than Introduced. last year. by senator
Penrose as a substitute for the Under
nd 10 no of all
wool schedules ever introduced by Re
publican senator.
AS a substitute for free raw wool the
Smoot schedule divides raw wool into
three grades and establishes rates rank
ing from to 16 cents per pound. class
woods made dutiable at l6 cents per
pound il secured and Is cents per pound
on cleaned content. if imported In the
grease. includes marino woois imported
usually from Buenos Ayres. New Zea-
land. Egypt. Australia. Cape oil sf"od
Hope. Russia. Great Britain, Morocco
down eombng woods and canada long
woods.
Woods of Class ?, made datahle AT IA
cents per pound, if secured, and Is cents
on cleaned content in the grease include
all hair of the camel. got. alDaca and
Leicester, CetSwold, Iinscolnstlire and
similar long combng wools Of English
blood Woods of Class 3. dutiahle ut sey-
en- cents per pound If imported in their
natural state and u cents II secured. III
clude Donsker, native South American.
Cordoya, Valparaiso, native smyrna, Rus
sian eamelshaif Bagdad, China lamb,
Castel Branco and all such woods usual
ly imported from Turkey, Greece ana
Syria A drawback of % per cent, Is pro-
vided for on woods of Class used In the
United States for the manufacture OF ear
pets. druggets. mats, floor rugs mas
socks. art squares. etc, which would
make carpet woods practically free ot
duty. The duty ON woods or hair on the
skin, would be one cent less per pound
I'm every case than on the wool content
Manufactured goods and woods aoVahe-
ed beyond the natural state the rates oil
the Smoot bill are correspondinsiy lower
than present rates.
The schedule contains a provision tha'
the rates on raw wool should be enee'iVe
Nov l. 1919. and wool manufactures
Jan |. 1914.