The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
TARIFF BILL READY
has ADVANCED TO LAST Cong.
RESSIoNAL STAGE
NOW Up TO TIE SENATE

House Approves Everything Except
Cotton Futures Tax, But Smith
Lever Amendment Is Added As a
Compromise Alter Warm Fight
and CEcsc t-@:c.
The De:-oc:a : tariff revision bill,
first on tie p-os, m Of reforms map
ped out when President Wilson came
into Office has advanced to its last
congressional stage and has been
sent back to the Senate from the
House.
The Democratic tariff revision bill
left the House of Representatives
Tuesday night on what the party
leaders hoped would be its last jour
ney to the Senate. After many hours
of debate the House adopted the main
conference agreement on the bill, 2o4
to103, almost a strict party vote, and
by this action gave its endorsement
to everything in the measure except
the cotton futures tax.
Leaders in both Houses OF congress
were confident Monday night that the
bill, now practically complete, would
be signed By President Wilson before
the end Of this week. 1t scarcely
will leave the centre Of the stage be-
fore the currency bill will be forced
to the front, and coincident with its
consideration will begin the admins
tration work on the antitrust and
railroad control programs which are
to be brought forward when the De-
cember sesson opens.
President Wilson is satisfied that
with the tariff bill out Of the way,
congress will take up the currency
question, prepared to dispose OF 1t
before adjournment. The course TO
be followed in the Senate has not
been mapped out, but there is
growing belief among supporters OF
the administration bill that the Sen
ate will take up the currency ques-
ton at an early date, even though It's
banking and currency committee has
not settled the details Of the bill.
The tariff conference report went
to the House Monday soon after that
body convened at noon. During the
morning the full conference commit
tee, convened by Chairman Simmons,
had given the reports its formal ap-
proval.
Senators Simmons, Williams. John
SON and Shiyely and Representatives
Underwood, Kitchin, Dixon and
Rainey, the Democrats who have ad-
iusted all differences between the
Senate and House excepting only the
cotton futures tax proposition, signed
the final report, while the RepoDh-
can and Progressive members declln-
ed to sign.
The cotton future tax bill is in dis
pute, the House refusing to accept
the so-called Clarke amendment
adopted by the Senate. Expressions
from the White House. and from con-
+ ressional leaders Monday, however,
indicated that in the final conference
over this feature the whole plan
might be dropped from the tariff bill
and taken up as separate measure
next winter.
However when the House conven-
ed the measure was introduced as an
amendment to the tariff bill. At the
and Of a short but bitter fight. that
followed the adoption Of the report
Representative Underwood, the DEM
ocratic leader, succeeded in carrying
through the Snith-Lever cotton fu-
lures tax amendment by vote OF III
TO ISL. Democrats and Republicans
alike voted on. this without regard to
party ond large portion Of the Dem
; ocratic membership from Southern
: States ioined in the vigorous demand
that the whole subject be carried oV-
er to another session Of congress.
The cotton futures tax question
now rests SulltSIy Will SHS
The House corcurred with the Clarke
amendment put into the tariff BIZ oE
the Senate, but added the Sn1tf-Lev-
er-Underwood plan as another
amendment. Unless the Senate Will
accept this change, which has the en-
dorsement of the President, the whole
cotton futures plan again will nave
to be considered in the Joint confer
ence committee and again reported to
both houses for action.
The cotton futures tax dominated
the days fight in the House, although
but little time was actually given to
its consideration The history OF the
compromise amendment became
matter of record before the day end
ed. Representative Underwood said
President Wilson had given it to him.
Representative Lever added that the
basis Of the plan was bill introduc-
ed repeatedly in the Senate by Sena-
TOR Ellison D. Smith, Of South Caro-
lima; that he had asked the agrlcul-
tural department to put the matter
into shape for the tariff bill, and that
Postmaster General Burleson had
perfected the amendment and given
It to the President.