Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-01
Majority Leaders Propose to
Hold Long Daily Sessions on
Tariff Bill, Thus Preventing
Unnecessary Delay
HEARINGS ARE BEING
PUSHED TO CONCLUSION
Free Raw Wool and Free Sugar
in Three Years Among Ger
tain Provisions Of Under
wood Law, is Belief


WASHINGTON. May sl.-' Make the
work. Is the slogan adept-
ed by democratic leaders I'm the
senate IN charge of tariff lesis-
lation. who today predicted that
the senate would vote on the bill hy
August lst Members Of the finance
committee said that the bin would be
out Of the subcommittee hands an
June 9th. that the full committee re-
ports should be- ready for the caucus
by the following week and that the
revised measure would be- reported %
the senate on June 23d. Senator lioke
Smith. of Georgia. said that the SEN
ate should vote ON the bill in the lat-
ter part Of July.
1--WE will keep the republicans who
want to discuss the bin working, and
we will keep at work ourselves from
the very beginning the senator said,
"We win meet in the senate every
day at 10 o'clock I'm the morning and
keep at work untn 6 o'clock at night.
That win prevent the opposition from
delaying the bin by playing with H.
We will tire the republicans out Of
playing
II was made evident today that The
fight among the democrats on the
wool ard sugar schedules probably
would bc concluded In the caucus and
these would leave Senators Ransdell
and Thornton of Louisiana, TO vote
against The bin because of their oppu-
sitf0n TO the sugar schedule and Sen
ator Walsh to oppose it because Of
free raw wool The administration
leaders were never more positive than
today that the bill would come from
the finance committee and through
the fire OF the party caucus with free
raw wool and free sugar in three years
remaining unscathed.
Increases in all articles in the cot
ton schedule that may be elassed as
Injuries are to be made by the senate
finance subcommittee. Members OF
the committee admitted this today as
serting thar expensive cotton table
covers. table cloths Of the liner grades
and tapestry articles all would be
raised One reduction in the cotton
schedule win be made, the rate on
cotton card laps, roping, silver, or roN-
ing being reduced from 10 To 8 per
cent. on cotton yarns, the duties are
to be increased 10 per cent to be taxi
en- at the lowest rate instead of 3, and
the rates of the Underwood bill To ba
increased from that basis upward.
The citrus fruit rate fight was said
today to have been practically settled,
and the subcommittee will report the
rates practically as they came from
the house.
The agricultural schedule Is still un-
der debate. Some Of the democratic
leaders say that It has been deter
mined now to cqualizc raw materials
and their products with respect e.
livestock and grains. some senators
favor a duty on meats, flour and eat
meal instead of placing cattle. sheep
hogs and grains on the free list. Mem
bers OF the subcommittee are nclm-
ed to free-lst the raw materials, but
they said today that the sentiment OF
the senate would be sounded further
before final report on this question
was made President Wilson has beer
counselled, but his view Of the mat
ter has not been disclosed