Show CONFEREES FAR APART ON ON- LEAD AND ZING ZINC TARIFF House Members Agree gree to Countervailing Duties Dutie on Wheat and Flour I Sept 18 A A settlement settle settle- W vv ment of tho the dlf eren es' es h tween Senate an and 1 Hou Route House c over the proposed duties on wheat all and flour was reached reache b by the Democratic members of at the tariff tar tar- iff conference conference committee today The I nature of the agreement ng was not made I public but it is understood 1 that the thc i House members finally accepted 1 tho the I Senate amen amendment mont almost without I chan change ge Under this provision pro both wheat an and flour lour would go on the free list an and a adut dut duty of or 10 cents p per r bu bushel hel would be assesse assessed 1 against wheat imported from troma froma a country Icv levying ing inga a duty on American wheat and a dut duty of 45 Hi cents per barrel barrel bar bar- rd rel against flour imported under like conditions Tho The House h had 1 put a a. straight duty of or 10 cents per pel bushel on wheat and had listed free flour lour with witha a countervailing dut duty of or 10 per pcr cont cent ad adalor alor valorem ln k Today's agreement established a precedent pre pre- precedent which it is understood will bo be followed in other r cases in imposing countervailing duties It is expected that tho the conference will approve C countervailing countervailing coun coun- I duty of or 10 ii per cent on potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes which both houses have havo put on the free list an antI II that the countervailing dut duty on woo wood pulp put In l h by the thc House and later lator stricken out by tho the Senate also ma may bo ho adopted Wide differences of opinion developed in n tho the conferences over o tho the dut duty on lea lead awl anti zinc ore burlap ferromanganese ore and several sc other items An n agreement agree agree- mont ment was reached 1 on thu tho meat moat inspection tion provision pro as applied to free meat meal from rein abroad and tho the section will IJ be ar Mint fInI lir hn f r f 0 1 V tho the American Inspection laws will be bc applied In some of their more important tant taut features to Imported meats A night session sCISsion of oC the tho conference was held owing to tho the slow progress made on the thc bill to today a Tho The decision of oC the conferees to Lo drop Senate amendments proposing a n ta tax tac Continued 1 on Page Tago 0 9 9 Column 1 1 CONFEREES FAR APART ON lEAD AND ZING ZINC TARIFF House Members Agree to Countervailing Duties on Wheat and Flour Continued From Page e 1 of oC f 1110 ll a gallon on all aU fruit brandies to fortify sweet wines was at- at In the Senate today by Sona- Sona pomerene Ho He declared that if It tho the thon tor or provision n were dropped he would make on the floor of the tho Senate J approval of ot tho the conference reHr report re- re port rt Hr BY an agreement reached several days yi ago ngo it was proposed to eliminate th the pro provision pi sion and take I it t up as a sop sop- rae irate measure at the next session of ot Pomerene criticized the tariff tarle tar tar- iff le bill managers sharply He lie was joined b by Senator Vardaman of ot I Ippi I n n 1890 Senator Pomerene said S granted the California thIs favor was wine producers without debate on the theon that there would be bo produced a lIht M Vine wine suitable for tor table use uso Instead In In- stead o of that they add enough alcohol to brIng the aJ alcohol In in sweet wines up to 2 z Per cent an and have hao made it unfit for tor table use use- There Thore Is only 40 10 per cent alcohol in whisky hisk so tho the lad lady lads who likes lakes her glass of sweet wine IB ho getting get- get ting more alcohol than tho the man mai who sho drinks his highball He declared that on only 1 tho the patent medicine manufacturers who use the cheapest sweet wines would suffer Burter from tho the tax and objected to postponement postpone postpone- I of or the tho ment meet of or tax until the next session of or Congress on the ground that it would relieve tho the Cali- Cali fernia producers of the tax for tor a year ear amounting to a bonus of some several million dollars |