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Show Final Agreement Is Ap-H Ap-H porached When Two Addi-H Addi-H tional Disputed Points H:3 Are Set at Rest. ft WASHINGTON, July 1. Senate Wemocrnts approached a final agree-ftent agree-ftent on the Under ood-Simmons taiilV M in caucus late toda' when , tHy Vde the following decisions' on fni-Brtant fni-Brtant contested points: Hj Mutual life insurance companies Hero exempted from payment of in-Hune in-Hune tax on premiums returned to Kolicy holders in the form of dividends. B- A stamp tax of one-tenth of one Hr.ent per pound was agreed ' to for all Bradintr in cotton futures, the tax to Bp'Q refunded where cotton is actually HfflPnlelivercd. H-i,An agreement was reached for a vole ttiomorrow on the Hit'ohcock amendment H;; Mroposinp a restrictive :vx on tobacco production, to prevent monopoly. r. Night Meeting Held. H " The majority of the finance com-p-vCmittee tonight' again revised tho pro-H pro-H ivision in the hill relating to feathers H of wild birds, striking out entireJy the H provisions to prohibit importation of , feathers of wild birds. All feathers except aisn-crtes and osprcy 7lumps H iinay be admitted under the. paragraph H 7 as 'it will be recommended to the can-H can-H . nts tomorrow. The House bill pro-H pro-H ,,' lubited import al ion of feathers of B -5 wild birds ijot killed for food. The H , senate committee modified this, ad-H' ad-H' , niiLting feathers of all edible and pes-H pes-H , 1 1 feroua birds. This was referred back to the 7 Other rato chancres .made by the Hf'l committee were: Wool yarns, reduced H, from SO to 15 per cent, yarns of An-HV An-HV L'ora goat hair, reduced from 20 to 15 w-wJier cent; raw furs, transforrcd to the B free list, from 10 per cent ad valorem'; ) furs, dyed, reduced from ."0 to -0 per H . rent, with corresponding reductions on fur garments; plates and mats of dog H,i and goat fur, reduced from 30 to 10, H , The committee did not decide on H; , modifications of the amendment re- H' fcrred back by the caucus which would H prohibit importation of goods nia.nu- j. faciured by child labor. It will ho K taken up tomorrow. B The decision to exempt earnings H which mutual life insurance companies B later distribute to policy holders came H. at the end of a long debate. The LV ("ll"ciTs last night, by a voto of J 3 to Mjt U overturned tho fecommondation of Hr the finance committee Democrats, that M such exemption be made. On a re- g consideration toda', asked by Senator p Lewis, the caucus reversed the action i and voted to uphold the committee, j Sonator Overman tried vainly to i have the lax on cottpn futures cut j down from the one-tenth of one cent t basis proposed by Senator Clark to i one-twentieth of one cent. H "Trust" Fight Still on. H Senator Hitchcock's fight to secure j the adoption of his tobacco tax amend- inent, which embraced the views set B forth somo time ago by Attorney Gen- eral rcHeynolds for curbing the H : growth of the ' 'trust. was carried on j until adjournment tonisht. and will be renewed tomorrow. .Members of the HI finance committee decided against tho 1 amendment which would impose a-I a-I heavv tax on production above a cer-HH cer-HH J Win figure. H J Senator Hitchcock also will proposo tomorrow a companion amendment for j a tax on the production of all corpora-HH corpora-HH Honrs that, control more than a speci-fied speci-fied amount of the production in their . line of industry, and will attempt to Mj . have both- amendments made parts of I the tariff bill. : |