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Show DEMOCRATS TO TAKE UP TARIFF WASHINGTON. March S. Chairman Caderwood expects that the Democratic members of t be houae oora mlttee on ways and means wilt begin work on the tariff thia week and that when the extraordinary ex-traordinary session meat a April 4 some plan wlU have been mapped out to govern gov-ern the procedure after the bill to carry Out the Canadian reciprocity agreement baa been framed. The moat complex quest Ion to come before Mi committee la whether any tar Iff ached u lea will ha placed upuu the Canadian bill aa ridvra. or whether auch schedules aa the committee decMea should be revised ahall be treated aa a pa rata measures. The certainty that hearing will he demanded de-manded by produclnK an. I manufacturing manufactur-ing mterata may determine the commit te not to complicate the ianaillan q nation na-tion with consideration of such achedulea ached-ulea aa wool and woolens, cotton or ag ricultural implements. The majority le a unit Hi favor of the Canadian agreement agree-ment and It la believed It will be kept separate from oiher tariff matt era. Contrary to the general report. Rep resent at ive Peters of Masaachuaetta will not Introduce the Canadian bill, to be presented aimoat Immediately upon the convening of congrese. That honor wi;i fall to Chairman I'nderwood, following the practice of having revenue measures presented by the chulrman of the ways and means commit tee. Althoujih thr nroupwt. ara that tha Canadian bill will not carry general tar Iff revlslnn a a rider. It ta not linproh-ahl. linproh-ahl. It mav .o a great deal further th-in th. McCall bill, which paed th. hnue In the la.t aelon. At the aam. time, th. Mcl'all hill will b. fnllowcKl ao far aa It waa dealgned to carry out the terma of tha agreement with Canada The difference between tha me.eure, nronawy win Twrrn The nnTiir.-nf an additional ad-ditional provlalon which would aiv. th. prealdent power V enter Into freer commercial com-mercial relations with Canada regarding artlclea not named by th. agreemant. Such a paragraph may be built upon th. plan of aectlon I of tha Dlngley act. That provision enabled the prealdent to enter Into negotiations with other Ballon, Ba-llon, for mutual tariff conceealona on certain atlpulated artlclea even to the extent of auspendlng tha Impoalllon and collection of dutiea. Member, of tit. waya and means commit com-mit ta. Intend to take atepa to Indicate their purpose to proceed with a revision revis-ion Of the tariff (n th. .vent they fall to tAck any schedule revielona on th. Canadian bill. They aay thev will make It clear that they will follow th. Canadian bill with al least one or two achedulce and that tha houae will be h.ld In aea-sion aea-sion long enough to giv. th. eenaU opportunity op-portunity to act. It la the general opinion that the Canadian agreement will be aent to the aenate by May IK. It I. Impossible to estimate bow long the Canadian question ques-tion will be before the aenate. |