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Show FAILURE OF LA FOLlfTTE AND UNDERWOOD TO AGREE MAY KILL THE WOOL BILL congress in Washington aTter final action ac-tion in the wool bill. They take the position that the only safeguard for the cotton bill is to keep wool bark until after the cotton bill it reported and a dav fixed for a vote. The power to bo hold the mean lire rests with the conferee, but they do not admit that they are acting from thin motive. j Nenatof La Kollette told some of hi, senatorial associate on the conference committee th;it the out look for an ' agreement wis t somewhat brighter.' He also said that while the full coafer ence committee mitfht be railed together, any day, a week might elapse before a meeting might be. desired oy the subcommittee. sub-committee. Mr. I'nderwood Inst night said he 'believed the free list bill would be! vut to the president." WASHINGTON, Ag. Senator La Kollftte and Chairman UnHerwon.l of the hotme ways am! means committee, who have undertaken to reconcile the differ-enTH differ-enTH between tho senate and the hnu-e on the wool anl the fanners' free ht bills for the full conference committee, are in an nnquest lunt-H dcjt.llock, with the poshility of re maim n; so. nnl thus forving sn ar journment of the session without final action on either of the-e mejisures. The tie u is due to the um-nmpromis injf opposition nf Mr. La Knllette to the house bill. He han told Mr. I'nder wood that a reduction of the rates below be-low rhte fixed by the bill ns it pnssed the necate is an inipoibilitv, and in , reply the chairman nf t he wavs and j nmans committee, who had great dim culty in getting an ngreemcnt in thn h)iine tn the rates fixed in his bill, hat said that the house never will accept the senate figures. Unwilling to Go Lower. Mr. Lafnlletfe's contention is that the senate rate constitute a reduction nf about three fourths of the difference between the rates of the T'ayne -Aldrieh law and those of the Imtise hi!!, that it is impossible to jjn lower and hold anything like the strength of the pro gretsive liepublirana, and that it is fr h H'wimiiIi la taka m halt loaf than to get nothing in the way of tariff bread. Mr. I'nderwood did not accept the nenate figures, hut is quietly can valuing the house to ahcertain what increase in-crease over the house rates may be possible. pos-sible. He has told ome of hi friends that the public might be persuaded to "meet the senate half way,' but the progressive leader merely nmiled in re Mionse to suggestions of this character. Ho told Mr. I'nderwood that the dif ference was with his party frierMs. rather than with himself, end they sustained htm in the statement. Agree on Free List. Tbe progressive Republicans . considered con-sidered it important thai thev stand as a body, and have found it impossible to obtain anvthing like unanimous eon-seat eon-seat to a rate of le?s than 3 per cent ' on raw wool and the corresponding rates on woolens fixed by the senate bill'. The difficulties pertain entirely to the wool bills. An agreement on the free list eould be had any time. The deadlock has given rise to all kinds of suggestions and surmises. Accepting Ac-cepting the tangle as inextricable, some senators and representatives have sug gested a movement for final adjournment adjourn-ment regardless of the conference, and the senate is being sounded on that proposition. Most of the regular Republicans Re-publicans are willing to agree to this, as are some of the Democrats. In-: In-: eluded in the latter list are those southern senators who wonld like to tee further consideration of the cotton bill postponed until next session. They I are willing to scrept almost any legitt mate reason for delay, and would welcome wel-come any exigency that would carry cotton over. Something Under Corer. The cotton bill is unquestionably playing a part in the conference, but all the facts hare not come tn the surface. sur-face. The insurgent Republicans and some of the democrats who strongly favor cotton legislation appreciate the |