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Show COMPROMISE FREE LIST BILL PASSES Senate ' Demcrtic4nsur-gent Demcrtic4nsur-gent Combine Still In: Good WorKing Order. 0RIGINALTREE LIST BILL FIRST DEFEATED Kern-La Follette Compromise Compro-mise Measure Gets Very , Decisive Majority. , WASHINGTON, Aug. L-eOomblncd in th same alllane that resulted In th paaaage of a com promts woolen tariff revision bill In tb senate last week, th Democrat and Republican lnanr-gentc lnanr-gentc of that body today paaaad a compromise com-promise farmer', free list hill. Th original bouse Mil first was defeated, SO t 88, and then reoffsred In modified form by Senator Kern of Indiana. Aa amended and finally .adopted the bill differed but little front the original. The Kern compromise '"take fresh meat products out of the free list bill, except such as come from countries that admit certain American products free 'of duty. The aenat;e earlier had defeated" de-feated" Senator Bailey's amendment, taking all meat out . of the free list bill. The Kern amendment represented the attempt to reconcile the Democratic interest with the Insurgent Republiesns who believed some further concessions should bo. obtained for agricultural products. - . - . Amendments Defeated. The aenat began ita final struggle oa th free list bill with, the defest - of amendments offered by Senstor Oronna of North- Dakota to put cement, lime, coal and coke on the free list and 'to exempt boot and A hoe from it provision. provi-sion. Benator Gronna secured a roll call on th amendment for free coal and coke, but w beat-'-, .52 to 32. Parly lines 1 split on the free coal proposition. Tbos ! voting for th. (ironna amendment were: JVmoerate Keiley, Bryan Kletchef. Gore. Owrn, llitcbrock, Martine, Johnson John-son ( Maine), O '(Jornian, Pomereu. Watnon. Republicans Borah, Brintow, Brown, t'lapp, NVlson, Crawford, Gamble, Cummins. Cum-mins. Ken von, Dixon, Oronna, Met 'um-ber 'um-ber and I Kollett. Senator Hailev's amendment to exempt ex-empt beef, and beef products from, lb free Hat received the support of thirteen Republicans but waa opposed by- the Democrats except Bailey. i 11 was ir i n on a run can, no 10 it, thoee voting for it Urine; Ha i ley, Borah, I bourne, Bri-tow, t raw ford, Cum-' Cum-' mine. X)ixon. Gamble. Her burn. Jones, Kcnyon, La Kollettc and Townsand. Coxnpromla 0ta In. According to program, tb aenat ins medintelv after voting down tbe bill, reconsidered the vote without roll call, on motion of Henator Im Kollett. K republican re-publican ineurieeot, aad Henator Kera of Indiana, Democrat, tben offered a con: promise amendment taking meats off the fre list whea coating from roan-tries roan-tries that admit America a cotton, com, wheat, oats, horses, eattl and hogs free of duty. - Tbe senate adopted th Kera eomnro-miav eomnro-miav amendment to th fro list bill, 49 to 2. The farmers free list bill. dptte Its Imp-'rianc and the general Interest It has awakened t along with other tariff revi-sloti revi-sloti legislation, has had but spars ref- l (Continued a Pg 10.1 I COMPROMISE 1 (Continued from page 1) erence on Its merits as a bin on the floor of the senate, but Ita provisions have frequently figured Incidentally to other pending measures. History of a J acted Measure. Its life dates back to April 11. when Democratic Leader Lnderwood Introduced It In the house. The ways and means committee seven days hater reported the bill favorably and the house on May passed It by a vote of 24 to los. Then the finance committee of the senate took It, gave hearings on It for five days, and on June 2Z Chairman Penrose of that committee reported the bill adversely to the senate. Ths next day Senator Bailey of Texaa offered the bill as an amendment to the reciprocity bill nd this amendment was rejected on July IS. On July 14 the bill was fixed for a final vote today, and It became the unfinished business of the senate on July 17. though little advantage advan-tage waa taken of the opportunity to debate de-bate the bill. The free list bill proposed to place on tha free list agricultural Implementa, cotton cot-ton baggl ng, oot ton ties, lent her, boots and shoes, fence wire, meats, cereals, flour, -bread, limber, lumber, sewing machines, ma-chines, salt and other articles. The exemptions ex-emptions were designed to take effect on tha day following the approval of the measure. |