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Show DEMOCRATS PLAN HOREJVISING WASHINGTON, April 13. Encouraged Encour-aged by the smooth working of their new legislative machine which today began to grind, Democratic leaders of the house planned to extend their tariff revisibn" program'. Until now the only tariff tinkering determined upon inoludoff Canadjan reciprocity, th6 free list to benefit the farmers opposed op-posed to the reciprocity bill aB it stands and the wool and cotton schedules, sched-ules, but now It has been determined to revise thd agricultural schedule. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee, said the house at tho rate of progress, would com-jleto com-jleto tho buslnoss outlined at present much earlier than generally anticipated anticipat-ed and that other tariff po)iodnIR BHsErsHBiSsS would be taken up after the wool and cotton schedules have been revised Tho agricultural schedule will bo attacked at-tacked by tho Democrats because of the high cost of living and an effort will be made to reduce the duties on those food products that aro most necessary to the public. " |