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Show oo WILL PLACE SMALL DUTY Democrats Decide Again on Question of Putting Meats and Grains on Free List-Will List-Will Place All Livestock Live-stock on the Charge List Washington. .June 9 Revising their policy again, the Democratic lenders In the senate have decided to put a COUnten ailing duty on imports of livestock and grains, fresh meats, flour and other grain products These agricultural products are to be classed In the free Hat In accordance with the recent decision of a conference with President Wilson, but they will be free listed with a string to them. A countersailing duty means that the United States will charge on imports of cattle, sheep hogs, wheat flour and such products a duty compensatory compensa-tory to any duty they may be charged by another country against America on her exports of the same commodities. commodi-ties. This decision has been reached in the finance sub-committee in charge of the agricultural schedule after repeated re-peated conferences with other members mem-bers of the finance committee and Democratic senators particularly ln-terested ln-terested in agricultural raw materials and products By the imposition of the countervailing duty, the party leaders now belldVe they will satisfy everybody, farmers, millers and manufacturers, man-ufacturers, since all are to he treated alike and the farmer can not claim 'that his livestock and wheat are to I compete with that of such countries as Canada and Argentina on an un-! un-! equal basis Under the terms of such an arrangements ar-rangements as Is now proposed, livestock live-stock and grain will lie admitted free from countries which would Impose I no duties on their imports from (his country Should Canada, Argentina or any country which now has such agricultural products on the dutiable list determine to remove such duties I at any time, they automatically would I go to the unrestricted free list of this i nation Early In the deliberations the sen-jate sen-jate leaders decided that the rates on I the raw materials and their products must be equalized, but how to do it was the problem The finance sub-committee decided Last week to put a small duty on all of these agricultural products, taklns moats and flour from the Underwood free list. Publication of this aroused a protest and President Wilson him-i him-i self was opposed to the plan. On the very next day the sub-committee decided de-cided to change the policy and voted thar the products should come in free to aid in the general effort to reduce the cost of living. Since that decision the Democratic leaders found themselves In hot water again From certain agricultural countries farmers fear an invasion If such products are undutJable. As a result the decision was reached to resort to the countervailing policy, which will be recommended to the finance fi-nance committee late this week. Even then there may bo some breakers ahead for this much buffeted about Bchedule. Regarding print paper, which the T nderwood bill places on the free list, but which certain senate leaders think should be given a measure of protection protec-tion as a retaliation for Canadian restrictions re-strictions on wood and pulp, a new idea has been suggested. Instead of putting a flat countervailing duty on print paper, as had been proposed , and urged by the manufacturers, the sub-committee has suggested incor-, poratlng in the bill a provision that , unless restrictions on export of wood and pulp are removed within a certain cer-tain specified time, then a duty equal to any export charges imposed by ; any country should be assessed No i decision has been reached yet on this point oo |
