Show WESTERN VESTERN SENATORS ARGUE FOR WOOl 1 AND P SUGAR L DUTIES I I Protest Made Merely II I for tOI Effect at Home HomeI I S lil bl tl to The JD I I Washington April 23 That 2 That the tho tho prot protest t nl made e to the majority mem- mem hers bels of ot the thc Senate Senat finance committee commit t I tee toda today b by Democratic senators I from tram Oregon Ne Arizona Ari I Arl 1 zona Colorado Nebraska and antI KanI Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas against free wool and free I I sugar will prove prO of or no avail and I that the tariff bill biB will be reported I Ito to the tho Senate pr practically as It pa passes parses ses I tho House is 18 tho the opinion of ot Republican 1 lican l lc leaders of ot tho the Senate If 11 these western Democrats want antt protection for tor the wool and sU sugar ar I industries of or the tho states the they represent I sent ent it is only necessary ar that four four of or them bent vote ote n against tho free freo wool I 1 and sugar provisions of ot the bill bill when It reaches the toe Senate sa say ay the thea I R Republican leaders I In lit fact only two would be necessary I i t I sary ary in itt the ease case of ot sugar as both I Louisiana senators will vote against I free freo sugar I IThe IThe The Republicans believe the protest protest protest pro pro- test of ot the western Democrats is being heing be he- ing made simply Imply for rOl home consumption consumption tion and arid that the they will vote ote lot for the tho I bill 1111 in itt the Senate no matt matter r whether it carries free wool antI and free trec sugar or not Thc They bi hue base e their belief not only on their own canvasses and the I declarations made by some of or these these I same amo west western rn Democrats who tho protested protested pro pro- I tested against free tree wool and sugar I toda today that thai thc they they- would vote vote- for the the House hill bill but al also o on tho confidence confidence I dence of or President Wilson and administration administration administration ad ad- ministration leaders in Congress Congress' that the bill bilI will pass as introduced I I in the House Houfe with a few tew minor minorI minor I changes Thomas R R. Cutler general manager mant man man- t ager of ot tho the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar compan company cornI com corn I pan puny pany Is in Washington I r L t April 22 Unless Unless W WASHINGTON v western senators opposed to free wool and free sugar In three years convince President Wilson lIson that the Underwood tariff bill which the Democratic Democratic Dem Dom House caucus and he himself have Indorsed d should be changed chans the they will find these provisions stamped with the tho approval al of oC the tho Democrats o of th the finance committee when the bill billIs billis Is brought before the Democratic caucus caucus cau cau- cus culs of oC the Senate For three hours today six senators from states west 1 of or the Missouri river argued ti with fth a a. majority of ot tho the Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- of or tho the finance committee against free treo wool and free tree sugar They were lIsten listened d to att attentively and ma may be heard again When hen thc they had lund completed com corn their arguments however howe tho the committee bad had not changed change its opinIon opinion ion that tho the bill bm as agreed to b by the caucus insofar as RS wool and sugar suar were concerned would bo presented pro pre In the same sarno form torm to the Senate The Democrats o of the thc committee who nho are nrc examining t the he Underwood bill bin havo ha not reached the tho sugar or 01 wool programs but it was tho the plain Intention litton litton- tion of ot the majority to approve e them There was no talk at the conference confer conter once ence toda today of or a bolt the among senators son sen who had put these articles s on tho the free freo list The Tho opinion W was expressed that those who appeared in fn behalf of ot sugar SUar aud and wool might see President Wilson within a few tew d days daya js j's an and dl discuss cuss tho tIm lI T r for their opposition with him The first plan pIau of ot Senator X Newlands New New- ew- ew w- w lands who brought about tho the conference confer- confer once ence Wa was wag to have the President at to today's today's to- to days day's hearing At the suggestion of ot Influential members of the thc finance committee however this plan was abandoned All Ai twelve of or the thc Democratic senators sena sena- tors tars from states west of the Missouri river were invited by y Senator lands Janel to appear before the tho committee lint hut only Senators I and Pittman Pitt- Pitt man roan of ot Nevada Chamberlain nid Lane Lallo of Oregon Thompson of or Kansas Kaut-as an and 1 J Walsh of or Montana appeared |