Show EMP NOW NO ADDED ADDEO TO 10 FREE LIST LET IN INi i UNDERWOOD BILL BILLt t Senate Finance Committee Adopts Policy of Silence t- t Regarding Changes v June 11 Changes In Inthe f 1 WASHINGTON VV the Underwood tariff bill bUt b by the thel l Senate enato tina nee subcommittees Transferring proposed dutiable articles to the free tree list will ag aggregate reg an estimated estl- estl mated annual annu loss loos In revenue to the government of or nearly a million and a lil l dollars a year rear j This curtailment of or th the total esti- esti mates for tOI or revenue un under tinder er the house bIlls bill s JB 13 based only on known lenon to have havo I been transferred to the tred fre ll list t. t thus I far fr upon subcommittee recommendations and does doe not take into account the tho decreases In duties dulles which will b bI be I proposed on man articles In the tho various vat vari ous schedules Added to the estimated Jor loss In revenue under the house bill free tree list this would aggregate gate ate 26 Ay if Included In the Senate list are the tho rC revenues that would be bo derived derI from I hemp which tho the Underwood bill makes dutiable but which tho the Senate subcommittee decided toda today should hould be trans trans- ferrel to tho the free fric list Hemp will vill besent bo be sent ont to the caucus on freo treo list on the ground that t it belongs th there re If Ir other products of ot the tho farms such as nR cattle and wheat are arc to bo ho rr froe fre e listed as It would result in cheaper Hr twine to the farmers and compensate them somo- somo what by br reducing their harvesting ex exp ox- ox p Hemp both plain and h hackled tho the subcommittee proposes to remove from the dutiable list the former for tor- mer from 1120 a ton and the latter from on on i cent a lL pound in the Underwood Underwood Under Under- wood bill b RC Revenues Revenue nue Cut Ol Off f. f Somo Some of ot the loss In revenue ma may bo be made up b by countervailing duties on certain agricultural products but this amount amountS It is I. estimated would not bo be large larse Among tho the articles which tho the 80 Senate subcommittees have added to the free tree list and tho the estimated revenues re s slut cut lut off are r Pl Pig Iron forro manganese hemp lIv livestock wheat photographic films 2 1 cedar cedarwood cedarwood wood coal l tar dyes a tote total of When all the subcommittees have completed their recommendations this amount will probably be increased The majority members of ot the tho finance committee went on record toda today as opposing opposing op op- posing publication at this time of tho the detailed changes i In the tho Underwood bill hIll approved ed b by them from con the recommendations Senator Sim Simmons m mon mons chairman of ot the committee sa said that the major majority It had instructed him to tomake make nalce e general announcements only re regarding regarding re- re garding the committees committee's actions Cotton consideration consider The Tho committee had under the changes in tho the cotton schedule j-chea- j ule proposed by v Senator Johnsons Johnson's S sub subcommittee sub sub- committee in lii this schedule th the net result of oC the altered rates will vIll increase the schedule over O tho the cra a average c cotton rats rates In the Underwood bill about Ci 6 u per par cent tho the principal chan changes ct tIng t- t Ing cotton colton yarns This I Is the only schedule in which Senate action will ill result sult In an increase The rhe metal and earthenware arthen schedules were considered for Cor a time lime today hut hilt t discussion on th thorn rn was continued until tomorrow Senator Williams subcommittee nIU still It II I is IK working on the Income tax and administrative provisions plo of th the bill hut but exp expects to be able to re report report re- re port tomorrow I It t ha has been d decided to eliminate the antidumping clause clauso and the 5 G per cent tariff discount In AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean and some Home dl discount count will be he allowed when forel foreign n manufacturers rs submit their books valuations arc arcIn arcIn arcin in dispute The Income tax provision pro will also be mo modified so 50 o as to give Ivo mutual in- in companies exemption upon tipoTi proof that the they ar are ar not hot conducted for tal Prof profit it Representative Hammond of oC Minnesota Minne sota a member of or the ways wa and means committee who called tin m on President Wilson ilson toda today to say a that if Ir wheat were verT placed on the free tree list great injury would be bo done to the farmers of ot the northwest went awa away aay with tho the Impression sion that the J President r had not taken takena a 0 final position hut that the whole matter would be threshed out In the Senate enato caucus |