Show BANANAS I ITO TO 10 FREE F LIST BY I TARIFF CONFEREES Senators Abandon Fight for Duty Which Was Opposed by the President W. SIlI WASHINGTON Sept 20 Detailed O Detailed vv work on tho the income tax ta section of oC the time tariff bill was begun b by th the tariff tart conferees late toda today After an hours hour's consideration of oC its provisions pro tho the conference committed adjourned until Monday leaving several of Its members to study tho ho section 5 more critically and Representative e Hull o of Tennessee who drafted the thc Income tax provisions pro adopted b by the House but who is not a n. member of ot the tho conference committee was called in to go o over its provisions with Senators Williams and Shiveley and Representative Kitchin TIme The full committee will resume work Worl on the ho income tax section Monda Monday The conference nce committee e toda today voted to leave e bananas hanana on thc the free rte list list- After ACter a a. long bug controversy ers In which the Influence in influence influence in- in fluence of oC President Wilson was wms thrown in favor of ot the continued free rc importation of oC the fruit the thc Senate conferees receded from froni their amendment amendment amend amend- m ment nt which would have ha Imposed a duty of oC tenth one o of 1 cent per pound The Senate conferees also gave ga way as to the time dUl duty on out lemons limes grapefruit grape tape fruit nut and arid similar fruits truths lea ln leaving the tho r fixed b by t the e lI use based on tho measurements of ot pa packages The Senate had fixed a 1 tint Oat rate of or one one- half of f 1 l cent per po nil Th Tho I Jl ti rates agreed to are a slight reduction ov r existing rates tc I Two 1 i decisions definitely deli I removed ed th the proposed proponed countervailing counter counter- dut duty n 1 against wood pulp and imposed a countervailing dut duty against potatoes when Imported from Crom countries imposing duties on like imports from the tIme United States The Senate had I struck out the wood pulp countervailing countervail ing InS duties Imposed 1 by the House and tho the con conferees crees toda today ratified that ac ac- tion The 10 per cent countervailing duty on potatoes adopted by the time conferees conferees con con- also was a Senate amendment A compromise at about 1 11 H cents a pound was reached on Zanta currants on which Greek Importers had made madea a hard fight The House provision putting press clothes used in cotton cottons cottonseed cottonseed s seed c oil mills on the free list was accepted ac ac- ac- ac The Senate members also receded from their rate on hats and tho time House Hause rate of 40 0 per cent ad valorem was adopted |