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'$&'! - v , ii it .114' The Commoner. 14 WASHINGTON NEWS VOLUME 12, NUMBER 12 Tlio houso passed tlio livers and harbors bill, carrying $2(1,250,000 and Including tlio Ohio river and Konlucky rlvom appropriation. In a (llaeuBSioii oC tlio oxclfie tax bill in (ho houso, Mr. Underwood Is roportod as having said that tlio dociBlon of tho Bitpronio court against tho coiiHtltutionality of tho Incomo tax law had Increased tho growth of socialism in tho United States. President Tuft was given an ova tion In JJoston, whore ho spoke to (ho loglslaturo and rovlowod one of tho largost parades ovor arrangod in honor of Ireland's patron saint. According to the figures of a capl- tol ofllcial 2,951' piivato pension bills woro introduced In tho senato last BUinnior, Sonator Curtis, of Kansas,' loading, with 227. Sonator Ivorn In troduced ninety-four. Sonator Lea gave notice of a mo tion to consider sonato appropria tions of $207,500 for public build ings in throo wostorn towns, which, ho said, havo a combined population of 2,800. Judgo Mali ion PItnoy, Jersey, took tho oath of associate justice of tho court of tho United States. of Now office as supreme Following is an Associated Press dispatch: Washington, March 21st. Tito democratic wool tariff re vision bill, lovying a 20 per cent ad valorem duty on raw wool, Intro duced today by Democratic Loader Underwood will be reported tomor row to avoid a caucus and thereby dodgo trouble with the advocates of freo wool. The measure is identical with that passed by tho houso last Bunimor and after revision by tho senato vetoed by President Taft. Regular republicans contend that the president would find excuse for veto ing tho democratic bill on the ground that it does not adequately protect tho revenues. Tho re-introduction of tlio bill vetoed by President Taft with the elimination of the sonato amend ments will bo used by tho democrats as tho basis for an arraignment of tho tariff board. In tho report on tho bill, which -is being written by Mr. Underwood, an effort will be made to show that the board Is a failure and that its report on wool was useless. Tho committee first considered a bill that would correspond to the conference roport, but finally decided unanimously to introduco their own bill, which puts a duty of 20 per cent on raw wool. Chairman Underwood dropped tho bill In tho basket as ho entered tho houso today. Tho docision followed an examina tion of tho tariff board's statistics as analyzed by Chairman Underwood and compared with tho data in the possession of the committee. Freo wool champions wero convinced that a freo wool bill could not bo passed because thoro was no means to raise tho $21,000,000 revenuo that would be lost by its passage. It was oven said thero had been no democratic caucuses on the bill which will obviate a fight before the freo wool adherents, though when " tho bill comes upon the floor they may mako a stand. Tho action 'of the democratic leaders is in the face of a report of tho tariff board which cam to the house last December. President Taft, in his veto last summer, urged that there had been no report from tho tariff board on tho subject. "It was determined to, introduce tho bill just as we, introduced it last summer, carrying a 20 per cent ad valorem duty on raw wool, a reduc tion of about 50 per cent from the duties of the Payne-Aldrich law," said Chairman Underwood. The bill differs from the bill vetoed by the president principally in the duty assessed on raw wool. The houso bill carried 20 per cent, but after the conference the house leaders yielded and the bill as finally passed, carried a 29 per cent duty on raw wool. Other schedules of the bill intro duced are: Combed wools, 25 per cent. Yarns, wholly or 'in part of wool, 30 per cent. Knit fabrics, felts not woven and manufactures of wool, 40 per cent. Blankets and flannels, valued above 50 cents a pound, 45 per cent. Women's and children's dress goods, etc.. 45 per cent. Ready made clothing, 45 per cent. vveobings, bandings, beltings, braids, etc., 35 per cent. Carpets 40, 35 and 30 per cent, according to grade. given by some public, men of promi nence makes it embarrassing for them afterward." FELINE Lou "I would rather a man would call me a fool than a knave Sue "Of course. It's truth that hurts." -Toledo Blade. EiMkvJ 3 giYiyi?5 m f-IolP5 B HH fln BB n m iff fttH HI HI v! h 5r V tory. in am Any standard machine ahlnnpriiricri.t your homo for 5 days' trial absolutely jree. Ao money down-no ehllgatlon. ltoturnablo at our oxnoneo. If tnturnn. pay ua about ow-half manufacturer's prlco either iu ur lufuiD ui (w o moiiifl. iivory macninogunr- nntcod porrcct as tlio day It loft tho shops. 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