Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1911 — LA FOLLETTE BILL WINS [ARTICLE]

LA FOLLETTE BILL WINS

Passed by Senate by Vote of 48 to 32. Offered as Compromise Between LaFoliette’s Original Bill znd Underwood Bill. Washington, July 28. —The senate, by a vote of 48 to 32, passed the LaFollette wool revision bill, offered as a compromise between Senator LaFol letle’s original substitute, and the Underwood’s bill as it came from the house. The bill was passed by the votes of all of the Democrats voting, of all of the insurgents except two — Borah and Dixon —and with the votes of two regular Republicans—McCumber of North Dakota, and Nelson of Minnesota, The bill carries a duty of 35 per cent on raw wool, and makes a corresponding reduction in the manufactures of wool. The bill will go to the house and to a conference committee of the two houses, and it is expected the result •will be a bill revising thfrVwoolen schedule on a basis of 30 per\ept for raw wool, and corresponding reductions in the manufactures of wool as they now appear in the bill, which passed the senate.