Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — WOOL BILL AGAIN IN HOUSE [ARTICLE]

WOOL BILL AGAIN IN HOUSE

Underwood Suddenly Introduces Measure Same as Jaft Vetoed. Washington, March 22. —Representative Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee, surprised the house by introducing a bill to revise the wool' schedule. It had not been expected that the bill would be ready for two weeks. The Underwood measure is identical with the wool bill parsed by the house last session and vetoed by President Taft. The bill provides for a2O per cent ad valorem duty on raw wool and an average reduction of 42 per cent in the existing duties on manufactures of wool.