The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-30
Taft and COnSerees Lock
Horns in Final Strug-
gIe-Commitlee Threat
ems Indefinite Holdup
NO HOPE OF REPORT BEFORE
. MONDAY-DEMOO TO THE
FRONT WITH SUGGESTION OF
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL FALL. +.

WASHINGTON, July 29-Through
a written communication, President
Taft today advised the tariff con-
ferees that he could rot accept a
rate exceeding $1.25 on rough lum-
Der and that he will insist on the
senate rate on gloves and hosiery.
The Democratic members of the
conference committee who were
called into today's meeting, which
was scheduled for ten O'Clock, re-
mained only until 1852. The Re
publican conferees adjourned at that
time, reassembled soon after. The
Democratic members said that there
was no ground evident in morning
session for the reaching of common
understanding.
Transmission of President Taft's
views to the conferees had the effect
of reopening all of the tariff sub
ject and much doubt at once arose
in the minds of members of the COM
mittee as to whep the end might be
reached. sse--ae
Senator Aldrich told some of the
democrats that probably they would
not be summoned to the session again
before Saturday or Sunday.
The plan to have the conference
report submitted to the house to-
morrow will of course fall through
and it seems now quite probable, that
it will not be ready before next Mon
day. If then.
Today there were democrats who
suggested that if an agreement could
not be reached soon, congress should
adjourn until some time In the fall
in order to permit republicans get
ting together.
The lumber schedule which the
conferees agreed upon last night and
which the president rebuked today,
was as follows:
Lumber rough, $40 thousand
feet. The house rate was 81 and the
senate rate $3.50. The senate differ
entails were adopted, making lumber
planed on one side dutiable at $1.90,
two sides $2.15, three sides $2.52 "
and four sides $3.50.
The senate rate on lath and
shingles which were higher than
those of the house rates were also
adopted. Votes were taken on rough
lumber at $125 and at $3.50, but
no agreement could be reached, ex-
cept at the $1.40 rates for rough.
with the senate differentials on
finished lumber.
President Taft is willing to stay
in Washington as long as anybody
else, provided he can get satisfac-
tory bill in the end, and the pros
pect of a delay in beginning his
summer vacation, is said to disturb
him no longer. The list of senate
callers today was unusually heavy,
thirteen members of the upper house
of congress paying their respects to
the President.
Senator LaFollette talked with the
President regarding the absolute ne
cessity OF establishing a commission
of experts to get at the facts OF Ine
tariff and to inform congress. Tne
President, it is said, is strongly IN
favor of a commission and had hoped
that the present tariff bill would car
ry one. AS matters now stand. the
hill will authorize the President to
appoint a commission to assist him
solely in administering maximum
and minimum provisions OF the bill,
No appropriation, however, Is carried
even for this purpose, SO that the
prospect of a commission is very re-
mote.
Senator LaFollette predicted. how
ever. that a commission would come
and that President Taft would wleio
his growing influence for 1t.