The Detroit times., 1909-07-09
TARIFF BILL NOW
IN CONFERENCE
Senate Passes It by Vote of As TO
"a, and Conference Committee
Is Appointed.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The tarlfr
bill today entered on its third stage.
Having passed the house and SEN
ate separately with hundreds of
changes made by the latter. 1t now
goes TO conference.
The senate members of the confer
ence committee, appointed late last
night after the final passage Of the
bill by that body. are Aldrich. Bur.
rows. Penrose. Hale and CulloT, Re-
publicans; and Daniel Money and
Bailey, Democrats. The senate pass
ed the measure by vote OF A. to "a.
Republicans voting in the negative
were: Beveridge. Ind; Bristow. kas,
Brown, Neb.; Burkett, Neb. Clapp.
Mimi. Crawford. S. D.; Curmins,
Iowa; Dolliver. Iowa; La Toilette.
Wis: Nelson, Mimi. McEnery. OF
Louisiana, was the only Democrat re-
corded In the affirmative.
The Republican members of the con-
J ference committee. as selected by the
house leaders, subject to ratification
by the house at its session today, are
Payne, Dalzell, Mccall, Boutell and
Calderhead
From now on. it is expected that
President Taft, who returns from
Lake Champlain this afternoon, Will
take an active part In the shaping up
OF the measure. He has consistently
declined TO interfere In the matter OF
the schedules, during the progress OF
the bill through the house and senate.
He will now, however. work with the
members of the conference commit
tee in the hope they may report back
the sort of a bill he can approve.
Aldrich will probably be the me-
dunn OF communication between the
conference room and the White
House. He will keep the president
posted on the sentiment of the COM
mittee as to various schedules upon
which the house and senate have dis
agreed, and Will transmit TO his col
leagues President Taft's suggestion.
The president will thus In fact be a
member ex officio OF the conference
committee. 1t Is the expectation that,
II the committee should get tied
on any Of the important schedules, II
will submit TO the presidents views.
In other words, he will act as referee
Leading downward revisionists" OF
the house, say they will stand solidly
for the reductions made In the Payne
bill, particularly those on the neces-
saries OF life and free raw materials.
Because OF the wide differences in
the two bills and the interjection by
the senate OF new subjects, like the
customs court, the maximum and mini
mum. The corporation tax and the new
internal revenue taxes on tobacco,
etc, it is a foregone conclusion that
concessions will have to be made on
both sides.
On hides, which the house put on
the free list. the senate placed a duty
OF Is per cent. On a vote of 81 TO "a.
iron ore.
On lumber, the house made the rate
81 per 900. which the senate in
creased to $3.50. although there was a
strong demand that il should be made
81.
On bituminious coal and coal slack,
the house retained the old rate Of
81 cents per ton, but with free trade
reciprocity provision. The senate re-
duced the rate on coal TO 60 cents
per ton and on coal slack TO 10 cents
per ton, but struck out the reciprocity
feature, and carefully described what
should be considered slack
The senate left the crude and re-
fined oil on the free list returned the
products 10 the dutiable list and 'e-
imposed the countervailing duty, but
at half rate But It also added pro-
vision in that importers Of crude petro-
leum should get no drawback on II
when IL was again exported Both
the latter propositions are supposed TO
be blows at the Standard on Co, but
this whole question is 40 involved
that it Is going 10 be hard 20 make the
house so understand them.