New-York tribune., 1909-07-16
Mr.. TAFT ARBITRATOR
70 DECIDE DIFFICULT
Tariff PR0BLENS'
,,,t,rrees May Be DcodlocF'd o"
u;de, Iron Ore, Coal, Lum-
Der and OIL
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a .be tariff bill on WHICH '-'
-J,.ss conferrees are u'ao'e = =, ..o1+
sno - - that the committee VIII NM -.
so5roc.. on half dozen or more IN
.-s including hides. iron ore oo''' -
e-,..,-, and possibly WOOD pup Gnu -
Fs-lv next week Senator Aiui IN
pP5Sr-.s.ntative PAYNE Viii nave 'u' ....s
1ith Mr Taft oonoeTnlns lileSe IN Ia
ence and in the main his "lshes VII DC
psIaei@ -r1. committee has abandoned nope
cON'-N ~ agreement on the oil TINS NeeA'
o. 1eNOD,, .oe+,1 that its report will he readF
.o- submission 10 ~o'is-1 -1
week from TO-DAY -, -. .r.- NJ
si.oosed 70 take the side Of the House
:, +oeir fght for free iron ore Tree
,s,..-, ,o0--',. t-ee hides and 81 duty on lumber
.-.i-+ 17ovreyer. that TO surrender 10 Ihe
LHe. - .b.se paragraphs would involve them
-.-io1s trouble in the Senate. ana loSSloIS
90, the adoption of the conference report
-, -hase of the situation viii he lald before
~ Taf. ana the Senate conferrees VIII en-
- 70 induce him 10 consent to compromise
rates.
TROUBLE OVER HIDES
r,,.+a conferrees are willing TO split the
,,xr-..os~ IN hides and fix the duty at ~ per
-b;s ,,,ou1d satisfy most of the Senators
..bs cz+tle states OF the West majority
:. =. House oonferrees are standing frIn for
.. h;das and al least TWO Of the Senate con-
80 ave with them II spirit. The dlfhcultT IS
.. .+.-e are eight OF nine stanCh Republican
80 4-5-, the West who stood by Mr. Al
s-;,b through thick and thin in the votes on the
rb.5,,,es and who are nov demanding that ne
-.ss, N the uttermos- the efforts of the tanners
,.s ssos manufacturers 10 deprive them OF What
80 -sz.-d as their lust share Of the Dement'S
g n. ,,ro-ec1ive policy Some of these Western
Senator's have taken their grievance 70 'he
7-bi.e -4ouse and are telling the President taat
xb,e IL nav he good politics from Massa-
,Anse--s poirt of view to place hides on the free
LIST II is decidedly had politics from Montana
North Dakota or wyoming point OF view
The question IF iron ore has not stirred up as
-ruch rl,blc interest as the hide question but II
is not entirely lacking in practical difhcuiues'
The President would like to see iron ore on the
free list and has so informed some Of the con-
gressmen vho have called on him The Repre-
ssntatives from Michigan, PENNSYLVANIA and
Ohio are practically united against free ore ana
4bey viii call on the President tomorrow or
Saturday 10 urge him not 10 insist against
compromise duty of i cents q ton. The present
rate is 4A cents ton. and the Senate rate p
cents TIE House placed iron ore on the free
list The Michigan Chic and PennsY wanna
Representatives viii not be satisfied with duty
Of Is cents. but il Is doubtful If any of them
would 20 50 fer as 70 vote against the bill If this
rate should he adopted as compromise.
i is agreed on al sides that the duty on bl-
luminous coal viii be reduced and # the tresl-
den1 is willing 10 accept rate Of 30 cents
ton this question can be settled without serious
tifcultv. The present duty is s. cents which
vas retained 10y the House. that body. however
adding proviso for reciprocity with Canada
The Senate struck out the reciprocity proviso
and reduced the duty 10 50 cents.
Mr.. TAFT WOULD LIKE FREE LUMBER
The lumber question is involved in many diff
hculties When thu Senate adopted the rate Of
81 ~ on rough lumber il was taken for granted
IN many quarters that the House conferrees
would not find it difficult TO force reduction
to the rate Of 81 in the House bill. It develops,
hoTever. that the high lumber men IN the Sen
ate are not willing 10 concede an reduction.
They say they had the votes TO put through the
rate Of s. in the Senate and only consented to
The 81 20 rate on the understanding that the
Senate conferrees would fight for this rate in
committee. The President would like to see
lumber the free list and is satisfied that
duty Of 81 is high enough TO protect American
interests Senator's and Representatives from
strong Republican states like Idaho. Oregon and
Washington are threatening trouble if The rate
G 81 40 is not retained. On the other hand,
some Of the strongest members Of the House
organization have intimated that they may vote
against the conference report # the rate of 81
Is increased
The oonferrces had two sessions to-day and
~sy1
sao Representative Payne went to the White
house for luncheon, where they met Secretary
ascNeegh AMI Assistant Secretary Norton, Of
Ne Treasury Department Following the
..'-leon there was a full discussion. in which
me President took part. Of the governments
1Aaneial situation Mr.. Aldrich believes it un-
'Ss 70 accept the PROVISION Of the House bill
o-eioFlzing the Secretary Of the Treasury to
e-9'"1Voo in certificates OF indebtedness
-'-ao OF elVlVO0O00, as now provided by law
Fio's as he expects the monetary commits
e F" report Z measure providing for a new
4a- system next year.
To ISSUE PANAMA CANAL RoNDs
= vas decided, however that authority should
wen 10 the Secretary of the Treasury TO
ma Canal bonds up to the amount Of
e-'.'ei Goethais's estimate Of the cost OF tbe
Ca -, ohuer existing law, issue Of $780,
~: per cent canal bonds is authorized OF
c. S1e'ove.e00 have been issued Colonel
-als estimate of the cost Of the canal was
.s'''V'V' 50 that under the agreement reached
iss,,s @atnority VIII be- given for an additional
u SZ63Go0.000. The new bonds will bear
H. at per cent. II is understood that
bonds viii not be available for use bv
- oahAs as q basis for circulation
b.ss sAz'of Aldrich and Mr. Payne discussed the
fe,..luon WESTON with their colleagues on the con-
.r,... committee this afternoon. and a full
o ,ss-sat Vas reached. In addition to the issue
rero,, '.Opoo9 1t is probable that the conference
ssasnar.aA provide authority for the issue of
mon., 0cnds 10 reimburse the Treasury for
rs,.i Apenoed in the purchase OF Panama