The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-30
LUMBER TAXED At SIPS PER
THOUSAND FEET-HIDES
ON THE FREE
LIST.
DINCLEY RATES ON
GLOVES RETAINED
Democrats Forced TO capitulate Be-
fore Superior Forcs-Democrats
Say Bill as Stands Is In
crease Over Dinsiey - q
Law. ~

Washington, July 29-The Payne
Aldrich' tariff bill tonight stands com
pleted. An, agreemen; on all disputed
points was reached this afternoon an,
at 1855 the cmAorees' report was
signed Il by the Republican conferees
1t will go to the house tomorrow and
be voted on by that body Saturday
The senate will begin considerations ol
the measure Monday.
Halted by the mandate of President
Taft the tariff conferees were com,
PEELED TO turn back and revise Their
rates on lumber and gloves. In a
communication to Aldrich and Payne
the president demanded that the high
rates on gloves as fixed by the house
and the high rates on lumber as fixed
by the senate should not be made part
of the report.
Surrendered to Taft.
After struggling over these ques.
tions throughout the entire day the
conferees surrendered to the presi.
dents view and signed the report. The
leaders intend to push the report
through the house in one legislative
day. Probably a week will be re.
auired to dispose of the report. in the
senate.
When the conferee5 .xed the lam
Der and gloves rates yesterday by
shading very slightly higher rates on
each, they were so certain that the
president would consent 10 the ar.
rangement that notices We're sent the
Democratic members of the confer,
ence committee to be present at 10
O'Clock today to approve or disap-
prove of the conference report The
president had other ideas of what tho
rates should be and he expressed
himself very forcibly IN a letter. He
said lumber should 10; pe more than
$L25 a thousand for rough, with tho
fixed by the senate on
finished lumber. He declared also that
the senate rates on gloves, which are
the same as the Dingley rates and
much less than the house rates, would
have to be adopted in order to obtain
his endorsement
Presidents Demands.
Not content with issuing an injunc.
ton against high rates on these ar.
ticles, the president specified that
hides must go on the free list and the
house rater on manufactures of leath
er reduced. Hosiery too. he thought
should be reduced below the house
rates which were advances over the
Dingley duties.
II was not until after the Democrat
Is members had assembled that the
White House commun.cation was re.
ceiyed at the conference chamber
Aldrich read the presidents missiye
and called his Republican associates
10 an adjoining room. The contents
lf the letter were discussed at some
ength and it was decided that the mi
lority should be informed that the
report had not been ad-
vaneed TO the state where 1t could De
submitted to them for their judgment
and they withdrew. 4,,
Democrats Had Conference.
The Democrats afterward held a
of their own. The Repub-
leans were criticised but Baileyl
came to their defense by calling at.
ention to the fact that if the Demo
rats were in power and were charged
with the responsibility of making the
ariff bill. they would not want the
Republicans to help them. The minor
ty was further mortified by Champ