The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-05
TARIFF UP TO HOUSE
TAFT WHIPS coNFEREEs INTO
LINE AND THE BILL Is
REPORTED.
VICTORY FOR THE PRESIDENT
Cannon Loses His Fight for Increased
Glove Duty and Executive compels
the Adoption Of a SIPS Rate on
Rough Lumber.

Washington, July 30.-The Payne
agreement on all disputed points has
been reached and the conferees report
signed by the Republican conferees.
1t went to the house to-day and will
be voted on tomorrow. The senate
will begin consideration of the meas
ure 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 Senator Aldrich and
Representative 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 a part of
the conference report.
Surrender to Taft's View.
After struggling over these ques-
tions the conferees surrendered to
the presidents view and signed the
report. The report was ordered to be
printed by the house. 1t is the inten-
tion of the leaders that the report
shall be pushed through in one legis-
lative day. Probably a week will be
required to dispose of the conference
report in the senate.
President Taft said lumber should
not be more than $1.25 a thousand feet
for rough, with the differentials 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.
Not content with issuing an injunc-
ton against high rates on these arti-
cles the president specified that hides
must go on the free list and the house
rates on boots and shoes and other
manufactures OF leather reduced. Ho-
siery, too, he thought should be re-
duced below the house rates, which
were advances over Dingley duties.
Defeat for Cannon.
Speaker Cannon has been one of the
chief supporters of the house rates
on gloves. He said he believed these
rates were necessary to stimulate
manufacture in women's gloves. For
mer Representative Littauer OF New
York, the largest manufacturer of
gloves in this country, is warm
friend of the speaker He has urged
for a number OF years that the rate
on women's and children's gloves be
raised in order to encourage manufac-
ture in the United States. The house
rates, so the leaders say. were adopted
at his suggestion and because they be-
lieved in his argument
The senate fixed the rate on pig
lead at 2B cents per pound, but this
was reduced in conference to two
cents. In view of the dissatisfaction
of the Idaho senators this subject was
reopened to-day and a rate of 2b
cents pound on pig lead in bars was
restored.
Concession on Tallow Rate.
In view of the action of the con
ferees in putting hides on the free list
concession also was made to the
cattle industry by taking tallow of
the free list, where 1t had been placed
by the conferees, and restoring 1t to
the dutiable list at " cents pound
The rates on hosiery were fixed by
increases of about 20 per cent. in
grades valued at 81, $150 and so q
dozen pairs. This is an increase ovel
existing rates, but a material decrease
from the advances made by the house
On all other values of hosiery the
Dingley rates, which had been re-en
acted by the senate, were retained
This action, the conferees believe, wal
in conformity with the spirit of the
presidents request.