Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-29
TARIFF LEADERS
HURRY TO TAFT
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
ENDS ITS LAB0RS
ALL DETAILS FIRST SUBMITTED
TO PRESIDENT TAFT
Chief Executive Consulted at Fort
Myer by Aldrich and Payne,
Who Seemed Satisfied
with Outcome

! to submit their report to President
/ Taft, who had gone to see the flight
! of the Wright aeroplane.
/ All day the conferees struggled with
1 the question of bringing down the house
rates on gloves and the senate rates
| on lumber to figures they felt would
meet with executive approval, but they
| failed.
| Lumber was made dutiable at rates
/ only a little below those of the senate
/ bill and there was a slight shading
/ from the house rates on gloves of good
| quality.
| Although it was not admitted by
| the conferees, the general impression
was that Aldrich and Payne had been
authorized by their colleagues to in
| corporate in the report such figures
as could be agreed upon with the presi-
! dent in so far as they came within
| range of what the leaders believe will
| be acceptable in the house and senate.
! Returning from the conference at
| Fort Myer, Messrs. Aldrich and Payne
| seemed satisfied with the outcome, al
| though neither would discuss the con-
| clusion reached.
| 1t was announced officially that the
| Democratic members of the conference
| committee would be called into session
at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
/ IL WAS stated also the NbilltItlAOG
| report would be presented to the house
by noon Friday. 1t required a roll
/ call to fix the rates on lumber which
| follow:
. Lumber: Rough, $1.40 per 1000 feet.
/ The house rate was 81, and the senate
rate was $3.50. The senate differen-
! tials were adopted, making lumber
/ planed on one side dutiable at S1.90;
| two sides, $215; three sides, $2.52 IL;
| four sides. $3.50.
! The senate rates on lath and shingles
which were higher than the house
rates, also were adopted.
Glove Rates Advanced
Votes were taken on rough lumber
at SIPS. and at $780, but no agreement
could be reached except at the $1.40
rate for rough, with the senate differ
entails on finished lumber.
Gloves were made dutiable at rates
considerably in advance of the duties
fixed by the senate bill, which for the
most part were the same as the Ding
lay rates. The conference rates follow
Women's and children's gloves, val
ued at not more than 81 a dozen pairs.
$3.50 a dozen; valued at more than 81,
but not more than $12 a dozen, 81
dozen; valued not more than S12 a
dozen IS per cent ad valorem.
The Schmaschen glove of sheep ORR
gin, which is the cheapest skin glove
manufactured. was made dutiable at 81
a dozen pairs. This is a heavy reduC-
ton from the house rates, which made
all gloves dutiable at 81 a dozen pairs
The conference adopted an amend
ment which puts in half the cumula-
tive duties of 40 cents a dozen pairs
provided by the Dingley law for gloves
of certain stitching or when lined or
finished in a manner adding to the or
binary value
Senators Elkins and Scott of West
Virginia, and Clark of Wyoming, vain
ly endeavored to get the conferees
to make the rate of 40 cents ton on
coal apply to the short ton, which it
is said, would make a difference of
about cents a ton, and operate to
advance the rate to the equivalent Of
30 cents.
The print paper rate was fixed at
1915 a ton. This is only % cents less
than the senate rate, and $1.75 more
than the house rate. 1t is expected
that this rate will arouse the ire of
the special house committee which
investigated the wood pulp and paper
question.
When the conferees met today they
took up the glove schedule, but the
action was largely perfunctory, as it
practically was agreed yesterday that
the house increases should prevail In
both houses around the conference
room and even in the minds of the
conferees, the lumber question was
much more pertinent than the glove
question.
Northwest Members Active
Meantime the pot was boiling along
the northwest border. Senators Mel
son and Clapp in one end of the build
ing and Representative Tawney in the
| other were stirring it. They, as well
as many other senators and represcu-
! tatiVcs, were quite incensed over the
change that had been made and many
assertions were heard that no report
| for higher rate on lumber than the
house had fixed could be adopted by
the house. 1t was believed to be diff
| ferent ir the senate. The low lumber
men in the senate generally had been
among the insurgents who had voted
against the bill originally and they
were hopeless of preventing the addi-
! ton of the conference report in that
body. This state of mind was due
largely to the fact that they did not
believe the hide men would stand with
them in opposing the report.
Counting nine insurgents who would
vote against the conference report on
general principles and whose oppOsi
ton has been intensified by the de-
cision i'm favor of higher lumber, the
hide men said they would nave eigh-
teen Republican votes against the con-
ference report if they favored free
hides.
The insurgents" failing to count
upon the free hide opponents, say
their only hope is i'm the house and
the low lumber men there profess
themselves as willing to accept the re-
sponsibility of defeating the bill if the
$50 rate on lumber stands. Some
of the house Conferees have already
weakened and the low lumber men be-
Iieve they will have strength enough
to cause the reopening of the question
and to bring about reduction in the
rate.
The low lumber advocates assert that
when the president assented to a
higher rate on lumber he was not in
possession of all the ,acts.
since the conference Of last night
he knows better" say some of them
President Taft is willing to stay in
Washington AS long "a anybody else,
provided he can get satisfactory bill
i'm the end and the prospect of a dc
lay i'm beginning his Summer vacation
is said to disturb him no longer. The
list of senate callers today was I'M
usually heavy. thirteen members of the
upper house Of congress paying their
| respects to the president.