The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-07-29
The Conference Committee
VIII Probably Make a
Report To-day.
OIL GOES ON FREE LIST
Reported That Conference Commit
tee Have Agreed That Hides and
Oil Shall Go ON the Free List
Chairman Payne, of the House
Committee, Wins a Partial Vic
tory-Senate Wins Victory on Duty
on Lumber-Secretary Nagle VIII
Address Virginia Republican State
Convention.
Special to The Caucasian.1

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Convention.
| Special to The Caucasianl
Washington, D. c., July 27.-The
| Conference Committee appointed by
Speaker of the House and of the Sen
ate to adjust the differences in the
Senate and House bills have not
made their report. The Senate and
the House will meet again Thursday
to receive their report, providing the
committee have agreed On all the
schedules by that time. While moth
ing has been given out authoritively,
from the best information that can
be obtained, it appears that the
House Committee has won it's fight
for free hides and oil and increased
rates on gloves and hosiery, and has
surrendered to the Senate on lumber,
almost a week the question of put
| ting hides on the free list or i'm
posing a small duty upon them has
been before the Conference Commit
| tee. Not even small duty was ac-
ceptable to Representative Payne,
Chairman of the House Committee,
whose position, it was claimed, was
strengthened by the support of Presi-
dent Taft, and that the Senate Com
mittee was forced to yield despite the
| fact that the "stand pat" Senators
| from the cattle raising States enter
ed a strong protest While the Sem
ate managed to have its rate on lum-
| Der retained, the rates represent
! -" "1uction from the Dingley rates and
e nearly as low as the House rates
which began with one dollar on
rough lumber. The placing of oil on
the free list was practically agreed
| to several days ago. There are other
schedules yet to be agreed upon be-
fore the committee can make its re-
port.
Virginia Republican Convention.
Secretary Nagle, of the Depart
ment of Commerce, will leave to-
morrow for Newport News, Va, to
address the Republican State Con-
vention, which will be in session
there Wednesday and Thursday.
This is the first Republican COnven-
tion to be held since Mr.. Taft was
inaugurated President, and the
speech of Secretary Nagle is looked
forward to with a great deal Of in
crest as it is believed his speech will
give the Presidents views on many
matters in which the Republican
party is interested.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to attend the convention of
the Atlantic Deep Waterways Asso-
citation to be held at Norfolk, Va,
November 18th to goth. The Presi-
dent will address the Association on
the 10Th. This Convention was orig
inally set for October, but the date
was charged to November to suit the
Presidents convenience.
Democratic CONSISTENCY"
Senator Culberson has given out
statement attempting to show the
Democratic members have been con-
sistent on the tariff. No one has
taken the Senator's statement very
seriously, and if he would send it to
some Northern funny paper" it
would probably be appreciated more
by them than it tfsaby the public. AS
a matter of fact, very few of the
| Democratic members have stood by
their platform pledges. Practically
every member has favored a protec-
| tive tariff on one or more articles,
and while others have stood right by
the ultra-protectionist and have help
ed to put high rates in the tariff bill
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