Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-22

wv ASHINGTON, July 21.-Better
w progress was made today by the
tariff conferees than on any 9TH
er day since the troublesome disputes
were reached. Many paragraphs were
settled without renewal of hostilities.
President Taft is given credit for the
smoothness of the conference. 1t de-
veloped that after Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon told their troubles to
the president yesterday he undertook
TO bring the warning factions together
He ordered out his big touring car
and went to Mr.. Payne's home. soon
the chafrfnan. of the house ways and
means committee and the president
were fidSng out toward country roads.
The two. talked over the situation.
What they said will never be known,
but Nh. Payne made no objection today
to the taking up of subjects not IN
volved in the White House program
concerning raw materials.
Zinc Schedule Adjusted
The entire zinc schedule was ad-
Smelter was made dutiable at 3-Sc
per pound. which is a reduction from
the senate rate of nc, and an increase
from the house rate of 1c.
All the differeptials of the senate
were adopted.
Zinc in sheets will be dutiable at
INC and sheets coated or plated with
nickel or other metal at &c.
The house rate of 1c for old and
wornout zinc, fit only to be manu-
factured, was adopted
Tungsten ore, which is used in the
manufacture of ferro alloys, one of the
chief component parts in the manufac-
ture of tool steel and steep parts or
ontoTnnhi1pG made dut1Hhln at 10
per cent al valorem instead of Is per
cent. as fixed by the senate.
The senate and house rates on lead
ore were identical, the duty being 11Ac
a pound. The house made pig lead
dutiable at the same rate and the sem
ate provided specifically for lead dross,
lead bullion and pig lead Mt 1-Sc q
pound. This rate was reduced by the
conference to &c, and as a result one
eighth of a cent was removed from
the senate rates on all of the paint de-
rivatives.
Lemon Increase Stands
Lemons will pay a duty of 11Ac a
pound, the senate rate. This is an in
crease of Ac a pound over the house
and 15c over the Dingley rates.
Senator Borah tried to effect an
agreement by which hides may be put
on the free list. He said the plan he
had to suggest had originated with
President Taft. This plan contemplates
the adoption of joint resolution CIV
ing the conferees jurisdiction to re-
open the question of reducing the duty
an leather goods and, in consideration
of placing hides on the free list, to
make sole leather idutiable at 5 per
cent ad Valorem; boots and shoes and
calf skins at 10 per cent, and to reduce
the rates on harness in the same pro-
portion.
In view of the opposition in the SEN
ate to free hides, the indications are
that a combination will be effected
with the Democrats to defeat the
Borah plan.
Statement Is Withheld
Progressive Republican senators de-
cided to issue a statement outlining
their position on downward revision
Senator Cummins has been invited to
take breakfast with President Taft to-
morrow to discuss the attitude of the
insurgents, and therefore 1t has been
decided to withhold the statement un-
til tomorrow.
There was a meeting today of about
twenty of the "anti-free raw material"
members of the house, at which Rep
resentative Gaines of West Virginia, a
member of the ways and means COM
mittee, preSldeu'
The drawback provision was taken
up with treasury officials. Charles p
Montgomery, chief of the customs di-
vision, declared the French substitu-
tion system, after which the house
drawback feature is patterned, opened
the way to fraud Under 1t, an ar
tIcle might be imported on the west
coast and a certificate received by the
importer. The article might be manu-
factured and enter into domestic trade
but the certificate could be used on
the coast and a drawback obtained
upon exported articles that had been
manufactured wholly from domestic
materials.
Treasury department officials take
the position, however, that the risk of
being defrauded is too great for the
government to assume. No action was
taken on the drawback feature.
Compromises on window glass, hos
iery, gloves and print paper were ex-
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