New-York tribune., 1909-07-29

Bourne, who has been one OF tiie hiOS' 'i
advocates of the higher rate on lumber 10 re-
late what occurred between them would De 10
violate a confidence but st may be sald 'la'
when Mr. Bourne left the White House ne was
convinced that Nr Taft IS far more forn1ldaoIe
as tariff antagonist than he Is on the gun
links
The eraveiv unfortunate side of the situaUoh
Is that dissatisfaction with the bill Is CROWNS
instead of diminishing. and that every uaS
seIay while the conferrees hasgie over Iie go
rates and the lumber duty increases Ilie Ui
Guilty of obtaining approval for the Co1ieIelIOe
-snor4 in the two houses Of Congress. 1t is also
q fact that the patience Of the President Is IloI
inexhsustibIe and that If the conferrees. after
having once made him a proposition for 81 20
1,r,ber 15 cent iron ore. IS cent coal and 1ree
hides and free petroleum. continue TO maggie
over the two rates in dispute, he may reach the
breaking point and calmly advise them tnat inc
hill is in many respects. as notably in the "ool-
ian schedule not TO his liking. and that IN ms
estimation the wisest course is TO anahooh
further effort and permit the Dingley law TO re-
main on the statutes until next autumn
TWO SESSIONS HELD.
The conference committee held two sessions
to-5sv. Its members knew before the morning
meeting the result Of the midnight conference
al the White House last night, when the Presl-
dent rejected their compromise for 81 DO rate
On rough lumber and the House rates on lhe
IS higher grades Of women's and children's gloves
Before entering the conference room they ao-
rnitted that Everything seems to be up IN lhe
air" Being IN this frame Of mind. they appre-
ciated the humor OF one of the committee CLERKS
who tackled across the door leading to Mr.
saldrtch's library q sign reading: The tariff
situation is Just one damn thing after another
Gloves and lumber were discussed at iengtf
In the course of the day. Ex-RepresentatNe
Is1cius n Littauer who is fighting for fhsh
duty On gloves was a frequent visitor IN 'Ie
corridor leading TO the conference roo:h' but
close at his heels were Kenneth Barnhardt anu
Frank r, Simmons, who represent importers ana
others who are opposed to any increase IN 'll0
r,inelev rates on gloves and hosiery Messrs-
ys,tauer and Rarnhardt had hearing at the
saf-a-noon session and each came from the con-
ference room feeling certain he was the Tic'or-
The lumber interests were represented py d
F Rhodes Of Chicago, and z. ". Whiteheao'
sof Wilmington. y. c. the former appearing lo'
the Northern and the latter for the southern
,,,r,be-rnen Until few days ago the lumber
interests were not disturbed over the reports
from Washington that, backed by the house'
cha President would insist on a reduction in the
lumber duty The lumbermen' who were mere
.n force throughout the tariff debates In the
senate and House left Washington when the
hill r,assed The Senate. Messrs- Rhodes ana
Sy17itehead were summoned by telegraph and
returned to Washington to find the SITUATION
badly mixed This afternoon they had several
conferences with Mr.. Aldrich, who was hoidlhg
<,,,t for the Senate duty of 81 30, but who. late
sn the afternoon. reluctantly admitted tlaC
son,e concession would have to be made. The
lumber representatives did not want 70 y1elo-
They admitted that the sentiment in the House
l,1-1h he- hflf insisted
they had the votes in the Senate for a 81 duty
and had only consented TO take the 81 20 rate
on the assurance that it would stand in con-
ference.
Finally two propositions made to the
conference committee. The lumbermen said they
would accept duty of 81 10 thousand, with
the Senate differentials on dressed lumber. These
zifferentiaIs are reduction OF 25 per cent from
the Dingley diferentials. Their second PROPOSE
ton was 70 accept duty of 81 80 a thousand.
provided the Dingley differentials on dressed
lumber were restored They left the conference
room fully persuaded that Of these PROPOSE
tions would be accepted They said they were
far from satisfied with these compromises, but
would accept either OF them rather than
have II said that the lumber interests were hold
ing up an agreement. on the tariff bill
MAY SUBMIT REPORT FRIDAY.
The afternoon session OF the conference COM
rnittee adjourned soon after o'clock, and Sen
ater Aldrich and Representative Payne left the
conference room together I'VE very close
90 an agreement" Mr.. Aldrich said. and hope
the report will be ready for submission TO the
House on Friday. There win De a meeting Of the
full committee. including the Democrats. to-mor-
row morning" A minute later the two chief fac
tors in the tariff struggle were in Mr.. Aldrichs
automobile. bound for the airship test at Fort
yMyer.
The tentative agreement the gloves para
gEaph WAS not easily reached. The eonferrees
were fully aware OF the fact that the President
vas holding out for the DIngley rates. At yes
terday's session the tentative agreement was
based on a compromise whereby the Dingey
rates should apply on the lower grades and the
House rates on the higher grades When the
paragraph was reopened to-day Mr- Payne con-
serted 10 compromise rates the higher grades
at point between the Dingley and House rates,
she Dingley rates 10 apply on the lower grades.
with a reduction from the Dingley rate on
Echmaschen gloves
From time 20 time during the day the tariff
eSrerts rrern the New York Custom House were
consulted on tie qhraseology Of the gloves para
graphs and finally an agreement was reached.
subject TO the Presidents approval This agree
Fnent provides for q duty of 81 a dozen pairs
on women's schmaschen gloves. which is re-
ductIon Of % cents dozen from the Dingley
law No gloves Of this kind are made in the
United States. women's gloves valued at not
more than 81 dozen pairs given rate
of 81 50 dozen pains. reduction Of 81 20 from
the House rate. Gloves valued at more than
81 dozen pairs were made dutable at 81 a