The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-06
ALDR|CH SERENE.
Says Tariff Report Will Be
Approved Today.
CHIEF OPPONENTS PLACATED.
Leaders Expect That the Bill Will
Pass Both Houses and Be Sign
ed by President Taft
Tomorrow.
CHIEF OPPONENTS PLACATED.

Washington, Aug 5.-"The report of
the conference committee on the tariff
, bill will be adopted by the senate by
a safe majority before tonight" said
Senator Aldrich today.
The finance committee chairman
seemed serene and happy over his as
sured triumph. He told his friends
that the chief opponents of the tariff
compromise had been placated and
that the radical insurgents were pow
erless to prevent the adoption Of the
report.
Republican leaders confidently ex-
pect that the tariff bill will be finally
passed by both house and senate and
signed by President Taft tomorrow.
The senate chamber was the center
of interest, nearly every member being
present and the galleries being crowd
ed with visitors who wanted to be
present during the voting on such an
historic occasion.
The concurrent resolution making
corrections in the leather schedule of
the tariff bill was reported to the SEN
ate from the finance committee by
Senator Aldrich This resolution
changes paragraph 450 to read as fol
lows:
Hides of cattle, raw or uncured wheth-
er dry salted or picked. shall be admit
ted FREQ of duty, provided that on and
after Oct /, 1909, grain, buff and split
leather shall pay a duty of ~ per cent
ad valorem; that all boots and shoes
made wholly or in chief value of leather
made from cattle hides and cattle skins
of whatever weight, of cattle of the bO-
vine species, 'ncluding calfskns, shall
pay duty oil 10 per cent ad valorem;
that harness. saddles and saddlery, in
sets or in parts, finished or unfinished,
composed wholly or in chief value of
leather, shall pay a duty of 20 per cent
ad yalorem.
This resolution will be acted upon
after the conference report has been
disposed of.
From the same committee Senator
McCumber reported another concur
rent resolution providing that the
drawback provision of the tariff bill
should not apply to oicake manufac-
tured from imported flaXseed and
also regulating the control of bonded
warehouses.
Conferences among senators were
numerous. Several times Vice Presi-
dent Sherman found it necessary to
call the body to order and to insist
that conversation be discontinued.
The effect of the maximum and
minimum provision of the measure as
agreed upon by the conferees was the
chief subject Of discussion.
Senator Beveridge, quoting the re-
marks of Chairman Aldrich, under
took to show that that senator inter-
preted the language as reported by
the conferees as practically guaran-
teaing all the results that could be OBJ
tanned through the instrumentality of
tariff commission.
He provoked prompt opposition to
that view by Senator Hale, who at
great length argued that exactly the
opposite purpose was in the minds of
the house conferees whose views had
been adopted. He insisted that they
carefully avoided giving any authority
to the president by which he could
gather information on which another
revision Of the tariff could be based.
Senator Beverldge repudiated the to
bacco tax amendments In the new
tariff bill known as the Beveridge
amendments.
Not only have the rates proposed by
Senator Beveridge been reduced, but
the iniquity Of which he chiefly com
plains-namely, the fractional pack
ages established at the time of the
Spanish war, under which the tobacco
manufacturers have since taken from
the consumer the added profit of the
now abolished war tax, has not only
not been removed, but the number OF
fractional packages which may be used
has been increased from four to four
teen.
Senator Beveridge also repudiatet
the legalization Of tobacco coupons
the abolition Of which was one Of hi.
amendments.