Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-07-29
Coal Duty is Reduced and Hides Go
on Free List.
PRINT PAPER RATE CUT DOWN
Probably Not Enough to Satisfy Some
House Members.
HARD FIGHT ON COAL DUTY
Senators who Favor High Protection
Make Last Vain PIeR--Bm VIII
Probably Reach House SAT-
urday of This Week.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 2S-After
working for nearly three weeks at what
proved to be one of the longest and most
Rrduous tasks ever experienced in tariff
building, the republican members of the
! conference committee on the Payne-Ald-
rich bill brought their deliberations to a
sudden close at o'clock tonight.
| Without moments delay, the senate
and house leaders, whose names are car
ried by the bill, started away by automo-
bile for Port Myer with the intention of
laying their report before President Taft
who had gone to see what had been in
tended to be the last official flight of the
Wright brothers aeroplane.
All day the conferees had struggled with
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
| In this effort the conferees failed.
Lumber Reduced But Little.
Lumber was made dutiable at rates only
a little below those named by the senate
bill, and there slight shading from
the house rates on gloves of good quail
! ity.
Although It was not admitted by the
conferees, the general impression drawn
! from the hurried trip to Fort Myer was
! that Messrs Aldrich and Payne had been
authorized by their colleagues to incor-
porate in the conference report such fig
urse could be agreed upon withthe
president. insofar 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. Aldrch and Payne seemed
to be entirely satisfied with the outcome
of their mission, although neither would
discuss the conclusions reached 1t was
announced that the democratic members
of the conference committee will be called
! into session at 10 o'clock tomorrow. 1t
is stated also that the conference report
will be presented to the house probably
at noon Friday.
| Lumber Rates Fixed.
1t required a roll call to fix the rates
on lumber, which are as follows;
Lumber rough, $14O per 1000 feet. The
house rate was 81 and the senate rate
$1.5O The Dingley rate is 50.
The senate differentials were adopted
making lumber planed on one side dutiable
at $19O; two sides, $2.15; three sides. $2.52h
and four sides $3.50.
The senate rates on lath and shingles
which were higher than the house rates.
were also adopted.
Votes were taken on rough lumber at
be reached, except at the $1.4O rate for
rough, with the senate differentials on
finished lumber.
Increase Gloves.
Gloves were made dutiable at rates con-
sderably in advance Of the duties fixed
by the senate BILL which for the most
part were the same the Dingley rates.
The conference rates are as follows:
women's and childron's gloves valued at
not more than 81 a cozen, $3.50 a dozeni
valued at more than A but not more than
$12'a dozen, $4 a dozen; valued at more than
s12 a dozen, 25 per cent ad valorem. The
Selma schen glove OF sheep origin. which
is the cheapest skin glove manufactured
was made dutiable at 81 a dozen. This is
a heavy reduction from the house rates.
which made all gloves duitable at 81 a
dozen, and is even less than the senate
rate at S1.25 and the Dingey rate of sl.75
per dozen.
The conferees adopted an amendment
which cuts in half the cumulative duties to
40 cents a dozen pairs provided by the Ding
ley law for gloves OF certain stitching, or
when lined or when finished in a manner
adding to the ordinary value
In connection with the adjustment of the
glove rates former Representative Lit
tauer Of New York. the largest glove manu-
facturer in this country was admitted to
the conference chamber where he made an
earnest appeal for the retention OF the rates
named by the house. Kenneth Barnhart
manager for Marshal Field and company,
Chicago, the largest importers OF gloves in
| this country, was also admitted. They are
on opposite sides OF the question and were
admitted, one after the other to give their
views,
Lower Duty on Coal.
| Senator EIkins and Scott OF West Vir-
ginia and Clark of Wyoming endeavored
to get the conferences to make the rate
OF 45 cents a ton coal apply to the
short ton. which II is said, would make
difference OF about five cents a ton
and operate 10 advance the rate to the
equivalent of 30 cents.
In support OF the suggested change, It
was argued that Canada's duty on coal
applies TO the short ton. The senators in
terested in getting all the protection pos
sible for coal we're not successful IN their
! mission.
Just before the close OF the session to-
day the print paper schedule was re-
! opened and the rate fixed at t3.75 ton.
This is only 25 cents less than the senate
rate, and S1.76 more than the house rate.
! II is expected this rate will raise the
| ire Of the members Of the special COM
mittee OF the house which investigated
the wood pulp and paper question espec-
tally as the chairman. Representative
Mann, Qll), has announced that he would
not vote for the conference report unless
the 81 rate was retained The conference
rate is S225 a ton less than the existing
| rate
Hides ON Free List.
Hides were left on the free list, con-
tngent upon the adoption OF the rule In
the house making the action Of the con-
ferees in going below the house rates in