The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
FREE HIDES WON.
Seems Certain That House
Gains Its Point.
OIL, GLOVES AND HOSIERY TOO
Surrenders to Senate on Lumber,
Coal, Iron and Print Paper.
Facts All Leak Despite
Silence Oath.
OIL, GLOVES AND HOSIERY TOO


talked of resolution authorizing the
tariff confcrecs to reduce the rates on
leather goods below those of the Payne
bill will be brought in and acted upon.
When the proposition to adjourn
over was submitted Ivy Mr. Payne
some laughter was created by Mr..
Clark. the minority leader. rcmarkinS
that he was being "dcvilcd to death
for information as to when the Demo
cratic confereeS were to be called in.
IF you can tell me, I'll tell you," was
the only consolation he got from the
ways and means chairman.
From the best information obtaina-
BILE today it appears that the house
has won its battles for free hides and
oil and increased rates on gloves and
hosiery in return for Il surrender to
the senate on lumber, coal iron ore
and print paper.
The rates on these schedules, as
they have been tentatively arranged
pending the acceptance by both houses
of the program for Il reduction on the
duties on manufactures of leather be-
low the rates fixed by the house, are
as follows:
| Oil, free; coal, 45 cents ton; print
| paper, $3.50 ton; iron ore, 10 cents
! a ton.
! Lumber-Rough, S150 thousand
feet; one side finished, 50; two sides
finished, $2.25; three sides finished,
! which may include tongueing and
growing, $2.62la; four sides fin.
ished, SO.
Gloves, 81 per dozen pairs, not eX
ceediny fourteen inches in length,
which is the standard length. Exceed
ing fourteen inches. 30 cents per dozen
is added for each inch. This rate does
not apply to the schmaschen, or cheap
glove, on which the senate rate Of 81 %
per dozen pairs is retained. The latter
rate is Il reduction from the Dingley
rates. but the lpuse rates accepted on
the higher grades of gloves represent
heavy increases over existing duties,
Hosiery, valued ut 81 or less per
dozen pairs, 40 cents, as against the
senate and existing rate of 30 cents.
On values up to 50 the rate is slightly
in excess of existing duties and n shad-
ing below the rates fixed by the house
On the highest grades the senate and
house rates We're identical.
For nearly week the question of
putting hides on the free list or i'm
posing a nominal duty upon them has
been before the conference committee.
Not even normal duty proved ac-
ceptable to Representative Payne
whose position was strengthened by
the support of President Taft, and the
senate was compelled to yield in spite
of the fact that free hides threatened
to provoke an insurrectiOn among
stand pat senators from cattle raising
states. 1t appears. however that Mr.
Payne's victory was n costly one in
asmuch as the house conferees were
defeated on coal, print paper, iron ore
and lumber.
Although new oathS of secrecy were
taken by every member of the confer
! ence committee before the session wa:
! adjourned, it is well understood that
the foregoing rates represent the un
derStanding that has been reached OIL
all of the subjects which engaged eX
ecutive attention during the last few
weeks.
AS the house passed the bill coal wa
made dutiable at 81 cents ton, will
slack at the same rate, but reciprocal
provision had the effect of putting Goa
on the free list. The senate contendet
for a duty on coal, and a compromise
on 45 cents ton was accepted in liel
of the house rates and the free recip
rocal arrangement. Slack was mad
dutiable at Is cents ton.
The house put iron ore on the fre,
list, and the senate fixed the rate at 2;
cents ton, but the conferees agreed
to accept rate Of 15 cents.
The chief victory won by the Senat
was the retention of it's duties on lum
ber. These represent reductions iron
Dingley rates, but are not nearly a
low as the house rates. which begal
with 81 on rough lumber. Likewise
victory was won by the senate through
the acceptance by the conference CON
mittee of rate Of $3.50 ton on prin
. paper instead of the 81 rate fixed b.
= the house.
a The placing or oil upon the free lis
was a foregone conclusion by reaso
Of the strong opposition in bot
, branches OF congress to making thi
:, article dutiable The senate adopte
!, a form Of countervailing duty, but tn
: conferees were unable to retain 1t 1
= the bill.
= There seems to be NO doubt toda
!, that the house leaders will be able t
- put through rule permitting the col
. ferees to make reductions In the rate
!, on manufactures of leather In accorC
Gnee with the program arranged
: conference.
y II there Is any danger Of the PR
:. gram falling the trouble is In the sci
. ate. Senator Aldrich has talked wit
70 q number Of the western senators, IN
some Of them still oppose putting hid'