Arizona republican., 1909-07-27
To Secure Support in Senate
 For Free Hides Report 4 WAITING TRUMP CARD
House Rule May Be Intro
 duced Which Will Allow Conferees to Agree Upon Lower Than House Rates in the Leather Schedule.

Washington. July 2G.-Hides will be put on the free list if the rates on boots and shoes and other leather manufactures are reduced below the house rates Unless the advocates of free hides are able to carry out this bargain the whole is to be ca-,ed off.
 4 decision to this effect was reached by the tariff conferees today. The con ference adjourned tonight until II o'clock tomorrow morning but the house members will assemble half an hour earlier in order that they may plan for executing their part of the agreement. It is expected that they will have a report from the leaders as to the possibility of passing a rule conferring Jurisdiction upon them to agree to lower rates on leather than those named in the house bill.
 MT Aldrich has advised the senators from the northwestern states that he will not consent to free hides unless there is a material cut on boots. shoes and other leather goods. In no other way he said. can he get the necessary votes in the senate.
 
 have insisted that the only way for consumers to get the benefit of a re moval of the duty from hides will be through a reduction of duties on boots, shoes and harness.
 Should the house not give it's con ferees jurisdiction to adopt lower rates on leather manufactures, the confer cnce committee has what is regarded as a trump card in reserve. This pro- vides for a conference report putting hides on the free list and reducing the rates on shoes and other leather man ufactures. The report it is said, then would be presented to the president with a statement that the cOnferees had not been able to muster sufficient votes to assure it's adoption and it would deyolve on the president to pro- cure the necessary support for the program. In the event of a failure, the conferees would submit to a report placing a small duty on hides and the house rates on leather. Few of the conferees believe it will be necessary to resort to such tactics.
 Mr. Warren said the western sen atOrs will not be representing their states. if they consent to the abolition of duty on hides. unless the manufac- turers of shoes and other leather goods are compelled to concede to low CT rates on leather products While the western senators take the position that the removal of the duty on hides would injure the cattle business. some of them say they will withdraw their protests. because of the insistence of the president, if reductions are made all adong the line in the leather schedule.
 The program on which the conferees are working is as follows: Hides. free as provided by the house against the senate rate of 15 per cent ad valorem: sole leather, 3 per cent, the same as in the house hill, as against the senate rate of 15 per cent; dressed upper leather 7ia per cent as against E per cent in both the house and senate bills; boots and shoes 10 per cent as against 15 per cent in the house bill and 20 Der cent in the senate bill; sad dlery and harness 20 per cent as against 8 per cent in the house bill and 40 per cent in the senate bill.
 According tO Mr. Warren, the story that the beef packers are engaging eX- tensively in the tanning business and