Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23
TAT S PROGRAM
FOR REDUCTIONS.
Final Agreement Among Confer
ees, tits Said, Will See it Tri-
umphant All Along the Line.
WILL BE MANY COMPROMISES,
None of the National Issues,v Free
Raw Material Items, Will be Dis
posed Of individually.

Washington, July 23.--In the hope
that the conference committee on
tariff may be able to report by that
time. the senate today adjourned until
next Monday instead of Tuesday. aa
would have been necessary under the
unanimous agreement for three-day3in-
TERMS pending the report of the cons
ference committee.
The national Issues of the tariff,
as the free raw material have been
facetiously termed today stood out as
only dark clouds In the otherwise
clear tariff situation.
When they adjourned yesterday#the
conference committee had cleared
and all of the administrative features
except the drawback and one or two
internal n revenue amendments and
nearly all of the disputed paragraphs Y
IN the dutiable and free list, The s
| only exceptions were coal. lumber iron
ore, oil and hides and the 8nlttnufac-3} II
| lures of these raw materials, as well
las the cotton schedule. hniserN. gloves.
wood pulp and print paper and struc-i
t,lral steel punched for USE
COMPROMISES
Compromisesao all of these meas
| ures except hides. coal, lumber, iron
ore and oil, regarding which the Presi
dent has had much to say, had been
considered by both sides with thu pro
! spect Of an agreement today ne f1Ve
articles mentioned probably WI " IN !. bes 4
! the last to receive final consideratfoh.S
HIN support of the statement that none !;
| or the national issues would be gu
| POSED of individually. It vas said that
| those conferees Who have been hold
ling out for u duty on hidese would
| make no concessions until they lea rli- ,3
1 cd what concessions the members me-
| terestetl in lumber or one OF ne Soth rs
1 OF tho five items, would be wiling to S
/ make. By this method OF reaching u
final agreement 1T is said that those
4 conferees who have been holding OUT
I for Il duty on hides would! make no
i concessions until they learned yIlla Z
i Concessions the members Interested in
4 lumber c,r orc OF the other OF the five
i items, would .lbe willing to make. BY
a this method OF reaching n maj Il sr ia Il
5lgment it is said President Taft - pro-
a gram for reductions all along the Limo
\ Will be carried OUT s.}{ 3 ak
5ih large number. OF iShbyists gathered.
: about the. members of the conference
4 8conmittee as they artiYcd$ at the SEN
\ ate committees rooms today
4 s4}l5ttT TARIFF i Nsfti tS1Ic.SilsS.E
4 Each OF The senate and house cor
4 ferees Was interviewed by u committee
/ representing the house tariff insur--si
4 gents consisting OF Representa- tiNes
/ Gaines of West Virginia, Mendell of
/. Wyoming ana Kennedy OF Ohio. The
I. committee took especial pains to In
Il form Mr. 4Aldrich of their desires and
4 of the situation in the house Asked
4 whether they would vote against a con
4 ference report which did not grant
i their requests, Mr.. Gaines said
I'VE are particularly avoiding that
4 question. We IRE not making any
n. Is. Miles OF Racine, wis, chair.
4 man OF the tariff board of the Ma
& final Manufacturers assncia ton en-
4 deavored to. gain the support OF the
conferces for the senate provision q au u
5thorizing the president TO employ tarlff
experts.
The senate amendment empowers the
president to employ such persons as
may be required to secure inforrna-..
q ton to assist the president In the dis.
charge of the duties imposed upon him
tby the maximum and minimum sec
i ton of the bilJ, {and information which
4 Will be useful to Congress in tariff
legislation
Ii IS reported that the house con-
i !erees are willing tofaccept the amend:
u nert if the words ''and information
4 which will: be useful to Congress in
a tariff legislation are omitted. This.
i omission would remove the objections
3 of the house conferees that the senate
i amendment provides for the appoint
q Ement of a commission and at&the same
time would permit the president to en-
& ploy such persons as he desired to a g
sst him i'll administering the tariff
& laws.
PROBABLE RATES.
The Indications this afternoon are
s,ropE that the tariff conference COM
mittee will report on the following
4 rates:
coal, is cents per ton; iron ore. -
cents: hides, Z per cent ad yalorem;s
lumber SIPS q thousand; petroleum
free.
There will be more opposition to the.
hide reduction than to any other OF
Il the adjustments.
The most striking sign Of approach
ing decisive action on the tariff bill ap-
peared this afternoon when the COLI
Il ference committees, going into session
at 2:SO excluded the clerk and every
body else except the conferees them
selvs.s
1t was understood the COMMITTEES
would now stick to its task with ppss!-
; bIy a brief recess for dinner this even-
j, ing, until all the big things" which
have given most trouble--iron ore, hides.
coal, lumber, wood pulp. print paper
. and structural stecl-were disposed OF.
There are good signs for the finish
Il ,fey