Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-21
TAFT HAS LIVELY DAY
Special Meeting of the Cabinet
on Estimates.
TALKS TARIFF SOME MORE
Will Entertain Conferees at Dinner
Tonight.
CRANE STILL USING OIL CAN
President Hears Poor Mans Clothes
Will Increase in Price-Golf
With Sherman.
TALKS TARIFF SOME MORE
CRANE STILL USING OIL CAN

With Sherman.
President Taft's program today consists
OF all sorts of tariff conferences, spe-
cial meeting of the cabinet to further con-
aider estimates for the next fiscal year.
playing golf in the afternoon with
Vice President Sherman, Senator
Bourne and Gen Clarence Edwards and
NJ night entertaining the tariff confer
ees at dinner. other invited guests for
the dinner being Vice President Sherman.
Speaker Cannon. Senator Root and Rep
resentative Dwight. Altogether II Is a
strenuous day for the White House.
The President started the tariff ball
rolling In the morning by having Senator
Crane a; breakfast with him. Mr..
Crane is going around with big oil
can and is spreading the fluid on the
troubled waters of the Capitol.
At his Offices during the morning the
President saw succession of senators
aad representatives. about the tariff. Sen
ator kean of New Jersey was one Of the
earliest of these callers. The New Jersey
senator is optimistic as to the tariff
troubles being settled amicabiy in short
time and said he did not expect to have
10 remain here much longer.
Speaking of the proposition for free iron
ore. MIR. Kean said he did not think much
OF this. as the consumer would not be
peneuted BY free ore. The east would
get all the benefits to be derived from
free iron ore and the government might
IS well get some duties out Of this
schedule.
Senator Root and Representative Taw-
ney saw the President, and both smiling
iv said everything was working out
smoothly
There would not be much fun without
some rucfions." said the New York sena-
Senator Burton of Ohio, who spent a
1sfactory outcome all along the line He
EXPRESSED the belief that President Taft s
1nhstence upon free hides would work
out as the President wishes.
President Remains Firm.
senator Borah of Idaho, deeply grieved
oser the outlook for the political lives OF
eone OF the men who are going to have
10 take their medicine on the tariff, talk
ed for ten minutes with the President
about hides and leather.
He found the President not only I'm.
yielding about free hides. but also de-
sirous of seeing further reduction in the
leather schedule than made either in the
House or Senate. To obtain decreases In
these schedules 1t would be necessary for
the House to yecommit the bill and direct
IT'S conferees to substitute changed prices.
II fs reported that this attempt will be
made.
Representative Hamilton OF Michigan
conferred with the President and offered
ms support Of the policy Of the Pres-
ovl
am most earnestly with the President
IN MS night, said Mr.. Hamilton
Somebody put Mr.. Hamilton among
tne immortal twenty-three opponents Of
last week and started the big fight that
Is now In progress. Mr.. Hamilton was
Eoe among the number. He voted or
Tree hides and free lumber in the House
anu Is WIN the President on these things
Poor Mans Clothes to Be Higher.
representatives of the great clio hing
concerns OF the country, controlling 95 per
cent OF the ready-made clothing in the
hited states. left with the President to-
day statement that after the new tariff
o.ll passes there will be an increase Or
rom I'd 10 - per cent in the wool cloth
ing Q; the poor men of the country.
When II was pointed out to them tina,
there had been no increase in the House
and Senate bills over the Dingley bills as
10 Uoois, they said this was true. but
that The increase would be brought abou,
~ the big wool combinations Of the coun-
try raising the prices, which they have
heen preparing to do for some time This
increase would have occurred under the
Dingley bill. inasmuch as the comb.na-
tons have been slowly organizing for
years. and now have every hing ready to
advance the prices on wool
The trouble with both the Dingley bill
Yates on wool and the rates proposed in
the new bill. the manufacturers said, is
that the customs duties on the wool from
which the poor mans clothes are manu-
factured are comparatively so much
greater than the duties upon the wool of
the rich mans clothes as to amount TO
serious discrimination.
They told the President, In the paper
submitted TO him. that il a change is
NOT made even at this late day there will
be big storm all over the country within
year as TO the increase on the poor
mans clothes They intimated that 1t
vas probable the poor man would not
tie able TO wear clothing with wool In II
1T al. and that he will be compelled to
wear clothes made of cotton and shoddy.
The clothing manufacturers said that
they would not be hurt by the increases
as they made more money on a higher
market than on a lower one but they
thought the President ought TO know the
situation in advance. The manufacturers
favor an ad valorem duty on wool accord
ing 10 its grade, which would make the
.1aSAer grades pay more duties than the
lower grades. instead OF the reverse. a.
is claimed Is true under the Ding!ey
b'll and will be true under the new bill
he visitors were s. J Kline Chicago
SiSfnurd ID. Somehow. Baltimore. Frank
X chambers. New York and William
Goldman, New York. They represent the
'is houses that supply tie bulk Of the
ready mad" clothes Of the country Thay
were accompanied 10 the White House. Inv
William Z Corwin
Getting Estimates Ready.
loday cabinet meeting was really :,
e1ntnuation Of that OF yesterday when
lie estimates of the departments for the
next hscai year were taken UP. Presiden,
Taft does not expect to be In Washing.
ION for many more cabinet meetings this
summer. probably only one more and h
wishes To get thorough idea OF what the
total estimates will be and what each
depa rtrnent expects TO ask Congress for
Fly disposine of the estimates now he VIII
h., able. also, TO prepare the portion al
his message to Congress on government
expenditures prior To going west this faIl
The cabinet was IN Session today for NOR,
than TWO hours and the subject was no
concluded.