Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-22

| Washington, July 21.-Better prog
ress was made today by the tariff con-
ferees than on any day since the really
troublesome disputes began. No trace
of the ill-feeling which was manifested
on Monday was apparent today. When
the conferees adjourned before noon
yesterday, it was feared that further
efforts to adjust the differences would
be unavailing until after the White
House dinner tonight, because of the
attitude of Mr.. Payne, who continued
| his objections to the apparent willing
| ness of some of his associates to yield
| to the Senate conferees without any
great show of fight After the discus
| sion ofi'the raw materials early today,
| schedules were taken up, however, and
many paragraphs We're settled without
renewal of hostilities.
President Taft is given the credit FOR
the peace making 1t developed that
after Senator Aldrich and Speaker
| Cannon poured their troubles into the
ears of the President yesterday he I'M
dertook to bring the warning factions
together. Consequently the President
ordered out his big touring car and ini-
mediately after dinner last night he
drew up in front of Mr.. Payne's home.
Soon the chairman Of the House ways
and means committee was seated be-
side the President in the commodious
tonneau and the car was dispatched
toward country roads.
The President and Mr. Payne breath
ed the fresh air and talked over the
situation. What they said will never
be known, but Mr.. Payne made no OBJ
iections today to the taking up of sub
jects not involved in the White House
program concerning raw materials -
Before schedules were taken up the
conferees discussed briefly what re-
port could be made at the dinner con-
ference tonight on the subjects of coal,
lumber, hides. oil and iron ore, but no
effort was made to fix rates upon those
articles. 1t was evident that the Sen
ate and House conferees were still far
apart. The entire zinc schedule was
adjusted. All OF the Senate differs
entails were adopted. Zinc in sheets
will be dutiable at IL cents and sheets
coated or plated with nickel or other
metal, at two cents. ~-'-
The Senate conferees receded from
their amendment doubling the House
| rate of five cents a pound on salicylic
acid.
Tungsten ore, which is used in the man.
ufscture of ferroaleress, one of the chief
component parts in the manufacture of
| tool steel and steel parts of automobiles,
| was made dutiable at 10 per cent. ad
| valorem instead of Is per cent. as fixed
| by the Senate
| The lead schedule and. the products of
lead were disposed of. The Senate and
House rates on lead ore were Identical
| the duty being u cents pound. The
House made pig lead dutiable at the same
rate, and the Senate provided specifically
| for lead dross. lead bullion and pig lead
at q cents pound.
Ills rate was reduced by the conferees
to two cents, and as result one-eighth
of q cent was removed from the Senate
rates on all of the paint derivatives. This
action settled one of the most trouble-
Il some questions in the bill.
! Lemons will pay duty of II cents a
/, pound the Senate rate. This Is an in
/ crease of one-quarter of a cent over the
House rate and one-half cent over the
| Dingley rate. The window glass sched-
ule was settled by slightly reducing the
House rates. The new rates were not
made known. Senator Borah made an
| effort by talking with supporters of du-
table hides, to affect an agreement by
which hides may be put on the free list.
He said that the plan he had to suggest
| had been originated by President Taft.
THIS plan contemplates the adoption of a
| joint resolution giving the conferees jul
risdiction to reopen the question of re-
drcing the duty on leather goods and in
| consideration of placing hides on the
free list to make sole leather dutiable at
5 per cent. ad valorem. boots and shoes
and calf skins 10 per cent; and to reduce
the rates on harness in the same proper
ton. In view of the opposition in the
Senate to free hides the indications are
that combination will be affected with
the Democrats to defeat the Borah plan
1t was reported today that the amend
ments increasing the internal revenue
tax on tobacco which were put in at the
instance of Senator Beveridge. would be
eliminated by the conferees. This report
could not be confirmed. Information from
reliable sources is to the effect that the
anti-coupon provision will be retained.
| Progressive RepuDllcan senators uecidec
to-day to issue a statement outlining their
position on downward revision. Senator
Cummins has been invited to take break
fast with President Taft tomorrow to dis
lcuss the attitude of the insurgents There
Twas also a meeting of about 20 of the
anti-free raw material members of the
House at which Representative Gaines Of
West Virginia presided. The leaders
claimed that 80 members had signiied
their intention of standing together fol
duties on coal. hides. iron ore and oil
land for higher rates on lumber than tht
House provided.
They also claimed that the reuresenta,