The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-11
COTTON AND WO0lS,
HOSIERY, GLOVES
These Promise to Be the Points
Over Which the COnferees
Will Fight.
WHERE SENATE AND HOUSE
HAVE FAILED TO AGREE
Lack Of Downward Revision
Along These Lines Will Call
Out Protest.

WASHINGTON, July 10.-Cheapet
cotton and wooden goods and cheaper
hosiery and women s gloves-the for
mer demanded by the house, and the
latter by the senate-promise to be
among the most stubbornly fought ques-
tions in the congressional conference on
the tariff bin. At least. that it Is
the way things appeared at the close of
the first days session.
There was a great deal of speculation
today among leaders in congress, who
are not parties TO the conference, us TO
what will be done with these items.
| MANY members expressed the opinion
that the house would yield on cotton
and wool and the senate on gloves and
hosiery, in compliance with the protec-
tiouists' ideas of stand patism.
Protest Is Imminent.
Ii this should be the outcome, IL is
predicted that vigorous protests would
be made in both the senate and the
| house from advocates of downward re-
vision. Some members went so far as
to say that an effort would be made
TO reject the conference reports in the
event of ''such q glaring inslstence OF
upward revision
The effect of amendments to the cot
ton and wooden schedules in the house
was very material reduction of the
existing duties. The senate restored
these by 4 decisive vote.
On the other hand, the house ad
vanced the rates on hosiery and wom-
ems gloves far above the duties fixed
by the pingley law. and the senate de
clincd to accept the increases.
Two sessions Of the conferees were
held today. The first began at 10 a.
m. and continued until l:l5 y. m.
recess was taken until $50 clock.
when the afternoon session began. 1t
was agreed that these hours shall con
tinue through the conference. The az.
ternoon session lasted until nearly 6
o clock when an adjournment was
taken until 10 a. IN. Wednesday.
May Give Smoot Chance
All of the conferees were present to.
day, except Senator Cullom, who is not
in the city II is expected that his
| place in the conference will be filed
much Of the time by Senator Smoot.
Amendments were considered TODAY
Il. in their numerical order. When the ses~
sion closed for the day the conferees
had passed through the chemical and
earthenware schedules and more than
half way through the metal schedules.
| All of the amendments in the schedules,
however. were not settled.
The adjustment Of the differences be
tween the house and the senate Will
not prove serious a task as rs ind1-
Gated by the large number of amend
ments More than 200 of the amend
ments consist of changing the phrase
''as provided by section one and two
of this act 10 read Gas provided By
this section These changes were
made necessary by the action OF the
senate in consolidating the dutiable and
free lists and making the maximum and
minimum provision the second section
of the bill. Nearly 800 other amend
ments relate to phraseology over which
there will be no dispute whatever.
Eliminating these, il is pointed out
that represent opposing views
Time Needed Uncertain.
| Few members of the conference com
mittce are willing TO place the time
necessary for the completion of the bill
in conference at less than ten days.
Some of the conferees place the prob
able length of the conference at fort
night or more,
The corporation tax amendment has
not been considered by the conferees
in any way. Nevertheless, il was pre-
dictcd in congressional circles tonight
that the proposed tax on the net earn.
'ngs of corporations would be reduced
in conference from to | per cent
II was also reported that the cor
poration tax provision may be ehmi-
mated and the house inheritance tax
provision restored to the BILL but no
confirmation of this story could be had
nor could its origin be traced.