Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
Visitors Protest Both Higher
and Lower Schedules.
FRUIT TRUST PREDICTED
John Mccormick Sees Home Growers
Practicing Extortion.
WOMEN SEND IN MEMORIALS
Objection to Raised Duty on Hosiery
and Gloves-Tennis Court
in Use.


at the White House today know what
they are talking about. ard they say they
do. lemons and pineappies will cost the
American housewife more money under
the Payne tariff bill than ever in the
past.
In fact, 1t Is claimed that the duty on
lemons is prohibitive. and that If 1t goes
into effect the importation Of 100000 or
100000 boxes of this fruit will be stopped
each year. and that the American grow
ers will be able to control the market and
raise the price to suit themselves.
The visitors were State Senator Travis
and John Mccormick of Brooklyn. who
have come here to appear before the
Senate finance committee and urge that
the Dingley rates on pineapples and lem
ons be restored instead of the increased
rates provided In the Payne bill. They
were introduced to the President by Rep
resentative Calder of Brooklyn. who also
introduced Col. Michael Dady. repub-
lican leader Of Brooklyn. who deals In
political lemons at intervals.
The duty on pineapples," said Mr.. Nc
Cormick, has been increased from 81 per
thousand TO s. per thousand while the
duty on lemons has been raised from 1
cent = pound to IL cents pound. This
would mean an increase of about 70 cents
a box on lemons.
But the real effect is to prohibit their
importation and give the lemon business
able to exact their own prices. The
prices of pineapples will also soar under
much the same arrangement.
THE Dingley law rates furnished suf-
ficient protection. 1t seems to u.s.
Protests as to Gloves and Hosiery.
President Taft heard a protest today
against the high duties imposed upon
gloves and hosiery by the Payne bill. The
DIRECTORS were Kenneth Barnhart of Mar
shall Field & Co.. Chicago, and T. Francis
Simmons and Edward D. Winslow, promi-
nent business men of the s.me city.
They were introduced to the President
by Secretary MacVeaGh and Representa-
tive F'oss OF illinois. They did not desire
to discuss what Mr.. Taft may have said,
but they declared their interview was sat
isfactory.
The White House is receiving p rotests
from women all over the country against
increased duties upon these articles
These protests have been forwarded to
the proper committees OF Congress.
President Taft. as Is well known, is in
sympathy with e general plan Of re-
yising the tariff downward. His views
on these particular schedules have not
been made known.
Secretary MacVeagh did not wish to
discuss the subject.
The few congressional visitors to the
White House before the cabinet meeting
were interested In today's work in the
House. Representative Calder Of Brook
could be had on the lumber. gloves and
hosiery schedules would result In free
lumber and a lowering OF the duties on
the two other things.
Playing Tennis Today.
The old tennis court in the rear of the
executive Offices was in use today for the
first time since Mr.. Roosevelt left the
White House. It was the gathering place
in the past for the members Of the ia
nous tennis cabinet. and many historic
games took place there.
The players today were Robert Taft,
the Presidents older son. who has come
home from Yale for the Easter holidays;
Hubert Taft. son Of Henry w. Taft
Of New York. and two young friends of
the Taft boys spending the holidays at the
The President has not decided to play
tennis himself. Some of his friends are
trying to induce him to try the pastime
The base ball team of Columbia Univer
sity. which defeated Georgetown yester-
day. was received by the President today
The boys were introduced by Representa-
tive Bennett. The President recalled their
victory yesterday and told them they
were to be congratulated on winning from
such a strong team.
New Second Lieutenants.
Nominations sent to the Senate by the
President today were as follows:
Citizens to be second lieutenants-Lau-
renee Ttdd Walker of Massachusetts,
Samuel Harrison Tilghman of Maryland.
Otto Harry Schrader of Illinois, William
James Turkenton of the District of Co.
lumbia. Greedy Collins Sheppard of West
Virginia. Howard T. Clark of Connecti-
cut. Halstead Powell Councilman OF Min
nesota, Arthur Haldane Dog of Califor-
mia. Robert Elton Guthrie Of Nebra ska,
Geoge Elmer Nikirk of Iowa. William
Robert Nichols of Virginia. Pau Henry
Herman of Maryland. Oscar Car War
ner of New York, Frank Sheldon Clark
of Vermont. Kelley Benjamin Lennon of
Michigan. William Skinner Fulton of
Louisiana, Thomas Ogden Humphreys of
the District of Columbia. Edwin Francis
Barlow of Tennessee. Donald Mcqueen
Ashbridge of Pennsylvania, Hollis LIE
Roy Muller of Vermont and Eli Elmer
Bennett Of Maryland.