The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-18
FREE HIDES, FREE ORE,
 FREE GOAL, FREE OIL
Protectionist Representatives Will Fight Every Cent of Reduction But It Appears Certain That Taft's
 Views Will Carry.
By WILLIAM ROSTER.

Washington. July Especial )JThs tariff bill that is finally approved by Pres ident Taft will include among other things these important provisions: Free hides, free ore, free coal free oil, lumber at s1.5o. The Senate rates on gloves and stockings which are reductions from the rates of the bill which passed the House.
 Events have crystalzed sufficiently dur ing the last 24 hours to forecast with certainty this much of the new bill It can also be said generally that in taking an advanced stand in favor of free raw materials. the President is by no means forgetful of the desirability of reduced duties on manufactured products within the lines of his statement of yesterday.
 The bill will show a general reduction or revision downward. With that much assured. however that is to be said in ad- dition that before the bill is put on the statute books there will be d battle royal in the republican party that will put it's cohesiveness to the test The Presidents declaration yesterday has aroused the jackals of protection They have been showing their teeth all day today in tic Senate office building. They are going to resist to their utmost every effort of the President to carry out the policy which he reiterated yesterday, and they will only surrender when It becomes apparent that the President with che people of the en- tire country at hls back, will not back down.
 Taft's Views Effective.
 The fight in conference is just begin ming for the conferees. Today they swung into the cotton schedules of the tarifr bill. This means that the effect of the demand by the President for a downward revision and free raw material is soon to be shown. The cotton schedule offers m opportunity greater than any other single schedule in the bill for spectacular ampu- tations
 It has been claimed that threatened legislation on cotton fabrics and tex tiles jumps rates of duties from 25 per cent to more than 40 per cent. The House was the chief offender on this scheoule, the Senate rates being lower on an average than the House rates
 One of the items that aroused the greatest storm of indignation was the Increased duty on cotton hosiery. This increase was favored by the manufac- turers or Pennsylvania and opposed by merchants and consumers from every section of the country. President Taft has told individual representa- tives that th1s Increase was too unpopular to stand. He did not enter into discus sion of the economic or political req sons for the increase or the revenues estimated under the increased tax.
 Cotton Goods Schedule.
 Besides this item there were many others tending to increase the duty on the cheapest grades of cotton goods of most general use. One of the first acts Of the conference today was to cut the duty on womens and children's dress goods of cotton warps per cent below the Dingley rates This cut cannot be construed as yielding to pressure exerted by the President be- cause this rate was not one that had been advanced by the House or Sem ate.
 There has been a general discussion or the cotton schedules by the con ferees through out the day. It is not believed that any votes will be taken before Monday on the important schedules, the conferees desiring time to consider the items
 This schedule is so intricate that a change is liable to run through the entire classification, necessitating many changes to insure conformity.
 The wool schedule was agreed to in conference this morning. The most important changes made were per cent reduction on tops and on warns valued at 80 cents a pound or less. The duty on tops Is in proportion to the difference in the cost of manufacture between secured wool and spun yarns. The reminder of the wool schedule agreed to is the same as the Dingley