Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-31
AGREEMENT ON
TARIFF BILL
Hides on Free List and Leather
Duties to Be Lowered.
TAFT WINS ALL He ASKS

senate Rates on Lumber. Coal. Iron
ore and Print Paper TO stand.
Rates on Gloves and Hosiery In.
ersased-The Lumber sehsduls.
Washington. July 2s.-The couferees
have at last agreed upon a new tarin
bill
President Taft has won practically
all he cOntended for In the way OF fres
duties
From the best information obtain
able IL appears that the house and
President Taft have won the battle
for free hides and oil and increased
rates on gloves and hosiery. In return
Tor surrender to the senate on lum.
Der coal iron ore and print paper
The rates on these schedules. as they
have been tentatively arranged pend.
ing the acceptance by both houses OF
the program for reduction In the Gu.
ties on manufactures OF leather below
the rates nNed by the house. are as
follows
The Disputed Schedules.
Oil. free; hides. free.
Coal. 45 cents a ton: print paper.
$3.50 a ton; iron ore. 10 cents ton
Lumber. rough. $50 a thousand
feet; one side finished. 81: two sides
finished. S2.25: three sides finished.
which may include tonguing and
growing, S262lz; four sides finish
cd. 50.
Gloves. 81 per dozen pairs. not sx.
eeeding IA inches in length, which Is
the standard length. Exceeding Ii
inches, IS cents per dozen is added
for each inch. This rate does not apply
70 the SchmRschen. or cheap glove
on which the senate rate OF SI.25 per
dozen pairs is retained. The latter
rate is reduction from the Dingley
rates but the house rates accepted on
the higher grades of gloves represent
heavy increases over existing rates.
Hosiery. valued at s. or less per
dozen pairs. 20 cents. as against the
senate and existing rate of so cents
On values up 10 81 the rate is slightly
In excess of existing duties and
shading below the rates fixed by the
house. On the highest grades the sen.
ate and house rates were identical
Conferees Sworn to Secrecy.
Although new oaths OF secrecy were
taken by every member OF the confer.
ence committee. II Is we'll understood
that the foregoing rates represent the
understanding that has been reached
on all of the subjects which engaged
executive attention during the last few
weeks. AS the house passed the bill
coal was made dutiable at 81 cents 8
ton, with slack at the same rate, but
reciprocal provision had the effect OF
! putting coal on the free list. The sen
ate contended for a duty on coal, and
a compromise on as cents a ton was
accepted in lieu of the house rate and
the free reciprocal arrangement. Slack
| was made dutiable at 10 cents a ton.
The house put iron ore on the free
list and the senate fixed the rate at
25 cents ton. but the conferees have
agreed TO accept a rate OF Is cents.
The House Program.
| In the house the program has been
mapped out for the disposition OF the
report AS a lower rate of duty on
leather goods has been agreed to than
Is In the house or senate bills, a rule
VIII be brought in with the report pro
vidtng that no point OF order shall be
against this schedule. This will give il
proper parliamentary status and pre-
vent debate or the opening up OF other
schedules 10 similar amendments
There is no doubt of a sufficient ma.
jority in the house for the adoption OF
the report
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