The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
TARIFF AIR IS CLEARER

truce was declared for today in the
tariff fight. President Taft motoreG
to All Souls Unitarian church and sal
through the service. Senator Aldricf
and Mr.. Payne kept in seclusion and
thought matters over.
There is talk i'm well informed cir
cles that the conferees will be ready
to report a full agreement on the bill
next Thursday. The presidents dec
laration in favor of free raw material
has cleared the situation and made
possible an early settlement of many
questions that have been in dispute
and threatened long drawn out fight
The conferees will give the presi,
dent what he has asked in this par
ticular. Aldrieh and Payne reached a
tentative agreement last night to rec
ommend free hides, asked by the house
This schedule will cause the greatest
bitterness in the senate. Free coal
free iron ore, free oil each have their
opponents, but the number is restricted
to few states and a combination of
the forces cannot defeat the president
desire
The flood of commendatory tele.
grams and letters continues to pour
into the White House. the president
is not left in doubt that his course
meets the approval of the people.
The senate and house conferees are
proceeding steadily with their work
of affecting compromises and thereby
are closing material schedules against
interference by the president. The wool
schedule has been adopted without
material change from the existing law.
Changes in other schedules have been
made, however, which in the opinion
of experts, will advance the price of
the poor mans suits 20 per cent.
The chemical and earthenware sched-
ules have been accepted by the con-
ferees and there are no material re-
auctions from the Dingley rates. Drugs,
paints, crockery and glassware will be
no cheaper for the masses. The cotton
and texture schedules are under con-
sideration by the conferees. Here the
president has an opportunity to get in
his fine work. These schedules were
advanced by the Payne bill and fur
the radvanced by the senate. In some
instances, it is said, that the rates
have been jumped 200 per cent. Sharp
cuts in these schedules would be hailed
with delight by the revisionists.
The agricultural products schedules
have been agreed to by the conferees.
1t carries increased duties on wheat,
corn, rye, barley, potatoes, cabbage,
onions, every thing grown, as on fresh
beef, bacon and meats of all descrip-
ton. These advanced duties are held
out to the farmers in return for thei,
acceptance of the duties on manufac-
.tured articles. The president is to
visit soon the great producing section
of the middle. west. He will talk OF
the tariff and attempt to Justify the
bill that he is helping to give the
country. AVG
The downward tariff revisionists
come from that section. They know
what they want and the president will
have to go the limit to satisfy them
and their representatives in congress
Unless he gets a bill that will sat.
isfy them, the middle west members
the insurgents, cannot vote for it
President Taft cannot read them out
of the party when he goes into their
states on his trip, as Mr.. Aldrich has
done. Their constituents will not have
it and the president will not want to
do it. He will want their votes when
ne comes up next winter with his leg
islation to perfect the corporation and
antitrust laws, which he has promised
the country.