New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
TARIFF UP TO DAqe
WEEK OF GOOD WoD.
President Taft Has Won I,,,,-.
Concessions by Close Atten.:
.rom Il Trfhure p,,-..


Washington. July 25.-rhe eish4s.r.I
tariff Congress brought a practioaI ~ssk -.
the most important polfncaI and aco,o--s
Of this decade After two weeks Of vh.. qle'as
caIy known as full and free conra-.is = tsct-.
ferrees Of the Senate and House vir,,,.r ne n.
their differences on the tariff bill. ana - - ao1rs
submit a revision cf the Dinglev ac+ Ia ieasg
hope will be the customs lev Of this co,,,. ~
dozen years u n,
Their second week was devoted chieer
justment Of those differences which ~ = q
mental and whose settlement involved vit,r "a
tions of party policy Next u Prs.,s.4 80 l1a
whose powerful influence fer genuine -. isa
been the dominating feature Of recen+ +.ns sss
the work Of Representative PAYNE IN -. a''e7s
ence room was the most notable co1-rtb+, ''a's.
week on q Z.
The first week Of the conference on tbs .
was devoted 20 sort Of cleaning. up a, 80 U
things in controversy. With these rninor - ne
settled the conferrees tonk up the s,-.,T-a T.s''s
things, which by common consent vs-s = 2
for settlement until the closing days n -
expectation Of the leaders thar bi4.. s +
petroleum. iron ore. print PAPER and cot,,. mss
features would require TWO or three dave - '-'n&
IN the week it became apparent that the .t-F 'aF
on these questions were 50 strfking tbst Ss Ss
longer time would be required to reach -l
ment ssr<
Early in the week President Taft vo7 H.
victory when the House conferrees aoc.,,-, !.
corporation tax amendment as a subsr,,., - =, = =
inheritance tax The rate Of the AK was A., =
! per cent. which was entirely agr-oabl. :. :
President and the C1app amendnc1t f,,l,s
holding companies in the corporations subi.~
the tax was stricken out
AS accepted by the conferrees and s7p,a,., =
the President the amended tax Drovfsio, =
drawn to exempt from federal taxation an -
pOrations not engaged in business for ,roa,
Mr.. Payne's fight for downward revision o, ~.
coal lumber oil and iron ore brought BIN, -
verbal collision on Monday and Tuesday Vtb -
Of his colleagues and two OF the Senate confs-..
and resulted In an abrupt adjournment % tbs -
ference committee on Tuesday Cool feeling n,
restored on Wednesday and in the susss,r.
meetings the persistence Of the WAYS ard Ws,
chairman TO stand out for what he REGARDED a.,s.
sentiment Of the House was not .onsidsrss .
mere stubbOrnness IL was not until the cie--
days OF the week, however, that real progress n,
made in the settlement Of the mooted Question v,.,
which there seemed to be an almost hopeless dr.
sion.
one Of the pleasant incidents Of the week vas +.
dinner az the White House N WeIaesIsy mr.
when Mr. Taft had as bis guests the msmbs5
the conference committee. Nice-Prasi1eHr shsrns,
Speaker cannon. Secretary IacFcIsn A.,ors
General Wickersham. Senate Boot and Rs-s
sentative Dwight. the Republican whip" Of q,
House. in some quarters IL thought al u
disputed issues uf the tariff question would q
settled at this dinner. Nothing Of JHs kld "a
attempted
Mr Taft made little talk in which he rslsrsz
his former statements that ne expected the RsEs
Iican members OF Congress 10 redeem the pledges
the Republican party ON the tariff question q
lowing the dinner the principal topic q eoHvaH
ton vas whether the HEADQUARTERS u the Hsv Ca
toms Court Of Appeals should be in New YaEk
Washington On Thursday the cOHferrees ssaz
this question by voting III favor q Washngr1z
Throughout the week the President kspt n das
touch with the work OF the conterrses- He had 3
most daily conferences with Senator Adriea a
Representatiys Payne and from time TO tine aid
in other members Of the committee 70 impress
them his views on important phases % the GUS
ton
The President did not Coutus his conferences
the, men immediately charged Win the E9lA z
framing the bill. bur called m also Repu9lcan x
atOrs and Representative VINO are hot lsposel
follow the leadership If Senator Adrlcl and slsat
er Cannon one Of the White House nssz@s
guests was Senator CumUiuS- who Is rezarlsl .
among the most consistent of the extreme Wa-
ward revisiOuisJs-'' The Iowa senator Eanla1 p
President 20 demand further reductions az a.
the line especially in the metals and WOO Saaf
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