The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
Completed Bill Is Tuned Over to the President For
 final Revision
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
 SATISFIED WITH RESULT
Several Schedules Are Left Incomplete Because Conferees Could Not Agree and Taft Will Have
 To Straighten Kinks.

Washington, July 28.-After working for nearly three weeks at what proved to be one of the longest and most anxious tasks ever experienced In tariff building, the majority members of the conference com- mittee on the Payne-Aldrich bill brought their labors to a sudden close at o'clock tonight.
 Without a moments delay the Senate and House leaders. whose names are car ried by the bill, started away by automo- bile with the intention of laying their re- port before President Taft, who had gone to Fort Myer to see what had been in- tended to be the last official aeroplans flight of the Wright brothers.
 All day long the conferees had strug- gled with the question of bringing down the House rates on gloves and the Senate rates on lumber to figures they felt would meet with executive approval. In this ef- fort they failed.
 Lumber was made dutiable at rates only a little below those named by the Senate bill, and there was very slight shading from the House rates on gloves of good quality. Although it was not admitted by the conferees, the general impression drawn from the House and Senate trip to Fort Myer was that Messrs. Aldrich and Payne had been authorized by their colleagues to incorporate in the conference report such figures as could be agreed upon with the President, insofar as they came within range of what the leaders think will be acceptable in the House and Senate.
 Leaders Satisfied.
 Returning from the conference at Fort Myer, Messrs. Aldrich and Payne seemed to be entirely satisfied with the outcome of their mission although neither would discuss the conclusions reached.
 It was announced officially that the democratic conference committee will be called in session tomorrow.
 In view of President Tafts utterances, Senate and House leaders were predicting tonight that the conference rates on gloves and lumber would not prove satis- factory to him.
 It required roll cal Ito fix the rates on lumber, which are as follows:
 Lumber, rough, $l,4 a thousand feet. The House rate was s1 and the Senate rate S1.5O. The Senate differentials were adopted.
 Gloves were made dutiable at rates con- siderably in advance of the duties fixed by the Senate bill, which for the most part were the same as the Dingley rates.
 The Senate differentials on lumber. which were adopted. make lumber planed on one side dutiable at $1.So. two sides. Alb; three sides, & .o215 and four sides, s2.90.
 The Senate rate on laths and shingles, which were higher than the House rates, were also adopted.
 Call Upon Taft.
 Advocates of dollar lumber called on President Taft last night and were quoted IS saying that he had said that if the rate were fixed at more than $.I per 1000 feet he would not accept the rates. When this report was received at the capitol some of the senators from tim her states declared that they would not permit the adoption of the conference re- port if the lumber duties were forced down to SIPS. Undoubtedly these threats influenced the conferees for when tho roll was called by the two conference committees the reports of each branch gave a majority for the q 40 rate. Votes were taken on rough timber at S1 26 and at sl 50 but no agreement could be reached except at the $l 40 rate for rough, with the Senate differentials on finished lumber.
 As a matter of fact the rate fixed is very little different from the House rates | on finished lumber as the House differ l entials were slightly greater than those fixed by the Senate.
 Rates on Gloves.
 The conference rates on gloves are as follows
 Women's and children's gloves, valued a not more than s a dozen. $2.50 dozen, 1 1t,nl at hoa httt not ra than SIP a dozen, S4 a dozen: valued at more than SIP dozen, 35 per cent ad valorem The Schmaschen glove of sheep origin. which is the cheapest skin glove manufactured. was made dutiable at s1 a dozen. This is a heavy reduction from the House rates which made all gloves dutiable at sA a dozen and Is even less than the Senate rate of $l 25 and the Ding ley rate of IS per dozen.
 The conferees adopted an amendment which cuts in half the cumulative dutos of 40 cents dozen pairs. provided py the Dingley law for gloves of certain stitching. or when lined or finished in a manner adding to the ordinary value.
 An unusual spectacle was witnessed in connection with the adjustment of the glove rates. Former Representative Lit tauer of New York. the largest glove manufactures in this country, was ad- mitted to the conference chamber, where he made an earnest appeal for the re- tention of the rates named by the House. As result of the hearing given to MY. I.ittauer demand for a similar hearing was made by Kenneth Barnhart, man. ager for Marshall Field & Co.,, Chicago. the largest importers of gloves in this country. These men have been in tho corridors of the Senate office building. looking after their interests for several days. They are on opposite sides of the question.
 Figuratively. the two opponents were taken into the conference chamber. singly, of course. and made to don their gloves and spar an exhibition bout. Mr. Littauer weighed at least 50 pounds more