Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-28
FIRM FOR LOWER RATES
ON THESE SCHEDULES
Assurance Given to Members of the
House.
AS DETERMINED AS ON HIDES
Arguments Of Speaker Cannon and
Senators Fail to Move the
Chief Executive.

President Taft announced this morning
to number of members of the House
that under no circumstances would he ac-
cept higher rate on gloves than i'm
posed in the Senate bill, and that the
very highest rate he would accept on
lumber was $1.25 a thousand feet, al
though he much prefers the House rate of
81 thousand.
The positive statement of the President
as to these two items was brought out by
a point-blank question if published reports
were true that he had accepted the al
legged agreement of the conferees for the
Senate rate of $50 thousand for Ium-
ber and the House rates on gloves. these
rates being considerably above those of
the Senate.
To each Of his inquirers the President
declared that he could be depended upon
to stand as firm on these two items as he
did on free hides, his fight on which
seems to have been won.
Visitors Much Pleased.
The House men were seemingly delight
ed with the stand Of the President and
told him that the House was heartily and
overwhelmingly with him. Representative
Townsend of Michigan voiced the general
sentiment of these visitors when he said !:
L told the President that the House was
almost solidly with him and that he
would win a great victory even il he lost
In his demands"
Representative Wilson of Illinois and
Representative Perkins of New York were
equally strong in their expressions of ap-
proval of the attitude OF the President.
My constituents understand the mean
far more interested in that than they
are in iron ore, coal etc." said Mr. Per
kins The Presidents attitude on gloves
Will prove mighty popular, and I ven
ture the assertion that II the Senate feels
inclined TO make a test of the sentiment
OF the House all it has to do is to try
to put this bill to the House conta lining
schedules President Taft will disap-
prove"
The attitude Of the President as to
gloves was given in The Star Monday
but the fact that Speaker Cannon and
strong contingent in the House are work
ing vigorously for the House rates made
some think that the President might be
forced to yield. His ultimatum today was
delivered in the quiet, firm manner that is
coming to be understood SO well by
statesmen of the country
Senator'S Disappointed.
In making House members delighted
with his position the President saddened
some of the members of the Senate. nota-
his stanch supporter Jones of Washing
ton and Burrows of Michigan These
senators have fought hard for higher
rates on lumber as a protection for the
great lumber interests of their states
Washington and Oregon have led the
night for the Senate rates, trying hard to
get even higher rates than put on in the
Senate. Senator Jones and Representa-
tive Humphrey Of Washington worked
hard with the President today trying to
have him yield on this item. So did SEN
ator Bourne. who looked down and out
when he left the executive offices. Sen
ator Burrows called on the President with
Arthur S. Holmes. secretary of the Mich
fgaE Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Senator Smith of Michigan called with
Senator Burrows. but did not stay to see
the President. who was busy with con-
ferences. Other Michigan men with the
President were Representatives Hamilton
and Townsend.
Duty on Print Paper
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin had
about twenty minutes with the Presi-
dent. discussing the situation generally
Mr.. La Toilette does not know what the
conferees will do the print paper
schedule He said that he had told the
SIS or 81 ton on print paper to give
the Wisconsin print paper mills protec-
tion against Canadian print paper but
that he would never favor any such
rate. His idea had been, he said. to put
duty of 81 a ton on print paper for
three years, the duty after that to be
reduced to So a ton. This would give
the Wisconsin mills time to change
their plants for manufacturing other
lines of paper.
Referring to the efforts of business
interests of the country to secure
tariff commission, Senator La Toilette
declared that the interests which con-
troll the House and Senate would never
permit d tariff commission to go
through. and he believed they would
rather see the bill fail altogether than
to authorize commission that would
gather the exact facts as to the cost of
production in the United States and
abroad Such a commission, however.
will have to be ultimately provided, as
serted Senator La Toilette
President and Commission.
President Taft Is known to be heartily
for a tariff commission or bureau, but
he is said to realize that he cannot get