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TARIFF BILL CONFERENCE
REPORT HAD BUT IL
SPARE VOTES.
Twenty Republicans Opposed to
Adoption ofBill AS Finally Sub
mitted-Payne Appeals to Party
for United Action-Revision In
creases Revenue.

creases Revenue.
Washington, Aug. 2.-The house
Saturday night adopted the conference
report on the taft bill 1876 to 1873. The
Republicans shrieked in delight over
the final outcome. Twenty Republi-
cans voted against the report and two
Democrats for it.
The twenty Republicans we're: Ca
rey, Lenroot and Nelson, Wisconsin !;
Davis, Lindberg, Miller, STEVENSON,
Nye, Stevens and Volstead. Minnesota !;
Gronna, North Dakota; Haughen,
Hubbard, Kendall and Woods, Iowa :,
Keifer, Ohio; Mann, Illinois; Muir
dock, Kansas; Southwick, New York !;
Poindexter, Washington.
The two Democrats who voted for
the report we're Bourssard and Estopi-
nal, Louisiana.
Day Opens With Filibuster
The day opened with what appeared
to be part of an organized flibuster
against the conference report, when
Mondell, of Wyoming, demanded the
reading Of the lengthy document. This
proceeded for about an hour and half.
when, with about two-thirds remain.
ing to be read, Mondell permitted the
debate to 60 on.
Mann, of Illinois, Republican. in a
sensational speech, said he would vote
against the report unless the rates on
pulp and print paper as reduced by
the house. were retained. He declared
that Canada would take such action re-
garding wood pulp and wood print pa
per as to place an almsost prohibitory
price upon paper in this country. I'm
der the maximum and minimum clause,
he said, the tariff of $1.67 ton on
wood pulp would be increased to &c. 81
ton.
That maximum, he exclaimed, is
sure to 60 into effect between Canada
and this country unless Cadnada re-
moves her restrictions on the exporta-
ton of the pulp.
Payne appealed to his Republican
colleagues to stand by the bill, sayir 6
that if they wanted to drive their party
into chaos they could vote against it.
But he said it would be a delusion to
vote against the bill upon the idea that
the Dingley rates would be continued
"We have revised the tariff and have
taken off unnecessary duties, said Mr..
Payne. 'Not all along the line gener-
ally, but in our revision of 1.-THE tariff
we have revised the tariff downward
and have yet held the scales so evenly
that we have done no injury to any
person or any industry in the United
States The rates increase the revenue
from customs less than 81, 000.0 600.
The corporation tax is estimated to
produce $26, 600, 900 and tobacco So
1873, 1888.
"The Dingley law, during all it's pc
Rod of existence, has provided ample
revenue, and there is no doubt this
law will do the same for another
twelve years. -
Revision Upward, Says Clark
Champ Clark, the Democratic leader,
said President Taft had been imposed
upon by being made to believe that the
conference report was really revision
downward. Clark submitted table
showing that the average rate of the re-
port is 1873 per cent higher than the
average rate Of the Dingley law. If
scores of new items in the reprot, but
not in the Dingley law, were added,
Clark said, the average increase would
be at least per cent
''That the president has been de-
ceived by tariff experts and near ex-
perts as to this conference report being
a downward revision in any reasonable
sense of the term, can, I think, be
mathematically demonstrated, con-
tinued Clark. Certainly Mr.. Payne's
statement is one of the most deceptive
documents ever submitted to the gaze
of men. I do not charge him with in
territorial deception, but he, too, has
been deceived by slight-of- hand per-
| formers in arithmetic.
Chairman Payne expressed the view
that the bill would be acceptable to
the people. He declared his conviction
that it fully met the requirements and
pledges of the party and the president,
at the same time would not stop sim
gle wheel of industry, would close no
factories and would deprive no man
of labor at decent, fair wage.
| CONFERENCE REPORT AS
COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED
Washington, July 3O.-The Payne