The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-30
PAYNE=ALDRICH
BILL COMPLETED

Washington. July 29.-The Payne
Aldrich tariff bill is completed. An
agreement on all disputed points was
reached this afternoon and at 80
p. m. the report was signed by the Re
publican cOnferees 1t will so 10 the
house tomorrow and be voted on by
that body Saturday The senate viii
on Monday begin consideration of the
measure The senate session may
consume all of next week.
Halted by the mandate of President
TAFT the tariff confeTees were com
PEELED to turn back and revise their
rates on lumber. and gloves. Hides
Will be free. and the rates on shoes
and other leather products reduced.
When the confeTees fixed lumber
and gloves rates yesterday by shading
slightly the higher rates on each. they
were so certain that the president
would consent to the arrangement that
notices were sent 10 the Democratic
conferees. to be present at 10 o'clock
today TO approve of disapprove of the
report.
The President had other ideas of
what the rates should be, however
and he expressed them fOrcibly in 4
letter.
He said lumber should not be more
! than 81. % per thousand feet for rough.
with the dlfferentIals fixed by the SEN
ate on finished lumber. He declared
! also that the senate rates on gloves
which are the same as the DinGley
rates. and much less than the house
rates would have to be adopted In or
der to obtain his Endorsement.
TIE President also specified that
hides must go on the free list and
the house rates on boots and shoes
and other manufactures OF leather
must be reduced Hosiery. too, he
thought should be reduced below the
/ house rate which was advanced over
the Dingley tariff duties.
1t was not until after the Democrat
ic members had assembled that the
| White House communication was re-
ceived When Senator Aldrlch read
the letter. he called his Republican as
sociates TO an adjoining room. The
letter was discussed and 1t was decided
that the minority should be informed
that the conference report has not
been advanced to a stage which IT
could be submitted TO them for their
judgment.
After the Democrats had reached the
corridors they held a little conference
of their own Representative Champ
Clark of Missouri was called back 10
the chamber He was given copy
OF the bill as the conferees intend 10
report it, except for the schedules dis
cussed by the President in his letter
| The Democrats then went into ses-
| sion
The minority members were In the
conference chamber less than an hour
Representative Griggs said that II the
Republicans would consent TO put cot
ton bagging on the free list, his asso-
ciates would show great celercity IN
bringing the conference report TO u
vote. Many conferees were disposed
to grant this request. but Represent
atiye Mccall of Massachusetts pro-
tested vigorously on the ground that
il would iniure the manufacturers IN
his state, which turn out cotton bag
ging. So emphatic were his objections
that ii was seen that an agreement
would be delayed if such action were
attempted
After the Democrats left there fol-
lowed n scene.
Representative Fordney ana Repre-
sentative Calderhead went TO the
White House and from there TO the OIL
flee of Speaker Cannon and then back
10 the conference chamber. Later
they conferred with number oil
northwestern senators who were inter-
csted In the lumber question Speak
er Cannon hurried to the conference
room. He has been one OF the chiei
supporters OF the house rates on
gloves.
There was no opportunity to com.
promise on gloves. The President said
the rates must not be advanced beyond
the figures named by the senate DILL
which are the same as the existing du-
ties except for the fact that Schmas-
chen gloves were reduced by the SEN
ate from Sl.75 dozen to S1.25. These
rates we're adopted.
On lumber some concessions were
made In spite OF the fact that the
Presidents instructions were compiled
with TO the letter Rough lumber was