The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-24
HIDES WILL Be
PUT ON FREE
LIST CERTAIN
The Existing Rates on Leather
Goods Will Be Cut Below
Either Bill
PRESIDENT HAS THE POLE
IN THE CONFERENCE RESULTS
There Have Been SO Many Tangles
and Observation-Disclosures That He is
Not Preparing to Celebrate Victory
Until Ii is Recorded.

( Washington. July 24.-Hides will be
put upon the free list and the existing
rates nall leather goods will be sub
stantially reduced, some of them be-
low the duties fixed by either the
house or the senate tariff bills While
no vote was taken on the hide ques-
tion by the conference committee to-
day. practically every members ad-
mitted when the recess was taken at
o'clock that this program would be
adopted.
AS those who have contended for the
retention of the duty on hides have
demanded greater reduction in the
leather schedule than it is believed
Will be made, the conferees refused
to speak of the results attained at teh
forenoon executive session of the
conference committee Therefore,
while there is little doubt that hides
VIII be put on the free list, d variety
OF opinions are expressed concerning
the duties to be fixed upon leather.
The generally accepted program is
as follows: Hides, free; sole leather.
D per cent ad valorenl, the same as
the house rate and ten per cent low
er than the senate rate; leather for
uppers. 1-2 per cent, which is one
half the rate of the senate and house
bill; boots and shoes. 10 per cent as
against Is per cent in the house bill
and 20 per cent in the senate bill.
Those rates. it is said. are to be ap-
piled to articles which are made
chiefly of the grades of hides which
will be admitted free.
Senator Aldrich declined to discuss
the proceedings of the conference
committee beyond saying that all the
members hoped to get through today
and certainly would not go beyond
tomorrow. 1t was his understanding
that Monday would be consumed in
making up the reports. as the house
will not be in session until Tues
day and the conference repart much
be made to that body before it is
given to the senate. He estimated that
Wednesday would be required to dis
pose of the report in the house and
expressed the hope that the extraor-
binary session of congress would be
able to adjourn by Saturday night
next
President Taft was reported to be
much encouraged over the outlook for
satisfactory settlement of the sub
ject OF hides and leather but there
have been so many unexpected turns
an dtangles to the tariff situation that
h els not preparing to celebrate the
victory until the agreemen is matter
| of record
There was every indication at the
beginning of today's session of the
conferees that the conference was
nearing an end. The conferees them
selves Wore hopeful countenances and
most of them expressed confidence
that work practically would he con-
cluded before the end of the day.
There was. however, a great deal
Of detail to be attended to. and in ad-
dition some of the most important
items still remained unsettled. Hides
were today. as yesterday. the most
obstructive Of all the subjects for
consideration. When the conferees
retired they were still undetermined
hand, president and large majority of
the members of the house were de-
manding that hides should come in
absolutely free of duty. while on the
other hand Senators Carter and War
rem, with formidable following,
were asserting that there could be no
reduction below the fifteen per cent
fixed by the senate.
There was some apprehension at
the beginning to today's session re-
garding the duty on iron ore, but that
question was not SO complicated as
the others. The cotton schedule and
the print paper schedule were also
giving the committee much concern.