The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-23
Conference COmmitte De-
cides Custom Court
Shall Be Established
at Washington
BETTER PROGRESS Is MADE
THAN ANY DAY SINCE DISPUTE
AROSE-TAFT Is GIVEN THE
CREDIT.

WASHINGTON, July 22-When
the tariff conference committee ad-
journed at one o'clock today it had
been decided that the customs court
should be established at Washington
instead of New York The house
conferees are meeting this afternoon
to decide on program regarding
coal, hides, lumber, gloves and cotton
schedules.
Better progress was made today by
the tariff conferees than on any day
since the troublesome disputes were
reached. Many paragraphs we're
settled without any renewal of
hostilities.
President Taft is given credit for
the smoothness of the conference. 1t
developed that after Senator Aldrich
and Speaker Cannon told their trou-
5les to the President yesterday, he
undertook to bring the warning fac
tions togetner He ordered out his
big touring car and went to Mr..
Payne's home. Soon the chairman OF
the house ways and means committee
and the President were riding out to-
ward country roads. The two talked
over the situation. What they SAID
will never be known, but Mr.. Payne
made no objection today to the TAX
ing up of subjects not involved in the
White House programme concerning
raw materials. j
The entire zinc schedule was ad-
justed Spelter was made dutiable
at | 3-S cents per pound, which Is
h. - -
1-2 cents and an increase from the
house rate of / cent. All the senate
differentials were adopted. Zinc in
sheets will be dutiable at / "a cents
and sheets coated or plated with
nickel or other material at 2 cents.
The House rate at l cent for old
and worn out zinc fit only to be
manufactured was adopted.
Tungsten ore, which is used in the
manufacture Of Ferro alloys, one OF
the chief component parts in the
manufacture of tool steel and steel
parts of automobiles, was made duti
able at 10 per cent ad valorem in
stead of l ) per cent, as fixed by the
Senate.
The lead schedules and products OF
lead were disposed Of
The senate and house rates on lead
ore were identical, the duty being
one and one-half cents pound. The
house made pig lead dutiable at the
same rate and the senate provided
specifically for lead dross, lead bull
lion and pig iron at two and one
eight cents a pound. This rate was
reduced by the conferees to two
cents, and as a result one-eight of
cent was removed from the senate
rates on all of the paint derivatives.
Lemons will pay duty of one and
cents a pound, the senate
rate. This is an increase of one
fourth of cent over the house rate
and one-half of a cent over the Ding
ley rates.
Senator Borah tried to effect an
agreement by which hides may be
put on the free list. He said the
plan he had to suggest had been
originated by President Taft. This
plan eontemplates the adoption of
joint resolution giving the conferees
Jurisdiction to reopen the question
Of reducing the duty on leather goods
and in consideration of placing hides
IN the free list, to make sole leather
iutiable at 5 per cent ad valorem;
boots and shoes and calf skins; 10
per cent; and to reduce the rates on
harness in the same proportion. In
view of the opposition in the senate
20 free hides, the indications are that
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