The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-23
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number of senators who .. osed
to free hides, coal and iron y. Z, and
no encouragement was offered for the
placing of any of these articles on
the free list. In fact were 1t possible
to get senators to yield, the situation
in the house would have to be dealth
with.
The tariff insurgents" in the house
who are opposed to free raw materi-
ais met again today and adopted reso-
lutions protesting against the plan.
They designated Representatives
Gaines, West Virginia; Mondell.
Wyoming and Kennedy, Ohio, as q
committee to confer with Representa-
tive Payne. The latter did not offer
the insurgents" much encourage
ment. He explained that he was
chairman of the committee which re-
ported the tariff bill and that he was
appointed as a conferee to have the
mousse provisions adopted in prefer
cnce tc the senate provisions.
Representative Dwight, New York,
the Republican whip" Of the house.
conferred with Senator Aldrich late
this afternoon and informed him that
the anti free raw material sentiment
in the house was a matter which re-
quired serious consideration. He said
that Its strength had grown to forty
five members. The advocates Of duti-
able hides in both houses declare
that a compromise iB possible, but
that they cannot consider the placing
Of these articles ON the free list. One
OF the conferees declared that the plan
to reduce the rates on leather goods
to compensate for free hides was not
feasible without long delay and that
the president undoubtedly would ac-
cept the judgment OF the conferees on
this point.
With regard to the free reciprocity
provision on coal in the house bill
there was also a firm stand. Tho
members interested in coal declared
that such a provision would make tho
situation with regard to coal unten-
able for the ope ratives and that re-
duction in the senate rate without q
clause for reciprocal free trade was
more acceptable. That a nominal
duty on iron ore will be agreed to by
the conferees was the indication to-
day. No determination as to the rate
has been suggested, but the opinion
is expressed by several of the con-
ferees that 1t will be one that will
place thas domestic and imported
ores On an equal footing at the At
lantic seaboard. 1t is understood that
Representative Payne is insisting on
absolutely free ore. Owing to the
diversified opinions expressed with
regard to oil, it is more than likely
that the conference report will place
petroleum on the free list without a
countervailing duty proposition. The
house "insurgents" have indicated
their willingness to concede free oil
Ii the other raw materials are made
dutiable.
General discussion of the customs
court and corporation tax provisions,
and Of the duties on cotton goods,
gloves and hosiery took up the time
OF the conferees at this mornings IS
session, and adjournment was taken
to permit a separate meeting Of the
house conferees. 1t was decided that
the headquarters of the customs cour,
OF appeals shall be located in Wash
ington.
ries of the board Of general apprais-
ers, and w. H. Parkhill, an examiner
in the New York customs house, ex-
planned to the house conferees the
purpose Of the senate changes in the
cotton schedule and the probable ef-
fects of these changes. They pointed
out that the specific rates would not
exceed the rates which it had been
the intention of the Dingley law tc
collect, but that in operation several
Of the senate rates would be lower
than those of the house. The entire
time of the house conferees was taken
schedule.