Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-08-03
FORCE CHANCE
IN TARIFF BILL
IN THE SENATE
The "JOker" Regarding Leath-
er Was Removed After Con-
ference With President.
BELIEVE BILL WILL
SOON BECOME A LAW
FiIibuster is Ended Unless
Some Unexpected Trouble
Develops Today.
Special BY United Press Wire.

Special BY United Press Wire
Washington, Aug 3:-The senate
this afternoon, on motion of Senator
Bailey, agreed to vote o. the tariff
bill at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
! Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, Wig
orously denounced the conference re-
port, saying it is a good deal worse
than the bill the senate passed. He
denounced the failure of the senate
to curb the sugar trust. protesting
against the free admission of Philip
pine sugar in eompetition-wfth AM
erican beet sugar growers. He con-
demned the conference committee
for permitting the tobacco trust to
continue using coupons, declaring 1t
ruined the smaller manufacturers.
"Jcker" In Several Schedules.
Senators Cummins, Carter and War
ner appeared TO be absolutely deter
mined to recommit the bill The presi-
dent was appealed to. and he sent for
number Of the recalcitrants, but they
soon convinced him that the leather,
I hide. shoe and lumber schedules con-
tanned jokers.
4 Senator Aldrich saw the president
and was advised to make concessions
f to the western Republicans. Otherwise
the bill is certain 10 be recommitted.
Seven Republican senators Of the PRO
gressive" type, thlrty-one of the Demo-
Gratis and three of the so called range
senators" appear to hold the fate Of
the bill in their hands.
The western senators complain that
the leather schedule, as arranged by
the conferees with the approval of the
president is unfair TO the states in
terested IN protected hides.
Two Rates on Leather.
They say they were led to bedsve
that all boots and shoes Of leather
were to be dutia'ole at 10 per cent and
that all harness was TO be dutiabIe at
20 per cent When the conference re-
port was issue it appeared that the
'eductions app only to articles man
ufactured in G part of the class Of
hides Elsei s,.yi aG y2ade free q
duty. The red lions would not
TO shoes, the uppers OF which were
made Of calfskin. or to harness, the
chief value Of which was ealfskin.
4 At conference of the house and
senate eonferees, called by Senator
! Aldrich after q visit to the White
House, audiences were given to Sena-
tors Cummins, Hepburn Warren, Car
ter. Sutherland, Brown, Borah and
Bourne. Invitations had been issued
TO Senators Dixon, Burkett and Clark
of Wyoming, but they did not accept
! The senators from the cattle raising
states said that the word had gone
out over the west that free hides had
been given for cheaper shoes and har-
ness and that their constituents would
not be satisfied with any other bar
gain.
Senators Brown and Borah produced
letters from the president bearing upon
the alleged Joker" The letter to
Senator Borah was in response to ona
he had written. The president as.
serted in this letter that the leather
and hide schedule, as adopted by the
conferees, WAS just as he had under
stood it. He said that his understand
ing was that the reduction on leather
goods should be made on those manu.
factures of the hitherto dutiable hNMv.
and should not include manufactures
OF hitherto free hides
/ Continuing, The president argued that
farmers wear shoes made of the kind
of hides that would pay the low duty
and that practically all harness is
made from dutiable leather and there
fore would be reduced to 20 per cent
ad valorem.
President critioises Sharply.
In the Brown letter the president
added rather sharp criticism Of leg
islators constantly finding jokers."
Appeals were made to both senators to
support the conference report.
The contention of the range" sena-
tors is that the president is In error
both as to the hides from which farm
ers shoes are made and concerning
harness. After the westerners had de.
parted the conferees discussed ways
and means Of meeting the situation
Representative Mccall Of Massachu-
sets opposed applying the low rates
on boots and shoes to products other
than those which would be affected by
the abolition of the duty on hides.
Others argued that the westerners had
been embarrassed by the misunder-
standing to such an extent that they
could not be expected to give their
support TO the report on terms other
than those generally understood at the
time it was agreed to make hides free.
1t was realized that these senators,
augmented by the progressive" Re-
pubicans opposed TO the bill could de-
feat the report If they were so in,
clined.