Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-20
COTTON TAKEN
Up. jCONFEREES
CUT THE DUTIES
REDUCTION OF PER CENT MADE
IN piNGLEY RATES ON DRESS
GOODS; COMPLETE AaRicuL-
ruRAL SCHEDULE.
T A FIT JOINS IN
FIGHT ON TARIFF

T A F t JOINS IN
FIGHT ON TARIFF
PRESIDENT GIVES OUT STATE.
MENT WHICH INSURGENTS
TAKE TO BE THREAT OF VETO
If REVISION ISN'T DOWNWARD.
Washington, D. c., July 17.-When
the conferees on the tariff bill met to-
day the cotton schedule was the first
thing taken up. Because of the con-
Hention that the rates levied by the
iDingIey law on various classes OF cot
ton goods were in all cases collected,
the senate redrafted the entire sched-
lule substituting specific rates for
house ad valorems wherever possible.
The conferees agreed to reduction
of five per cent in the Dingley rates
ON womens and children's dress goods
made of cotton warp.
The agricultural products schedule
has been completed, although many
OF the rates agreed upon are only ten
tative. The senate was compelled TO
recede on great many of its adj
yances in this schedule. 1t has been
stated that number OF increases
were adopted by the senate without
any serious intention of insisting On
them In the conference. Because of
the pressure being brought to bear
upon the committee for the retention
OF many of these increases, 1t was de-
cided not to make any of these rates
public.
Wool Schedule Finished.
When the conference adjourned 70.
luncheon, three changes In the wool
schedule had been agreed upon. All
these were reductions. lower duty on
women's and children's dress goods
being made on wooden fabrics weigh
ing four ounces or over to the square
yard and woven into cotton warp. A
reduction of per cent was also made
in the duty on yarns valued at thirty
cents a pound or less.
BY adopting these changes the con-
ference committee has disposed OF the
entire wool schedule. the other duties
agreed upon being the same as those
of the existing law.
President congratuiates.
President Taft received a large
number of kilograms and letters Of
congratulation today regarding the
statement OF his position given. out
yesterday. The president has also had
verbal congratulations from members
of congress. Among his callers. all of
whom took occasion to commend the
president in their talks with the news
paper men, were Representatives
Tawney Of Minnesota, Douglas and
LongWorth of Ohio, Miller OF Kansas,
Prince of Illinois, Gronna OF South
Dakota and Foster of Vermont. The
president had Representative Dalzeil
OF Pennsylvania, one of the house CON
ferees as breakfast guest this morn.
ing and had an hours talk with him
regarding the tariff.
President Makes Statement.
President Taft stepped out into the
open air in the tariff fight yesterday
The statement was made after twenty
three Republican members Of con
gress had called at the White house
to protest against putting raw mater
ial on the free list.
The views touch on downward revis
ion and free raw material, but on botf
subjects the president INDUCES il
careful qualifications that take the
statement out Of the "big stick elias.
and hide it among the soft words O
diplomacy.
On downward revision the presi
dent announces that he understand
the Republican platform to meal
downward revision in many instances
though perhaps in some instances al
dncrease might be needed" AS to fire,
raw material, ne insists he is not com
united to that doctrine but that |
dron ore, hides, coal and Oil do no
need protection they ought 10 go OF
the free list, which seems pretty nea
seif-eyident. Whether they do or no
he has not decided, but thinks tn
question can be determined from tn
facts at hand, and he proposes to d
10.
Seen as Threat of Veto.
This statement is interpreted i
gone quarters here as direct motif
cation to the tariff conferees that
the measure finally agreed upon doe
not constitute a material reductio
In specific duties the president wi
veto 1t.
The other school of interpreters d.
clare that he is merely paving the wa
for bill which will give him chanc
to say that the public interests hay
been conserved according to the Whit
house ideas and that the bill is con
iplete carrying out of Republican part
pledges.
The only qualified point in the stat
ment is the insistence that the ne
tariff should not be made a local issu
that every item be settled on nations