The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-20
Conceded That He Will
Win and That New
Tariff Bill Will Con-
tain Many Reductions
IRON ORE. OIL, HIDES, COAL AND
LUMBER ARE AMONG THE
ITEMS THAT WILL COME
UNDER LOWER RATES.

WASHINGTON, Juiy 19.-SpeaKer
Cannon and Representative Dwight
of New York, the republican whip
of the house." had a conference with
President Taft regarding the votes
the president has undertaken to de-
liver to conference on the tariff in
support of the measure. The presi-
dent desires a downward revision on
nearly every schedule of the Dingley
law and but small duty if any on
raw material. Free hides seems to
be the principal subject of the worry
at the White House, but even this
difficulty is expected be SmOothed
out by some sort of compromise or
possibly an imposition OF a nominal
duty
It is conceded that President Taft
will win his fight for free or re-
duced rates of duty on raw materials.
The indications are that when the
new taric bill becomes a law, the
rates on the articles which the pres
ident desired to come in free will
be as follows
Iron ore, free (present rate 40
cents per TOM
OIL free (now protected by ooun-
tervailing duty
Hides, Z IL per cent ad valorem
(present rate, Is per cent.)
Coal, 5 cents per ton tpresent
rate 67Fcents).
Lumber, probably $1.25 on rough,
with senate rates on finished.
This would be material reduction
throughout the lumber schedule.
~ fro off
X the presidents shoulders the re-
responsibility of putting the foregoing
raw materials on the free list, 1t
was not believed he would meet with
success in bringing about changed
sentiment in regard to these articles.
For several days, however, mem
bers of congress have been going to
the White House, and not few OF
them came away convinced that the
president was right in insisting on
lower duties. 1t was also acknowl-
edged that any reduction in rates OF
the pending bill on these articles
would amount to an administration
triumph.
In effect, the president was told
by the eonferees that if iron ore.
oil, coal, hides or lumber were put
on the free list, or the rates reduced
below the figures adopted by the
senate ne would have ''ro get the
votes.
1t was recognized that it would be
impossible to put hides. lumber and
coal on the free list of the conference
report was to be adopted by the SEN
ate. Neither was it believed rates on
these articles could be reduced.
That a change of sentiment had
taken place in the senate in the mat
ter of free iron ore and free oil was
a matter OF common gossip about
the capitol yesterday. 1t was stated
Just as confidently that the Is per
cent ad valorem rate on hides would
have been cuti n half though some
opponents to the proposition of put
ting hides on the free list are still
hopeful of retaining a rate as high
as 10 per cent.
Coal at 45 cents ton, 1t was de-
clared, would prove satisfactory to
every section except Wyoming, which
fears that the industry in that state
might be ruined by cheap Canadian
coal
President Taft will win another de-
cided victory in the Philippine free
trade provision. The subcommittee
which has been considering this sec
tion has decided to permit the free
admission OF 10000, 900 cigars an
ually, as requested by the president,
instead of 7o,ooO,oOO. as would be