The San Francisco call., 1909-06-09
SENATOR'S POSTED
|. CONCERNING WOODS
Warren's $40 Suit Used for
Purpose of Object Lesson
During Debate
Conference Committee Confident
That President Taft Will Not
Veto the Bill

WASHINGTON, June S.-Much good
humor and many pleasantries were in
iected into the debate on the wooden
schedule in the senate today.
Smoot. assisted to large extent by
Warren. who is considered an expert
on the wooden industry, defended the
fnance committees recommendations
with regard to the wooden schedule.
FAVOR DINGLEY BILL
The various amendments proposed to
the house bill by the finance committee
are intended to restore the Dingley
nrovisions of the wooden schedule
which in some instances provide higher
duties than does the Payne bill as
passed by the house.
One of the Interesting features was
a lecture on the woolen industry from
beginning to end by Carter. who
brought forth a large box filled with
samples of various grades OF wool. To
the senators who gathered about him
he explained each step in the manu-
facture of wooden goods from the rails
ing of the sheep to the making of the
garment He familiarized members of
the senate with the uses of shoddy
waste. soils, tops and various grades
of wool
WARREN'S S46 SUIT
Much amusement was afforded when
Dolliver and Warren became involved
in a colIoquy in which they stood
within a few feet of each other and
each endeayored TO convince the other
of the soundness of his opinion re-
garding the advisability of assessing
the wooden duty on the value of the
wool in the cloth. Dolliver said he
would propose amendments that would
carry out this proposition, but Warren,
to illustrate the small proportion of the
entire cost of a wooden garment which
is dutiable, asked Dolliver to examine
the suit which he was wearing.
Dolliver said it appeared to be good
suit, whereupon Warren explained that
the cloth in the suit cost only 81, while
the making and the trimming cost S42,
showing that the duty on the 81 worth
of cloth was trif1ing compared with
the entire cost of the suit
DO NOT EXPECT VETO
WASHINGTON, July S.-Senate and
house leaders who are directing the
course of the tarin bill through con-
gress and who will be members of the
conference committee after the bill has
passed the senate took measures to-
day to ascertain whether there was any
foundation for reports that President
IaIl would veto the DILL They have
concluded that there is no basis what
ever for such reports.
Speaker Cannon, Senator AIdrich and
Representative Payne individually have
been to the White House several times
in the last few days. They say that If
President Taft is dissatisfied with the
course the bill is taking through con-
gress. he has concealed his attitude.
As late as this evening the president
told one of the republican leaders that
no one had authority to suggest that
he had in mind the veto of the bill.
Secretary MacVeagh's Speech
WASHINGTON, June s. 1t was
learned upon the highest authority that
President Taft had not read the Chicago
speech of Secretary MacVeagh before
the secretary left vs. ashington for
Chicago and that the president was
not aware of the character of the
speech.
This answers the report that the
speech was an official view of the tariff
situation, and that 1t expressed Mr..
Taft's opinion.
Republican leaders were inclined to
assign to political inexperience Secre-
tary MacVeagh's failure to consider
that any speech delivered by him would
be taken as the view of the adminis-
tration.