Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-30
YrOm Washington.
lCorrs,pondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, July 80.

Washington, July 30.
President Taft was in very happy
mood today over the outcome OF the
tariff conferences aud expressed himself
To a number of visitors IS greatly pleased
indeed that the bill has been whipped
into its present shape, adding, IS he said
40. that be was immensely proud to have
something to do with lis preparation. Dis
cussing the outcome of the fight, the
ptesident said he wished 1t understood
that at no time IN the proceedings
should he offer his advice. he wac re-
quested by the cOuferees to make his
wishes known and nearly every vote
that was taken by the committeeman
was done so with the expressed under
standing by many of the conferees that
the votes must be contingent upon the
presidents approval. The president re-
yards the bill in its present shape as
very great improvement over the
Dipgiey law. In the first place the
Philippine tariff for which he has fought
unremittingly for ten years, is to be
enacted into law.
This tariff the president regards as his
"child." Then there is the corporation
tax. the customs court, the maximum
and minimum and the provision for the
ariff commission which is to advise the
president upon needed changes in the
schedule. All these things are in the
line of new legislation and are imPor-
tant in the eyes Of the president. The
corporation tax, however, was not as
important in the presidents estimation
as many other things 10 the bill, and not
nearly as close to his heart as many be-
lieved. He regards the tax as q mere
paragraph in the bill that will assist In
increasing the governments income.
The president told his callers that oil
course he was nJt throaghly satisfied
with the bill. Nobody is entirely salts
fed with the BILL" he said, "for that
would be out OF the range of possibility"
The best that can be obtained with 90
many conflicting interests Of states and
40 many hundreds OF schedules to be
considered, is to prepare a measure
that will do the grea est good for the
greatest number. This, the president
believes, has been accomplished by the
present draft of the Psyue.Aldrich bill.
Congressman Underwood, democrat Of
Alsbams, who is a member OF the
House committee on ways and means
and minority member of the
conference committee said this az
ternoon concerning the conference
report: "The only material reductions
are in the iron and steel and WOO
schedules; sl the others are advanced
The average rate is above both that Of
the Diugley law and the Payne BILL
The most OF the reductions that amount
to anything outside Of lumber and
leather will 90 to the manufacturers aud
the big interests and the raises will fsl
most heavily on the necessities of life
clothing and food. The so1th has beer
Disseminated against absolutely.
The democratic members OF the tsrif
conference committee we're today invited
TO sign the report upon the tariff bill
| but declined to do 81. They will make
no minority report but Senator DAME
as the senior democratic member is pre-
paring q statement which he vii
submit when the report is tsken u
for consideration In the Senate
The progressive republicans Wit
voted against the bill when it passed th,
Senate will have q meeting at the hous
of Senator Beverage tomorrow night t.
determine what their course shall be OIL
the FINAL adoption Of the measure. Tn
two Iowa senators with the members o
Congress from that state will meet tbi
evening.
The western senators who were dis
gruutted over the reduction Of the dat!
on lumber 10 $1.25 and putting hides Oh
the free list are not entirely decided a
to their action.
Under a provision of the confereuc
report the owners of imported yacht
are given the privilege Of either payin
So per cent I'D vOlorem or annual excis
tax of s. gross ton. Yachts are on tn
free list in the Dingley law.
The secretary of agriculture today received
| notification that the embargo which has beef
| placed on shipments of hay from the Unite
States to England on account of the foot sn
| mouth disease among cattle, has been remove
by the government.