Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-04
TARIFF BILL COMPLETE
Report Signed by The Re-
publican Conferees.
Will Be Voted on in the House Satur.
day-Senate Will Begin Con-
sideration of the Measure
Monday.
Monday.

Washington, D. c., July 29.-The
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill tonight
stands completed. An agreement on
all disputed points was reached late
this afternoon and the conferees' re-
pert was signed by the Republican
conferees. 1t will go to the House to-
morrow and be voted on by that body
on Saturday. The Senate will begin
consideration Of the measure as
Halted by the mandate of President
Taft, the tariff conferees were COM
PEELED to turn back and revise their
rates on lumber and gloves. In
communication to Senator Aldrich
and Representative Payne, the Presi-
dent demanded that the high rates on
gloves as fined by the House and the
| high rates on lumber as fixed by the
Senate should not be made part of
the conference report.
After struggling over these ques-
tions throughout the entire day the
| conferees surrendered to the Presi-
dents view and signed the report.
The report will go to the House to-
| morrow at noon and will be ordered
| to be printed. The House may be
called to meet at ten o'clock Satur-
day, for it is the intention of the
| leaders that the report shall be push
ed through in one legislative day.
Probably week will be required to
dispose of the conference report in
the Senate.
When the conferees fixed lumber
and glove rates yesterday by shading
very slightly the higher rates on each
| they were so certain that the Presi-
dent would consent to the arrange
ment that notices we're sent to the
| Democratic members Of the confer
ence committee to be present at ten
| O'Clock today to approve or disap-
prove of the conference report.
| The President had other ideas of
what the rates should be and express
ed them forcibly in a letter to the
| tariff conferees today. He said that
| lumber should not be more than $1.25
| per thousand fet for rough, with the
| differentials fixed by the Senate on
| finished lumber. He declared also
that the Senate's rates on gloves,
| which are the same as the Dingley
| rates, and will have to be adopted ac-
cording to his endorsement.
Not content with issuing an injunc-
| ton against high rates on these ar
| ticles, the President specified that
| Il;
House rates on boots and shoes and
other manufactures of leather re-
duced. Hosiery, too, he thought,
should be reduced below the House
rates, which were advanced over the
/ Dingley rates.
1t was not until after the Demo-
| cratic members had assembled that
/ the White House communication was
received at the conference chamber.
After its contents had been discussed
| by the Republican members of the
| committee, the minority was informed
be submitted to them.
Senator Daniel, Of Virginia, and
Representative Griggs, of Georgia, ex-
hibited some annoyance at having
been called into session prematurely,
i but Senator Bailey advised his asso-
| ciates to &C in peace. The Demo-
Gratis then held little conference of
their own. The Republicans were
| criticized. but Senator Bailey again
| came to their defense by calling at
| tention to the fact that if the Demo-
Gratis were in power, charged with the
responsibility of making tariff bill.
they would not want any Republicans
/ to help them. Later Representative
Champ Clark, of Missouri, was given
copy of the bill as the conferees in
tend to report it, and each of the
schedules discussed by the President
in his letter. The Democrats then
| went into session.