Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-07-19
Presidents Demand For
Lower Duties May Result
In Conferees Reporting
Partial Agreement.
CORPORATIONS TAX
AMENDMENT
Redraft Submitted TO House
Conferees at This Morn
ing's Session.

Washington. d. c.. July 49,. The
House at the morning session passed
the Omnibus Railway Bridge bill.
The tarifr conferecs received re
draft of the corporation tax an end
ment.
Senator Crane has been called mere
from visit {" his home IN Massa-
cnusetts to use his innu,u,e u se-
cure lower rates on raw materials.
The New England sena' 81, general
ly favor free entry of raw materials.
Aldrich aloue insisting o. ",.;l rites
of duty all ciCng the line.
1t is reported at the co ..ita; to-
day that if President Tpf, insists
Upon free raw materials aud lJwcr-
Ing OF the t..liff all alony ,.e line
il will be necessary for tn c3nferecs
TO report a partial agrec..,ut oder
and take the tse of Tie Hjuse ard
Senate on The recommeHIllcHs O.
the President. Leaders Of tae House
N''' b'i'NNt AAdA AlilS VIII Dt uOlit.
however, because TO bring back the
bill for amendment might open up
the entire subject and keep Congress
In session at least another month.
If the recommendation OF the
President are granted, when the new
tariff bill becomes a law the rates on
the articles which he desired TO come
in free will be as follows:
Iron ore, free. present rate, 40
cents per toni
Oil, free. (Now protected by coun-
tervailing dutyD
Hides, u per cent ad valorem.
present rate, . per cent?
Coal, 45 cents per ton. (Present
rate, 67 cents per toni
Lumber, probably $1.25 on rough;
with Senate rates on Gnishel. This
would be a material reduction
throughout the lumber schedule.
Coal at forty-hve cents ton. IL
was declared. would prove satisfac-
tory TO every section except Wyom-
Ing. which fears that The industry I'm
that state might be ruined by chcap
Canadian coal. Two railroads are
now building from Northwestern
States to Canada which will tap the
Canadian coalflelds.
President Taft will win another
decided victory in The Philippines
free trade provision The sub-com-
mittee which has been considering z
this section has decided TO permit
the free admission of 10000. 600
cigars annually. as requested by the
president, instead OF 70,0O0. 900 as
would be admitted under Senate
amendment.
II is expected the Philippines sec
ton as approved by the sub-commit-
tee will be- adopted u provides
for the free admission OF 300. 600
pounds Of wrapper tobacco and f.
100000 pounds Of filler tobacco ana
100000 tons Of sugar.
with the exception Df rice ana the
limitation placed upon tobacco anil
sugar the growth. the produc. or
manufacture Of the Philippine U.s.
lands will be admitted free. rhe
inclusion Of the words cor mlnu,ac.
tue' is the subject of criticism u
many quarters
Many think this would make n
possible to shin raw materials into
the Philippine Islands for mauufao-
ture with cheap labor and then BRING
them to the United States free o,
duty.
The metal schedule with the exc
ception Of iron ore and few of its
products practically has been agreed
upon. Some OF the paragraphs may
be reopened when the iron ore quec-
tion has been settled. on wire
nails the rate OF those Of one inch
or more in length was fixed ar four
tenth of one cent per pound and ON
smaller sizes three fourthe of con
This is an increase on The smaller
sizes and a decrease ON the larger
sizes from The Duqley rates