The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-14
TAFT STRONG FOR
 RAW MATERIALS
DESIRES FREE LIST ING OF OIL, ORE, COAL
 AND HIDES
So Informs the Conferees
House Hopeful of Cutting Down A1d- rich's Victory for Revision Up- wardS-Taft Has a Stubborn Clique In Opposition to His Views, Includ- ing Senator Burrows.

| ing Senator Burrows.
 | Washington July 14.-The President | has informed the conferees that he
 desires the free listing of iron ore coal, oil, and hides. This general statement in support of free raw ma 1 terials was received with great atten-
 tion by the members of the. confer ence, it is understood, and the Presi- dents expressed preference in these and other paragraphs is expected to
 play an important part in turning the scales in favor of Chairman Payne's contentionSA for the Lower House rates.
 While the Presidents expression is not taken in any sense as a threat by the conferees, they do feel, according to the statement of one of them, that full weight must be given the Presi- dents wishes. He seemed to think that the upshot of the difference, par ticularly in regard to the raw mater ials mentioned, would be in the nature of a compromise.
 It is on iron that the President has met as far as is known, his first open reverse in what attempts he has made to influence Congressmen. Senator Burrows of Michigan was summoned to- the White House and it became known that the President asked the Senator to vote in conference for free iron ore. There was some talk on the subject, with the result that MT. Bur rows refused the request, and it is ascertained that MT. Burrows has gone even further than a passive re- sistance.
 Getting in touch with his fellow. statesman, MT. Fordney, the Senator from Michigan agreed to stand out against any reductions from the Sen ate rate of 25 cents a ton. It is re- m fn6 hof fv, fhof o1S nE,- T,1I head of Kansas and Mr. Dalze1l of Pennsylvania, both House managers, have aligned themselves.
 Against the clique, however, and against most efforts made to have the higher Senate rates accepted, MT. Payne has set himself stubbornly, and when the conference recessed late yes terday afternoon there was much murmuring against the persistence of his efforts to retain intact the bill as passed by the House.
 On the House side, while there is a tendency toward despondency over the prospect of any real revision, it is pointed out hopefully by the revis- ionists that Mir. Payne,s signature is absolutely necessary to the adoption in that body of a conference report.
 As has been indicated conservative members of the conference on the part of the Senate incline to the belief that MT. Aldrich will score his deepest mark in the bill concerning the ad- ministrative clause. Many of the high Senate rates, it is pointed out, were insisted on either for the pur- pose of purchasing the support of cer- tain Senators or for subsequent con- cession to the House.
 There are members on the House side who profess to believe that MT. Aldrich will put through his duty of 50 on lumber. Oil, too, it is predict ed among the Senators, will lose some of the countervailing duty accorded it in the Senate, If it does not actually reach the free list. Hides seem to be considered problematical.
 MT. Aldrich. said that the corpora t1on tax had not yet returned from its last trip to the, Department of Justice Among the insurgents, however, it is stated that when the corporation tax was submitted to the legal experts of the department they all decided that if the Pollock case stands declaring an income tax unconstitutional. this levy also will be wiped from the stat ute books by the Supreme Court.