The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-10
TARIFF BILL NOW
p. IN CONFERENCE
Senate Passes II by Vote OF 40 10
"a, and Conference Committee
Is Appointed.

WASHINGTON. July 9.-The tarln
bill today entered on its third stage
Having passed the house ami sen
ate. separately with hundreds Oh
changes made by the latter. II now
goes 10 conference.
The senate members of the confer
fence committee, appointed late last
night after the final passage OF the
/ bill by that body. are Aldrich. Bur
rows. Penrose. Hale and Cunor,, Re-
/ puDlicans: and Daniel Money and
/ Bailey Democrats. The senate pass
ed the measure by vote " 40 to "a.
Republicans voting in the negative
were: Beverage. Ind; Bristow. kas |;
Brown. Neb.; Burkett. Neb.; C!app,
Mimi, Crawford. 5. D.. Cum Minis.
Iowa: Dolliver. Iowa; La Toilette,
Wis. Nelson, Mimi. McEneryi OF
Louisiana. was the only Democrat re-
corded in the affirmative.
The Republican members OF the con-
terence committee. as selected by the
house leaders, subject TO ratification
by the house at its session today, are
Payne. Dalzell, Mccall, Boutell and
CaldcIhead.
From now on, It is expected that
President Taft. who returns from
Lake Champiain this afternoon. VIII
take an active part in the shaping up
of the measure. He has consistently
declined To interfere in the matter OF
the schedules. during the progress Oh
the bill through the house and senate.
He will now, however. work with the
members OF the conference commit-
tee. in the hope they may report back
the sort Of bill he can approve.
Aldrich will probably be the me
dunn OF communication between the
conference room and the White
House He will keep the president
posted on the sentiment OF the conf
mittee as 10 various schedules upon
which the house and senate have Ills
agreed, and will transmit TO his coi-
leagues President Taft's suggestion.
The president will thus in fact be a
member ex officio OF the conference
committee. IL is the expectation that,
II the committee should get tied
on any OF the important schedules. it
will submit to the presidents views.
In other words, he will act as referee
the house, say they viii stand sclidly
for the reductions made In the Payne
bill. particularly those on the rcces-
saries of life and free raw materials
Because OF the wide differences in
the two bills and the interjection by
the senate OF new subjects, like the
customs court, the maximum and mini.
mum, :he corporation tax and the new
Internal revenue taxes on tobacco.
etc, il is foregone conclusion that
concessions Will have TO be made on
both sides. no
On hides. which the house put on
the free list, the senate placed a duty
of Is per cent. On vote OF 81 TO "a.
duty OF 25 cents per ton was put ON
iron ore.
ON lumber. the house made the rate
81 per 1000. which the senate in
creased to 81 so. although there was a
strong demand that 1t should be made
81.
On hituminious coal and coal slack,
the house retained the old rate or
81 cents per ton, but with a free trade
reciprocity provision. The senate re-
ouced the rate on coal TO so cents
Ger ton and on coal slack to Is cents
per ton. but struck OUT the reciprocity
feature, and carefully described what
should be considered slack.
The senate left the crude and re-
fined oil on the free list, returned the
products to the dutiable list and ,e-
imposed the countervailing duty, but
at half rate. But II also added pro-
vision in that importers OF crude petro-
leum should get no drawback on IL
when IL was again exported Both
the latter propositions are supposed TO
be blows at the Standard Oil Co.. but
this whole question Is so involved
that It is going to be hard to make the
house so understand them.