New-York tribune., 1909-07-28
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
CONFERENCE REPORT
ALL QUESTIONS SETTLED
BUT PAPER AND LUMBER.
Free Hides, Reductions on Shoes and
Leather, and a Com promise
on GIoT6s.
From Tn. Tribune Bureau !

with only the rates print paper left blank
was submitted TO President Taft this evening
by Senator Aldrich and Representative Payns-
II Mr.. Taft Is willing to accept it as fulhlnent
Of the Republican promise OF tariff revision thsi
print paper question will be settled to-morrow
morning and tomorrow afternoon the Demo
cratic members Of the conference COMMITTEES will
have chance formally to disapprove the work
of the Republican conferrees. 1t is possible that
the conferences report may not be made TO the
House before Friday. as Chairman Payne Is pre-
pairing an exhaustive statement in expIanaticni
Of the changes which have been made. although
tt is hoped that will be able finish it in time
TO permit Of his making the report Thursday.
With the approval II the President back Of tho
report there is no doubt Of its adoption IN both1
branches Of Congress
COMPROMISE ON GLOVE DUTIES
The feature Of to-day's tariff developr-e-ts
was the determined fight made by Speaker Can
non TO retain in the conference report the House
provision materially increasing the duties on
7rornen's and chiIdren's gloves Mr. Cannon
made this fight on behalf OF his friend and po-t
Iitical ally. ex Representative Luctus N 1t
tauer Of GIoversviIle. n. Y Mr. Cannon vas
partly successful. for late in the afternoon Mr.
Ldttauer was called TO the conference room and
a compromise agreement vas reached Under
this agreement the House rates will be retained
IN the higher grades OF vornen's and childrer,s
gloves the Dingley rates TO apply TO the lower
priced gloves The Senate conferrees have been
resisting any increase in the gloves paragraph
They admitted that. considered in the broad
spirit of protection. increase OF the rates on
gloves could be defended They felt, however,
that to accept the House rates would subjecs
the bill TO popular criticism and possibly arouse
additional opposition TO the conference report in
the Senate. The Senate conferrees viewed with
more favor the House increases on hosiery. and
finally consented 70 modification OF the hosiery
paragraph which would provide for increases
only in the higher grades The argument fo-
an increased duty hosiery was that it would
serve to rehabilitate an established industry
which was Ianguishing- The argument against
the increased rates gloves was that IT
not to foster an established industry. but to
make possible by protection the development OF
new one.
NJ Payne joined with the Speaker in fighting
for the House rate gloves When the Senate
conferrees yielded to the demand OF the House
| for free hides they wanted the House conferrses
to make 8 corresponding concession and accept
the Senate duty OF 81 so a thousand on rougn
lumber. Messrs. Payne and Mccall resisted
Finally the Senate confsrrees said they would ac-
cept in part the House rate on gloves. concede a
reduction iron ore. place hides on the free
list with corresponding reductions shoes and
other leather products, and place crude petrO-
leum on the free list in return for a rate OF
81 so rough lumber.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
This question was thrashed out to-day. ana
an agreement was reached this afternoon fer
a compromise on gloves and hosiery free hides
and reduced duties shoes and leather free
crude petroleum. 81 so a thousand feet on rough
lumber the Senate diTerentiaIs on finished 1un-
ber which are an average reduction OF 25 per
Iayv Of h.
duty on iron ore from the Senate rate Of 25 cents
10 10 cents ton and duty Of 45 cents ton
on bituminous coal
Mr. PAYNE was reluctant to accept the SenaSs
rate on lumber. He fought hard for the House
rate of ST. and until to-day it was practically
settled that compromise rate OF 81 % would %
adopted.
Some Of the Western Senators were so aroused
over the action Of the conferrees in putting hides
~ tbs free list that they threatened to vote
AGAINST the adoption of the report Several or
these Senators intinated, however, that they
might swallow free hides II the Senate rate on
lumber were retained This argument was used
In winning over Mr.. Payne TO the lumber GUY
Of 81 so The Senate cOnferrees said, IN eRecAs
You say you cannot get a conferences report
through the House unless hides are on the frss
,ts+ Yer, we'll. we will accept free hides. But
we cannot get conference report through tno
ea,a+a If hides are on the free list and the
I,,r,ber duty is reduced below 81 90 We VIII
Weld on gloves. hides. hosiery and petroleum
e,d make concessions on coal and iron ore, but
vou must yield on lumber.
THE 81 so DUTY ON LUMBER
r. -ar,atns 10 be seen whether the 81 so duty
an lumber will be satisfactory to President Taft.
WITHIN the last ten days the President has made
an exhaustive inquiry into the lumber question
He had delegation of experienced lumoeruien
as his dinner guests last night, and was told
bv them that any rate below 81 90 would Be
ruinous to their business Certain Southern
Senators have informed the Preident that the
stumpage OF the South is heavily bonded and
that 81 lumber would mean the depreciatop or
this property and the bankruptcy OF thosefwho
are irving to develop one OF the South's greatest
industries.
The Senate leaders have informed the Presi-
dent that with lumber at 81 80 enough ant1-free
hides Senators will be paciied to make certain
the adoption ,,s the conference report Their
poll of the Senate this basis shows MY Re
publican votes for the report They say thae
not to exceed four of the sO-called regulars
will vote against the bill on account OF free
hides. and that only six insurgents VIII JON
them. The leaders are making the argument
that n the President is determined TO pun
through a bill which provides for free hides. u
would be the part OF wisdom TO conciliate cer-
tain Of the Western Senators by consentins 20
the Senate lumber duty. which would make cer-
tain sufficient votes to pass the bill
The House leaders admit that 81 so lumber
will give them some trouble. and possibly arouse
onoosftion to the adoption OF the conferences re-
mort on the part of certain Representatives who
as a rule vote with the Republican organization
=. = h.lia,zs5 bouever that IL the President de-