Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-27
HIDES FREE If
LEATHER GOODS
TARIFF IS CUT
CONFEREES WILLING TO AGREE
UNDER CONDITIONS
MANUFACTURERS MUST MEET
PRODUCERS HALF WAY
If Skins Are Admitted Without Charge
Fabricators viii Have to Reduce
Duties as Fixed In House
Bill
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committee which may look to taking
the duty off hides.
Northwestern senators and members
of the house were at the capitol early
today The "insurrection' members of
the house as the anti-raw material
fighters are called, decided to hold a
meeting which was called for IL
o'clock. but the senators who are max
/ ing a fight along the same lines con-
cluded to perfect their plans by means
of individual conferences
Most active among the workers on
the senate side are Senators Clark and
Warren of Wyoming; Carter of Mon
tana; Borah of Idaho and Smoot of
Utah.
1t was decided by the opposition If
the Conferees bring in a free hide re-
port to resort to the tactics of adopt
ing a resolution of authorization TO
the conference committee to place all
kinds of leather and all leather goods
on the free list along with hides. BY
this course they count on obtaining
all but one of the Democratic votes in
| the senate and all but four of the
Democratic votes i'm the house.
The Democrats are committed to
lower duties and while they would not
directly help the hide men by voting
to put a higher duty on their product,
they would be willing to force all the
duty off shoes.
May Concede Duty on Hides
The hide men think that rather than
accent free leather and free shoes the
manufacturers and the cOnferees who
represent their views would be willing
to concede a duty on hides.
The fighting will be close in both
houses. In the senate there are sixty
one Republican and thirty-one Demo-
Gratis.
Senator McEnery of the Democratic
column will vote with the Republicans
for protection The other thirty DEM
ocrats are counted on as favorable to
free leather. With these thirty votes
as starter it would be necessary to
get seventeen Republican votes.
There are about ten senators who
will go to any necessary extent to
prevent taking duty off hides. They
hope to pick up six or seven votes
from among the so-called progressive
senators who voted against the bill as
it passed the senate. The free raw ma
terial men were not SO active today
but they were none the less determined.
With the president and a large ma
jority of the Republican members of
both houses of congress with them,
they say that success must come and
they tell the "insurrectos' that they
must either take free hides now or
soon be asked to take free wool in adj
dition.
Bill in Critical Stage
Every one appreciates the tariff bill
is in a critical stage and not even its
most enthusiastic supporters are as
hopeful over the outlook is they were
a week ago.
Greatly concerned by reports of fric-
ton between Senator Aldrich and Rep
session of the tariff conference COM
mittee, many members of senate and
house today besieged the offices of the
two leaders in efforts to learn if pos
sible what the outcome is to be. At
both offices it was said the ill-feeling
engendered by the attempt last night
to compel a vote on making hides
dutiable at ~ per cent had not
widened the breach between the senate
and house so much al had been indi-
Gated by published stories Of the con-
troversy.
Before the sessions of the conference
committee at 2:30 2. m. today Senator
Aldrich told all of his callers there was
yet chance to patch up all differ
ences so that a report could be- made
to the house tomorrow. Practically
all of the senators who favor protected
hides We're callers at Senator Aid
richs office during the forenoon. The
senate leader had not given up hope
of getting a reduction in the duties
on shoes and other leather goods be-
low the rates fixed by the house if
hides are made free.
Aroused by Representative Paynes
insistenCe on free hides. the "insurrec-
ton" element in the house held a meet
ing which brought out more radical
speeches than have former meetings
of the tariff insurgents"
A committee consisting of Represent
tatives Gaines CWest Virginia., Mon
dell CWyoming), and Kennedy (Ohio).
called on Mr.. Payne and argued against
the free raw material program.
While apparently assured that coal
and iron ore would not be placed on
the free list, the committee was given
to understand the chairman of the
ways and means committee would in
sist on free hides and the house rates
on shoes and leather.