Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-28
House Wins Battles For Free Hides
and OIL, Out SurPendefs on
Lumber, Coal, Iron and Paper
WEsTERAERS STILL Dissatisfied
Putting Hides on Free List VIII be
Opposed by Them Under Any Cir
cumstances - Though Agreement
Has Been Reached. No Vote Has
Been Taken on Five Big Questions.

Been Taken on Five Big Questions.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., July IT,
From the best information obtainabie
It appears that the house has won It's
battles for free hides and oil and IN
creased rates on ricves and hosiery, In
return for surrender 20 the senate
on lumber. ccal, ircn ore and print
paper. The rates IN tn-se scheduled
as they have been tentatively afrang
ed pending the acce. lance by Doth
houses of the program for reduction
in the dutiss on manufactures of ieath-
er below the rates nxed by the house
are as follows: -
Oil, free.
Hides, free.
Coal. As cents a ton.
Print paper, $3.50 ton.
IrCn ore, IS cents ton.
Lumber. rough. s1.50 per. 1000 feet;
one side finished. 81; two sides finish
ed, S2.25; three sides finished, which
may include tonguing and grooming.
1852. i-2; fcnr sides finished, ~.
Gicyzs. "a per drzen pairs, not ex-
ceeding fourteen inches in length, the
Standard length. Exceeding ID inch
es, thiry-fiv cents Der dozen is added
for each inch. On the Schmasch II,
or cheap glove, however. the senate
rate of $1.25 per dozen pairs In re-
tanned.
Hosiery valued at 81 or less per
doz pairs, 40 cents rs against the
senate rate Of 80 cents. On values
up to 81, the rae is slightly in excess
of existing duties and shading be-
low the rates fixed by the house. On
the highs st grades the senate and
house rates were identical.
: Payne Supported by Tan.
For nearly week the question OF
putting hides on free list CT imposing
a nominal duty upon them has De-
before the conference committee. NOT
even a nominal duty proved acceptable
to Representative Payne whose posi-
ton was strengthened by the support
of President Taft. and tie senate was
ccm eIIed to Yield in spite of the fact
that fire. hides threatened to provoke
All instruction among stand pat
senators from cat le raising states. IL
appears, however, that Mr.. Payne S
victory was costly one, inasmuch as
the house conferees were def ated en-
ccal. print paper. iron ore and lumber.
The chief victory won by the senate
was the ret ntion of its duties on ium-
Der. These are reductions from Ding
ley sut nc as low as the house rates,
which began with one dollar on rough
lumber.
Likewise a victory was won by the
senate through the acceptance by the
conference committee Of a rate OF
ss5o a ton on print paper instead OF
the 81 rate fixed by the house.
The placing OF oil upon the free list
was a fore gone conclusion by reason
OF she strong opposition in Doih
INFdI( n ; ID tOu-ItSS " MANI AAic -
T ticlc dutiablc. There seems to be no
dcu.t tonight that the house leaders
viii be able 20 PIT through rule
permitting the c0nferces to make re-
auctions in the rates on manufactures
OF loafh in accordance Szth the pro
gram arranged in conference yester-
day.
Westerners Unchanged.
Srmc western senators. However,
still oppose putting hides upon the
/ free list under any circumstauc =. EV-
cry member OF he conference con-
I miftce sad tonight that none % the
avc big questions which engaged the
D attention Of President Taft had bern
closed.
u j. known. however. that While the
votiu- has net t1kcn place agrcemt u's
have irrn reached
2 The ccnfcrcr~c report win BE- ready
20 crescent T. "a house a. soon a. the
rule ia regard q IN. leather schedule
IS adopted ~ that body
For several days II has bern rcp'rt-
, 81 that the c,nfcrecs would rcducc
the rate Ga lead orc from one ana
one half cents a POND 10 cEc and
n fhro.r. efshfa .rufa. but d ig S1id The