The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-19
STAND-PATTERS
ARE SATISFIED
Revision Downward Is Not
Enough to Hurt
CONCESSIONS ARE SMALL
,ldrich and Company Though
/ esimaI Are Supposed To
rrant President in Sign
ing the Measure.

as ington, July 1s.-tspecial)-
Aldrich and Speaker Cannon
aro- needing everything the Presf-
dent asks for in his unofficial tariff
message but will still be way on
top and have bill that cannot receive
objection from stand-pat sources. In
fact, as the genuine tariff revisionists
get to studying the agreement being
reached daily in conference, and still
more important the parts of the bill
that are not in conference. they can
not help from marveling at the man.
ner In which the stand-patters have
accomplished ed their ends. As has been
repeatedly pointed out, nearly four
ifths of the entire bill is not subject
to conference, the Senate and House
having passed identical rates. These
are generally increases over the Ding
ley rate. The cotton sch edule as
agreed to in conference increases the
Dingley rates and the wooden rates
differ little from the present act.
1t Is the same way all along the line.
If the bill contained free hides, free
wool. free oil, free iron ore and 81
lumb er (the House rate) it must be
admitted that 1T would still fall far
short of general revision. For in
stance, the total imports of hides, lum-
ber, wool and iron ore aggregated in
1907 about $2S,00o,0 in value, but
consisted chiefly of hides. The total
imports of dutiable articles in the same
year aggregated about $500, 100000 so
the whole fight for a revision downward
is upon articles which make up only
3k per cent of the total importations
affected by tariff rates. In spite of
this poor showing the President prom
ises to get only free iron ore and free
OIL Coal will probably get 45c ton
and hides about one-half the present
rate. 1t will probably be found that
lumber will be taxed $l.25.
In the meantime the willingness of AL
drich and company to grant the modest
requests of the President is hailed as a
great triumph in the cause of tariff re-
vision, and a personal victory for the
President. There is but one sound opinion
here. and that is that the President en-
tered the fight too late. and that he will
either have to sign or veto bill that Is
not an improvement generally upon the
Dingley act
The wretchedly infinitismal concessions
from Mr.. Aldrich are supposed to warrant
the Presidents signing the measure.
Report Corrected.
Representative Spight of Mississippi
says reports to the effect that the late
Judge Goode Of Virginia was the last sur
viving member of the Confederate Con-
gress is incorrect. Mr.. Spight said today:
mississippi has two living men who
served in that memorable body. Hon. J.
A. P. Campbell, the venerable and be-
loved ex-chisf justice of the state su-
preme court, is living in jackson, Miss,
honored and revered by all who know
him. He was delegate from Mississippi
to the convention which organized the
Confederate government, and was a men,
ber of the first Congress. Hon. j. A.
Orr of Columbus, Miss, an ex-crcuit
Judge and one Of the purest and ablest
lawyers in the state. was a member of
the same great body. but entered later
than Judge Campbell All Mississppians
are proud of these two distinguished cit
izens. Judge Campbell is, no doubt, the
last survivor of the great convention
which gave birth to the 'storm-cradled
ma tjOn that fall