The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-17
WHEAT DRAWBACK
CAUSE Of MUCH
TARIFF TROUBLE
House Will Insist in Conference
on Keeping the Payne
Schedules
McCUmBER ALLOWED TO FIX
AGRICULTURAL RATES N SENATE

They Will Not Stand In the Final Bill
and This Privilege Was Given in Re.
turn for His Vote on the Aldrich
Bill.
Washington, July 1.-THE reports
which come from the tariff confer
ence room, while showing general
disposition of the senate conferees to
yield on some of the increases made
over the house bill rates, clearly
Indicate purpose on the part of the
senate committee to insist stubborn
ly for the important increases which,
in their view of the matter, will in
sure protective rates on finished
products Of the higher classes.
The question is now being asked
among senators and representatives,
how many votes will be lost by the
majority party assuming that the bill
is shaped up for final passage along
the lines now indicated by the work
of the conference so far as it has
proceeded? The pertinence of the
question is shown by the points
brought out in connection with the
conference work, which indicates the
insistence by the senate conferees up
on many items running through the
different schedules upon which in
creases were made covering higher
grades of finished products.
Among the illustrations of these in
creased rates in the metal schedule,
for example, are the items covering
what is known to the trade as high
speed steel into which enters some
of the recently discovered high
priced ores, such as tungsten, valladi-
um. etc.. the prices of which range
from 5000 to more than $1,000 ton.
To Encourage Inventions.
Inventions for working up these
high grades of steel have been made
abroad, and it is the declared purpose
Of the trainers of the present tariff
to encourage the production of this
high-grade steel in the United States.
Similar increases in rates were made
upon umbrella frames. cutlery and
razors. In number of instances
these rates range much above the pro-
visions of the Dingley law.
taS SNlOcuSc vi Lllo OIL
the senate committee to stand for
what they claim is adequate protec-
tion in these rates on new forms of
steel articles, it is announced that the
services of Senator Smoot OF Utah,
who was industrious as member of
the finance committee in investigat-
ing and passing upon the increased
rates proposed for these high-grade
finished products, have been pressed
into the conference to aid in reach
ing solution of the issues pending
between the two houses.
On the subject OF the increased
rates on razors and kindred articles,
it is said that Mr. Smoot has been
designated by the finance committee
conferees to serve with Chairman
Payne Of the house committee, in
making detailed report to the con-
ference upon the precise requirements
of the trade with respect to these ar
ticles.
Aldrich's Hand Shown.
This is recognition of the desire
originally expressed by Chairman Aid
rich that Senator Smoot should be a
member OF the senate conference COM
mittee. This was defeated on account
of the insistence by Senator Lodge,
who ranks MIR. Smoot on the finance
committee, that Massachusetts and
her great industries should not be
passed over to place upon the con-
ference committee the western SEN
ator.
The result of this disagreement
was that the senate conferees were
selected in order of their rank on
the finance committee, and Mr.. Gull
lom of Illinois, became member of
the conference committee. although
he is absent from the city, and prob
ably will not be present during the
remainder Of the session.
In the light of this discussion of
the notably high rates in various fea-
lures of the senate bill, attention is
called by some of the downward re-
visionists in the senate to the details
of these provisions of the senate bill.
1t is contended that an examination
of the votes in the senate will show
that several Of the advocates of low
er duties among the western Repub-
licans voted for what the finance
committee declared were necessary
pro tive rates on cutlery, razors and
umbrella frames. for example, and
that there will be no objection on the
part of these downward revisionists IL
the senate shall win on items of this
kind in the final report of the con-
ferees.
May Lose on Raw Material.
Where the bill is liable to lose votes
among the Republicans in both sen-
ate and house is upon tho raw ma
terial items, and the reductions in
sisted upon by the house over the
rates fixed by the senate on such
items as coal and iron ore, as we'll as
some of the administrative features
and the corporation tax.
The opinion is expressed by down.
ward revisionists among the western
senators that 1t will be impossible for
the ConfArAnco committooa IN nora.