The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-08-05
HOUSE ADOPTS BILL
The Conference Report wal
Passed by the House
Saturday.
PRESIDENT TAKES A HAND

Forced the Conferees to Lower the
Rates ON Lumber and on Gloves
Chairman Payne Claims the Bill Is
Revision Of the Tariff Downward
An Increase ON Some Articles
Bill Presented Before the Senate
Monday.
Washington, D. c., July 29.-The
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill tonight
stands completed. An agreement on
all disputed points was reached late
this afternoon and the conferees' re-
port was signed by the Republican
conferees. 1t will go to the House
tomorrow and be voted on by that
body on Saturday. The Senate will
begin consideration of the measure
as agreed to by the conferees on Mon
day
Halted by the mandate of Presi-
dent Taft, the tariff conferees were
compelled to turn back and revise
their rates on lumber and gloves In
a communication to Senator Aldrich
and Representative Payne, the Presi-
dent demanded that the higher rates
on gloves, as fixed by the House, and
the high rates on lumber, as fixed
by the Senate, should not be made a
part of the conference report.
Payne Presents Report to the House.
Washington, July 3O.-When Ma
jority Leader Payne, head of the
House conferees on the tariff bill
which bears his name, rose in the
House of Representatives to-day to
present the report of the Conference
Committee of the two Houses on the
bill, the measure had been in con-
ference for just three weeks.
Contending that the bill marks a
general downward tendency from the
present rates of duty, Mr.. Payne pre-
sented an exhaustive analysis of its
provisions. He undertook to show
that there had been a marked de-
of life, while admitting that there
had been an increase On some of the
1uxuries.
Probably the most marked reduc-
tions throughout any schedule In the
bill, as result of the action of the
two Houses and of the Conference
Committees are found in the metal
schedule. Beginning with a decrease
In the rate Of iron ore from 40 to Is
cents per ton, there is general re-
duction throughout that portion of
the bill. This reduction includes steel
rails. There Is an increase on struc-
tural steel ready for use and also a
slight increase on razors, nippers and
pliers and on such new metals OF
tungsten.
Rough lumber goes down from 50
to $1.25 per thousand feet, with a
corresponding reduction in the differ
entail on dressed lumber.
The entire cotton schedule was re.
constructed and the phraseology
greatly changed in the hope of pre-.
venting reductions through decisions
| by the courts such as have character.
ICED the administration of the Ding
ley law during latter years. In many
instances the rates intended to bt
imposed by the Dingley law were cu
by these decisions, the reductions IL
some instances being from so PEI
cent to per cent ad valorem. It Il
estimated that the rates fixed by tn,
bill are about per cent higher upo1
an average than those collected ol
cottons last year. The rates on cot
ton hosiery are generally increased
In the much contested matter o
the rate on gloves the high protec
tionists fail to score.
Sugar and tobacco duties remain
substantially as they are under tn
Dingley law.
There Is a uniform increase o.
spirits, wines and liquors Of Is pc
cent.
There is an increase on lemons
figs. almonds, and pineapples.
Common window glass of the low
er sizes, in which the imports ar
heavy, is given a reduction and wher
changes were made in the chemics
schedule there was general dc
crease, except upon such articles a
fancy soaps and perfumes, whic
were increased.
The publishers win their fight fc
lower wood pulp and print pape
the rate on the ordinary, the ne
l print paper being fixed at 1915 pc
, ton instead Of $6 as under the Din,
ley law and on the higher grades {
print paper at 1915 instead of So.
Mechanically ground wood plup
to come in free of duty instead ,
paying 1-12 of cent a pound as Vi
der the Dingley law, but provision
made for a countervaling duty In ca
i it becomes necessary to protect tn
8 country against Canada's inhibitol
}. upon the expectation of goods to tt
9 United States.
! Hides of cattle come in free al
y there is a corresponding reductit
:! on leather and leather goods. tt
IL House rates are practically retain
on sole leather leather for upper
boots and shoes and harness, but t
free hide provision Is based on t
condition that on and after Octob
1, 1909, sole leather from the hid
II that are to be admitted free will p
n a duty Of per cent; grain, buff a
le split leather, z IL per cent; bot
ii and shoes, the upper leather of viii
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