Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-07-23
.CONFEREES HOLD
SECRET SESSION
ded Even
Clerk From Their
Deliberations
COMPROMISE ON SCHEDULES
Ready to Report on Coal,
Iron, Ore, Hides and
Oil.

Oil.
Washington, d. c.. July 23.-Indica
tions this afternoon are strong that
the tariff conference committee will
report the following rates on raw ma
terials: Coal As cents a ton; iron ore
25 cents: hides cents per ad va
loren; lumber $125 per thousand; pc
troleum free. The committee exclud.
ed even the clerk today. and with a
short recess will continue it's session
till all the schedules over which there
is disagreement have been disposed
OF. The Senate today adjourned till
Monday when it is expected the COM
mittee will present it's report
Senator Elkins Raised the Devil.
Washington, d. G., July 23.-All
Congressional callers at the White
House today left with the impression
that the President would win sufficient
in the fight for down.
ward revision on raw materials to
make sure that a bill will be report
ed which will warrant his signature.
The anti-free material Senators and
Representatives are still on the fir
ing line, however, and do not see
why if raw material is to be reduced
almost to the free list, the same prin-
ciple should not apply to the finished
products. A number of Senators de-
sire the revision downward carried out
without discrimination especially as
to woolen and cotton goods as well as
to oil and hides. The President has
taken cognizance of this demand and
has asked them to see what could be
done to reduce the cotton and woolen
schedules. The President told that
the conference report will be expect.
ed on Monday night. THE fight is
over" said Representative aftel
leaving the White House, because
Senator Elkins was over on the House
side this morning raising the devil
with us for not standing by the
Senate"
Statehood by Christmas.
Washington, D. c., July 23.-NeW
Mexico and Arizona have. on numer
GUS occasions, been on the verge OF
adding two more stars to the Ameri
can flag. 1t was now almost conceded
by all that at the next regular session
of Congress the bill or bills admitting
those ewo territories to the sister
hood of states. will after probably
some opposition, be passed by botf
houses of Congress and be signed by
the President.
At the last session Of Congress Pres
ident Taft was not very favorable tt
the passage of the bill at that time
Very naturally, he had some desire
to sign the bill which would round ou
the two last remaining territories O
the contigous territory OF the Unitet
States proper. so the bills could no
pass at that time.
But now it is known that the Presi
dent is favorable to the admission o
those two territories, that the chair
man of the committee on territories
of the House, has had numerous con
sultations with the President. and il
favorably inclined to the passage o
the bills; and also that large ma
jority of the Senate. both at the las
session and now are in favor OF tn
passage of the bill as proposition b.
itself.
Chairman Hamilton, of the Hous
committee on territories. said If al
things come up in Just the favOrabl
manner which he now expects at tn
December session of Congress, it wa
his opinion that the bill would pas
the House admitting both territories
regardless Of any question whether tn
two new states would be for or agains
an income tax.
"But," he said somewhat guardedly
ut would not be just right for me t.
give my opinion, at least at this time
as to what believe the Senate would
or would not do. on the statehoo
question"
Nevertheless from the fact that tn
House, at the last session, passed tn
statehood bills by practically an unar
imous vote. and from the further fac
that there were over 80 of the 81 ser
ators favorable to the bills. it is be
lieved that New Mexico and Arizon
will be permitted to add two stars +
the American flag as Christmas pres
ent. ~
! Washington, D. c., July 23.--Approl
imately 9OS, 200 acres Of land In Wye
ming were designated by Acting Sex
retary Of the Interior Pierce as CON
ing, within the enlarged homestea
act. Up to date this makes a total Q
11,5S4,OSO acres Of land SO designate
in Wyoming. The land Is not suscept
ible to successful irrigation.