The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-13
Determined Move for Re-
vision Downward
PERSONAL APPEAL TO MEN
On Conference committee--He Measures
Strength With that Of Aldrich--If
Diplomacy Fails Drastic Ac-
ton is Expected.

critical Importance and to be handled
better by diplomacy than by blows has
been made plain 70 al his callers since
bis return to the White House last Fri.
day. The president is systematically
comforting with the members Of the
Conference Committee and discussing
rates with them and not general prin.
aples. Senator Aldrich was almost his
first caller Friday Saturday evening
az $50 o'clock Chairman Payne Of Ways
and Means called at the White House,
and the President took him upon an au.
tomobile ride, Representative Fordney
Of Michigan, another conferree, was his
guest at breakfast yesterday morning.
Speaker Cannon bad long talk with
him yesterday morning, he planned to
receive Senator Burrows of the Confer.
enee Committee at one o'clock, and IN
yited Senator Aldrich to luncheon at
1870.
Personal meetings Of this kind are
being arranged as fast as engagements
can be made. 1t Is the purpose Of the
President to leave no member unreached
BIZ it Is appant that an interview would
promise benefit to the cause Of down.
ward revision which Mr. Taft has sin.
eereIy at heart Outside the conierrees,
however the President Il dumb to all
callers as g the merits Of the Aldrieh
and Payne bin lie is known to re-
gard the administrative features Of the
Aldrich hill as excellent, ID a general
way, and to interposc no objection to
the maximum and minimum plan Of
the Senate preferrug it 10 the House
plan because Il vests the President.
Upon the most complete authority It
can be stated that an the powers Of
Cancellation win be exhausted BY the
President before he win even contem
plate a more drastic programme. He is
putting bis own influence and powers
81 PERSIA siou against those Of senator
Aldrich. An the while studiously safe.
guarding bis own utteranees outside the
eonferrees. that neither Ne nor they may
b embarrassed by concessions on the one
side or refusals 10 eonoede on the other
Alessrs. Adrieh and Payne have told
tho President that not less than two
weeks win be necessary TO complete the
work Of the conferrees, and, Of course,
the necessity Of submitting results to
President Taftdoes not tend to hasten
the end
senator LaFollette had a half hours
interview with the President yesterday
morning The political phase Of the
tariff situation was not touched upon,
but the Wisconsin insurgeut explained
deliberately his ideas with respect "a the
Middle Western demands. President
Taft has made It plain that he viii not
take either the people Or the members
Of Congress- outside the conferrees, into
his confidence with respect to tariff re.
vision. This course he holds to be wisest
ana absolutely to secure the results for
which he is aiming Any other, he be.
ieves. might defeat his purpose and
bring about situation between him
and Congress which would provide ser.
ious aspects.
The new draft Of the incorporation tax
amendment viii provide for tax 81
one per cent instead 81 two per cent on
the net earnings Of corporations.
This was decided yesterday at an in.
formal conference at the White House.
Attorney General Wiekersham viii
prepare the amendment accordingly.
The house and senate conferees met
again yesterday At 10 o'clock and pro
ceeded with the consideration Of omend-
ments in numerical order The low tar.
ia men on the house conference com.
mittee objected to an increase Of 85
cents per square foot, made BY the SEN
ate ia the house rate o. card clothing
when made with face cloth containing
wool This is an increase over the
Dingley rate and was evidently made
to cover the wool used Similar obiec-
tions are expected with reference to the
countervailing duty on petroleum, the
placing of hides On the free list and The
return Of cocoa to the non-dutiabIe list.
These are to be among the most strong.
~ contested schedules.
Jute and iuto butts, from which cot
ton bagging is made have been trims
ferred to the dutiable list by the sen.
ate, but as ute was on the free list IN
the Dingiey bin a. well as IN the Payne
bin. the duty probably viii be taken
of ia conference. Another prediction
made with regard to the action Of the
conferees Is that the duty on coal, which
IS 60 cents 10 the senate hill as com
pared with 81 cents in the existing law,
WIN be finally agreed upon at 40 cents