Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-29
GAINS FREE HIDES BUT YIELDS
TO SENATE ON NEARLY EV-
cry OTHER ITEM.
GLOVES AND HOSIERY BEAR
HIGH RATES ACCORDING TO
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT.
DUTY ON LUMBER FIXED AT
FROM $3.50 TO 262I2 PER
THOUSAND.

w dSuIlIS IOlJ jury 90 4 4Oln IhS
bes information Obtainable last night
1t appeared that the house has won
its battle for free hides and oil, and
increased the rates on gloves and
hosiery in return for surrender to
the senate on lumber, coal, iron ore
ard print paper The rates on these
schedules, as they are tentatively ar
ranged pending acceptance by both
houses of the program for reduction
in duties on manufactures of leather
below rates fixed by the house, are
Oil, free
Hides, free.
Coal, IS cents a ton.
Print paper, $3.50 ton.
Iron ore, Is cents ton.
Lumber, rough, $3.50 a thousand
feet; one side finished, 81; two sides
finished, 1925; three sides finished.
which may include tonguing and
growing, s2.62h; four sides finished,
So.
Gloves, 81 per dozen pairs, not ex-
ceeding IA inches, which is the stand
ard length. Exceeding IA inches, 35
cents per dozen is added for each
inch. This rate does not apply to
cheap gloves, on which the senate
rate of $1.25 per dozen pairs is re
tanned. The latter rate is a reduc.
ton from the Dingley rates, but the
house rates accepted on the higher
grades of gloves represent heavy in.
crease over the existing duties.
Hosiery valued at 81 or less pei
dozen pairs, 70 cents, against the sen
ate and existing rates of so cents. On
values up to 81 the rate is slightly in
excess of existing duties and shading
below the rates fixed by the house
On the highest grades the senate and
the house rates were Identical
For nearly a week the question OF
putting hides on the free list or i'm
posing a nominal duty upon them has
been before the conference commit
tee Not even a nominal duty proved
acceptable to Mr.. Payne, whose po
olCrOb was oil ny luS SUD
port of President Taft and the senate
was compelled to yield in spite of The
fact that free hides threatened to pro
woke an insurrectiOn among stand
pat senators from the cattle raising
states. 1t appears, however tina
Payne's victory was a costly one, in
asmuch as the house conferees were
defeated on coal print paper, iror
ore and lumber.
Although new oaths of secrec'
were taken by every member of the
conference committee before vester
days session was adjourned, it is
well understood that the foregoing
rates represent the understanding
reached on all the subjects which
have engaged executive attention dur
'ng the last few weeks. AS the house
passed he bill. coal was made dutia
Bile at 81 cents a ton, slack at the
same rate, but a reciprocal provision
he'd the effect of putt ng coal on the
free list The senate contended fol-
duty on coal, and compromise or
As cents a ton was accepted in lieu
of tire house rate and the free recip
rOcal arrangements. Slack was
made dfutiaBle at Is cents a ton. The
house put iron ore on the free list
and the senate fixed the rate at q
cen S "a ton, but the conferees agreed
to accent I5 cents.
The chief victory won by the sen
ate was the retention of duties on
lumber These represent a reduction
from the Dingley rates, but are not
nearly as low as the house rates
which began with 81 on rough lum
Der. Likewise a victory was won by
the senate through the acceptance by
the conference committee of a rate
of $3.50 a ton on print paper instead
Of 81 as fixed by the house.
The placing of oil on the free list
was a foregone conclusion by reason
Of the strong opposition in both
branches of congress to making this
article dutiabIe
There seems to have been no doubt
last night that the house leaders will
be able to put through rule permit
ting the conferees TO make reduc-
lions in the rates on manufactures OF
leather in accordance with the pro-
gram arranged in the conference.
Insist on 81 Lumber Rate.
Washington, July 28.-Chairman
pavDp of tho uavS and means ooro
mittee and a number OF other repre-