The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
TAFT CAN'T GET
HIDES ON FREEL|sT
Will Win Fight for Free Iron Ore
To Secure Concessions on Hides,
Coal and Lumber.

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-President
Taft will have all Of the tariff con-
ferees to dinner tonight at the White
House. II Is expected 70 be a love
feast at which the rough edges which
have developed between house and
senate over yariols schedules and
rates. Will be smoo'hed down and q
better understanding reached.
The president hes been hard at
work. endeavoring Ia get votes enough
TO carry through his recommendation
for free raw materials. or al least low
er duties upon them. He will report
at this dinner what progress he has
made. He Will also receive reports
from both the senate and house con.
ferees as to the exact situation In
each OF these bodies, and IL is behev-
ed line OF action nay be mapped out
which Will bring the work OF the con-
terence committee to a speedy con-
clusion.
President Taft is expected to
smooth over the ,ufied feelings OF
Rep. Payne, who is beginning to real
ize that he has not only got to face
the opposition Of the senate conferecs,
but that he is not being wholly up
held by his own colleagues OF fhe
house in his demand for strict ad-
herence to the house rates on certain
articles.
Until after this harmony dinner Is
over. no progress is expected to be
made by the conferees.
II Is generally agreed the preside Mt
will win out in his contention for free
iron the Of he
countervailing duty on oil. II Is a.so
conceded he will .ccure some reouc-
tion in the rate on hides and on coal,
and perhaps on the house rate Of 81
per thousand feet on lumber. But 1t
is predicted that he will fail to put
hides on the free list, unless he Can
also put leather ahi boots and shoes
there.
1t is also declared the president viii
fail In his desire to secure authority
to enter into reciptocal arrangements
whereby coal might enter Ehis country
free of duty from Canada. in returc
for concessions from that dominion on
other products.
Some persons say that me differ
ences between Senator Aldrich and
Rep. Payne are very serious. While
both Aldrich and Payne deny this,
they do not deny that there was
clash yesterday afternoon between
Payne ard Rep. Fordney. of Michigan.
A crisis was reached when an effort
was made to vote on lumber. Payne
protested that such a move would be
unfair to the president, as lumber was
one OF the subjects submitted to him
for adjustment.
fIf we can't agree let's settle the
question by voting" Fordney Is rc-
ported TO have said. Payne. who had
little to say In the selection OF the
house conferees. protested with a ve-
hemence that startled his associates.
Some one said a majority vote should
rule. This remark. IL is declared.
came from one OF the senate mem
bers Of the conference and II ncensed
Payne still more.
Payne told Aldrich he could vote
the senate members of the conference
II he chose, but he could not vote the
house members SO easily. He told the
house colleagues, 1t was their duty 10
stand up for the house bill and TO
yield only after every possible effolt
had been made to win.
The tariff bill was hoisted bodily
and taken to the White House, where
President Taft was asked to intervene.
When Aldrich and Cannon returned
from the White House they minimiz-
ed the differences. President TAFT Is
expected today. to compel action.