Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-27
v, /, ANDREWS
MERELY SMILED
Had an Interview To-day
With President Taft on
Statehood
BAILEY RESIGNS IN A huff
But No One Shed Tears and
Resignation is Promptly
Accepted.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., July 27.-Chair.
man Smith said: "Incessant agitation
during the last year for the revision
of the wool schedule of the Payne
tariff law has already cost the people
one hundred million dollars. Seven
ty-f1ve per cent of this loss has fallen
upon labor
New Mexico's loss is in the mil.
lions. The LaFollette wool amend.
ment of forty per cent was defeated
ca to IA. The House bill was de-
feated. Upon agreement the LaFol
lette amendment was reconsidered. 1t
reduces the duty on raw wool to thir-
ty-five per cent ad valorem. (Same as
the Bailey amendment rejected yes
terday.) The bill passed 4S to 80. In
conference the House bill of twenty
per cent ad valorem will be passed.
President Taft will veto the wool
bill. He will also veto the Farmers
Free List Bill.
The Senate committee on territories
will meet on Friday to pass on the
Senate bill to give 250,00O acres to
the New Mexico University, and also
authorizing an issue of 100000.
Delegate Andrews consulted the
President today on statehood. He left
the White House smiling and con-
tented, but would not talk for publi-
cation.
LaFolIette StartIes Senate.
Washington, D. c., July 27.-Sena-
tor LaFollette startled the Senate to.
day when he declared he had heard
there "was little performance to-
day to defeat all real tariff legisla-
ton; that number of high protec.
ton Republicans had agreed to vote
for the Democratic House wool bill.
sure that it's excessively low duties
would justify veto by the President -
Arraiens Tariff Board.
Senator LaFollette also took occa-
sion to arraign the present operation
of the tariff board. charging that in
fuences had been at work in the board
to suppress certain facts in regard
to the manufacture of print paper in
this country.
Paper Makers conspire.
He said he believed there were men
or the tariff board who were working
for the high purpose of serving the
public, "but that the report on the
paper making industry showed that
somewhere there had been influences
exerted to leave the report in confu-
son so that the print paper manu-
facturers could go on getting exces.
sive benefits, assessing the buyers
of print paper for their own short
comings."
He said the tables prepared by the
tariff board did not show the true re.
lation between the paper manufac-
turers and the timber holding com.
panies.
The paper business thought it had
Its business so hedged that the tariff
board could not find out the facts and
it threw its doors wide open to the
Investigators.
Caught BY Accident.
According to the books, the paper
makers were losing money. BY acci.
dent the Investigators got the full in.
formation regarding the paper max
ing industry.
Senator LaFollette did not attempt
to place the blame for the confusion
in the commissions report but said
he was Investigating the matter"
Cotton Bill Reported.
Washington, D. c., July 27.-The I'm
derwood cotton revision bill was re-
ported to the House today by Chair
man Underwood of the ways and
means committee but debate was post
poned until tomorrow to permit the
Republicans to file a minority report
from the comittee.
Bailey Resigns In HUI.
Washington, d. c., July 27.-Be.
cause he does not believe in the Sen
ate's method Of taking testimony in
investigations, Senator Bailey today
resigned from the committee on priv.
ileges and elections. He made no ex.
PLANTATION to the Senate and the resig.
nation was accepted without com.
ment.