Show i SMOOT PROTESTS TO MR TAFT TACT i AGAINST DECREASE OF DUTIES l r r WANTS WEST PROTECTED r Utah Senator Uses His Influence Influence Influence ence for the Retention of Dingley Tariff Rates on Hides and Lead in New Bill SUTHERLAND AND HOWELL Af GIVE HI HIM M SPLENDID AID AIDi i j jI r I- o Some Utah Publications That Thail Have Published Doubts of ter This Are Given the Lie at atthe the National Ca Capital I I l I II 7 i r TRUTH IS KNOWN THERE 26 Sen Senator Senator Sen Sen- J Washington July ator Smoot made another visit to the White House today to protest to President Taft against the proposition being urged by the President to put hides upon the free list He was there on Saturday with Senator Warren of Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming and they told the President President President dent that the people of the J I West were strongly in favor of ofa r I a duty on hides that to place i this product upon the free list would work a great injury to F t tb lieW estern cattle raisin r isi g w i b 1 it J T Witt 3 X l 1 No stronger advocate of the p policy of making hides dutiable is enlisted in iii the cause th than n is is' Senator Smoot and if the the con con conferees finally decide to concede conceder Presidents President's wishes and r to the b place l hides des upon the free list it will be over the strongest protest that Mr Smoot can voice Reports reached I Here ere today that publications in Utah had placed Senator Smoot in the attitude of surrendering his convictions upon this question and upon the duty on lead t L Such reports are entirely baseless baseless baseless base base- less and far from the I I are so truth as to De ue ridiculous Not only has lias Mr Ir Smoot adhered to lo his consistent Volley policy of protection upon I r these articles but he lie has hns been ono of the most active senators In trying to create sentiment In that direction among the conferees and In urging OJ lh the President to consent to a compro- compro i mlEe that will make malte hides dutiable i Mr Mi 11 Smoots Smoot's s position as to hides and amI r J lead ltd s s well understood hero In Wash- Wash In tori and antI should hould be throughout the tho country after atter the manner In which he her r 1 advocated his posH position Ion In the Senate t. t He Ile Js IB for the retention of ot tho the Dingley k Titles rilles on hides and lead lE and md he hall hail t from the leaders of the tho Senate post post- the assurance a uran e that the dut duty on pig lead will not be bo disturbed Tho The entire Utah delegation in congress con con- gress grets has been ursine urging the conferees to maintain time the Dingley rates upon these articles article Senator Sutherland ha has hns been active and persistent In working along these lines and representative e operated co-operated with six forty-six How Howell Rowell ell has hag t i o her members of the tho House who have combined In opposition to the doctrine of free freo raw materials This combination tion has served cd notice upon the con- con forces of both the Senate and the opposed to putting put put- House that lh they arc me tins ting an any any- of oC these thele so-called so raw ma- ma upon the free list Agreement Il In lili Ih A tariff agreement Is once more In Aldrich said tonight sight Senator that tl at the conferees would vote ote tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- schedules of all tho the disputed I row rowan on l' l i the tariff 11 rr bill Th This Is I is ht In Interpreted to mean that a n compromise has been T Tn l r Continued on 1 SMOOT PROTESTS TO TAFT AGAINST DUTY DECREASE Continued from Out Ono agreed upon b by tho ho conferees conferees- Tho Timo torms of if tho the n agreements aro are to bo ho kept secret until Thursday President ent Taft Tait Is to bo be provided with witha a a. COl copy of the tho agreement as I soon as ns itis It ItIs Is reached b by the conferees It Is Understood un understood un- un tonight that two reports aro are areto to be bo prepared for tor the President Onola Ono Is la for tor free ree hides with reductions demanded do- do de de- mantled by bV him on leather harness boots and shoes The other report will carry curry a n duty luty of ot 7 H per por centon cent centon centon on hides with tho tIme same sarno reductions The Time President will be notified by tho time conferees that It Is up to him him to get votes In tho tIme Senate to pass tho the schedule schedule sched sched- ule uie providing for tor free hides If It tho tim nt can cnn show the time votes Senator Al Aldrich will submit that thiat report to the time Senate Failure on tho the part of the President to show a majority for tor free ht hides es will result in the time presentation of or the report carrying the n per cent duty The Rocky mountain senators are aro re resisting rc- rc still sUlI every effort to provide for free freo hides Warren and Clark Wyoming Sutherland Utah Carter Montana l Borah Dorah anti and Idaho and anti Crawford North Dakota decided ed toda today that they thoy could not accept fr free froc hides unless they were given freo free boots bootH an and shoes This is a n counterattack counterattack counter counter- attack on tho the New Now England Eng senat senators rs who have forced tho the free froe hide f Issue sue New England Is Js demanding a duty on tho the manufactured product of or hides The Time House members who are op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed to Crt free e raw material met this a afternoon and ancl announced that they timey would vote with the time Democrats to re reJect reject re- re jeet the tIme conference report If It carried car car- ried riot freo free raw material Payne Is not mint expected to be bo ready with his report even though tho conferees reach an ana a agreement tomorrow before next Th Thursday The report Is to bo ho accompanied b by a voluminous statement telling of ot tho ho changes made malIc in the time House bill b by tho thin conferees n and amid nd t tho tto h reasons In part hart for changes cs The Time President Is to be given Iven a u little time also for or his work vork In Iii getting Senate votes Tho Time report must lay over twenty four hours before Its consid consideration ration oration Is begun In time the House unless a rule Iule should bo ho set aside This Is not believed possible In irm view of ot the time exist exist- ing lag dissatisfaction in time the House and discussion of oC the time report cannot begin until next Friday President Wants Want time the I The President would JIO to win for jor tho time support of oC time the report and tho tIme bill tho timo Insurgent senators or or at least seven of the thc ten to inako malto goo good the tIme loss 1019 of or tho time Rocky Hocky mountain senators It Jt Is reported that the time changes thus far tar mado mati a will not satisfy such senators n tin tt Bristow L. and amid Clapp Clap Whether the time President can win over Cummins Dolliver Drown Brown Bur Burett ctt Nelson Crawford and De Beveridge with tho time concessions he ime has hns forced from the conferees remains to be seen Energetic polls are arc un under er wa way to tonight tonight tonight to- to night among both hoth Senate and ancl House Republican members Crane Borah Bornim and Smoot are arc working with tho time senators sen ecu alors to line them up um behind the free hide proposition The speaker Dwight D former Cornier nt Representative Jim Watson of In Indiana and antI othor other members of tho tIme House are aro trying trying- out tho time sentiment of or tho the House members It Is time the prevailing opinion that Iron ore Is to be given a duty cluty of or 25 G or 20 O cents a ton tomm and this will not Justify many chan changes es in iii tho tim Iron tron and steel stool schedules further than already agreed upon by hy the thc conferees I |