Show WESTERN INTERESTS SENATORS FROM THE WEST CONFER TAer Ieelde 1 TII mih HllM Cost and lninr Slnl llnir ltrtenable Ire IerIlantirlne nrl oruent Washington April 9A numlwr net t n-et rn Republican senators more pnrtleularly Ihoso ruin line rocky inoun lain states hare united 111 n move bent la mnko Min of securing certain onloll In I the Inri I IT bill nlilch they consider Important to Hint notion n tlie country There have Ucn 1 iwvcral Informal conferences reoenlly but up Ito I-to dote 1 no conclusions barn been reached The articles which hum kenntor knee especially In view lire wad hides poa math lend ore Tin tendency Is I to nsk n chaiign In the pnrtlnn of the wool ohe < liile which nfcn Il Ihlril hAt wool The prolMUIltlc arc Ihntther will ta 1 n dpiimnd foriipcclllo Insteadol n1 t valorem dutlraon wool uf this claim I unit nna western Mnutor kiild today that lia tumid not IK 1 knttsllcd wlthlesi I than cents per I laund on any wool Tluro Is I qnlln n determined movement move-ment among tin M nntont fur u dutylan hides The finance pomtnlltpo did not nt first manifest n < IU > mltl < > n to grunt this conceMlnn lint the ttcntcrn kcim tan uy they now lliul reason to feel encouraged by tlio outlook They will probably ask that the Duty Iw llxcd at I cent a pound but menu nf them appear ap-pear willing to compromise ut 111 cent or I cent There was a determined effort to Inn In-n the rate on land contained In one from 1 pent per pound R lineal by the Wnglcy bill at leant hal I vent and to change the Iniigmigp of the provisions pro-visions Thl wnuhl menu I return t the McKlnley rate but the language of tho 11011 law Is I considered preferable prefer-able to that of rlthpr the McKtnley law or the Dlngley bill There will he an effort also to prevent nny ileiluctton of the hOI rates on coal anti liiinlivr The Wyoming and Colorailo senators lire especially Interested In coal nnil tho Ortgan und ushlngton senators In lumber |