| Show DEBATE ON TARIFF RATES conferees are having strenuous Q time demands made for reduction Reductio nj on hides oil steel lumber and iron wi hirlton july 20 with the situation growing mol moie e complicated and the insisting in i ting upon free raw materials senator S acot of utah was mas appealed to bv bi the conte for a statement is to whit hit changes v vill ill be in the tairel bill to put raw ran materials oj oil the free libit senator smoot is pr preDan rg this statement tonight and t will be presented preen ted to the conferees tomorrow moi mo ining president taft has now taken a stand in favor of red action duties on cottons asa As a result reu lt the tariff co conferees n derees are at an absolute lute de ded edlock lock tonight ard senator is authority for the statement that with the conditions now prevailing ailin the report of the conferees can hardly be ejected before monday it was vas Cha chanman ninan pine payne of the ua was s ind and means committee who forced the de deidel idOL in this afternoons session of the conference sir mr pa adne ne called up the cloves klove and hand hosiery schedule che dule and a sharp debate ensued while in insist inist ing on the retention of the house duties on gloves and hosiery hosi url he indicated A willin willingness gnes to accent the lower senate rates on these provided the senate conferees confer eeb would concede reduction in the cotton schedule in stat rt hia bib position tion chairman Chi irman payne annoura announced ed that president taft was with him in the demand that cottons be reduced the senate conferees declined to vorn compromise promise 1 vp pine ne then shifted to the lumber schedule and demanded that the house houe late of il 1 be le ie stored the senate enate bill taxes lumber at 1 io 50 zen when the senate conferees alo al ao o refused to make this concession conces bion ir pa pine ne once more declared that the president desired this cut I 1 the president has taken no stand stand with regard to lumber was observed bi one of the senate conferees 1 I the president has taken a gen general ral stand in favor faor of the low rates of the house bill retorted payne and I 1 feel bound to insist vigorous nods nod of disapproval came fron the senate representatives whereupon the chairman of the ways and means committee roe and said slowly very well then gent gentlemen lemer IP period of compromise has pas if ff you vou can make a tariff bill t me go abeid so saving he left fie afie cor car e room A few minutes late i derees adjourned senat h later declared declied red that the c e it in an absolute deablo it agreement apparently i the situation hove home as bad as it would addea ool ing off process is ib cestar word earne came out of thel lWhite house juring the day that the president was standing pat on free raw materials as applied to coal ore hiles and oil attitude on lumber is reflected in the message conveyed to the conferees by chairman payne payee he came for ward yesterday jet erday with a suggestion ion that lower duties on inoes md ind other leather goods would ibe desirable now comee am the demand through chairman pane that the cotton sebe schedules dules be reauie another movement shedding light on the situation was made today when the republican senators who voted against the aldrich aidich bill met to deide dei icle upon a course of action in view rf ef the position which the president Prep Pre ident has taken nine of the senators seni tors voted against the bill who attended the conference la follette the abar antee was wab not in the city senator borah of idaho who voted for the bill also attended the insurgents decided to support the president in his hib fight for free raw materials maten alb pro vided aided that reduced duties on shoes and leather woods go with freo free hides and reduced duties on steel and structural steel ice free ore it was decided not to ibue ib ue any statement and a motion to visit the president and acquaint him with their rosi position tion vas voted down |
