Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-08
CONGRESS PASSES
DRASTIC MEASURE
AM ENDM ENTS TO REVENUE BILL
CREATES FUSS WITH ALLIES
DIPLOMATS.
COMMERCIAL WARFARE SURE
Will Affect Markets of World-Dur,
ing War Times President Given
Great Power-Great Britain
lnterferes With Mails.

ashington.-Drastic amendments
to the revenue bill, striking at the
allied blacklist and British interfer-
ence with American mails, were
adopted Tuesday by the senate and
created CONSERVATION among the dip
lomatic representatives of the allies.
In allied quarters it was declared
that the enactment of the amend
ments into law would constitute moth
ing less than nonintercourse act,
preliminary to a commercial warfare
with possibilities of far-reaching con-
sequences.
Protests Are Promised.
Until the retaliatory amendments
become law with the presidents sig
nature, the allies technically have
nothing to protest about, but there
are assurances thot representations
will be made if the amendments stay
in the bill.
decided on a course of legislation to
meet the restraints on commerce that
diplomatic correspondence has been
unable to remove, it is generally ex-
pected the amendments will be put
through. The administration leaders
who have intimate connections with
the governments foreign policy made
no attempt to stay their adoption.
One amendment adopted which is
expected to affect foreign relations,
authorizes the president during war
in which the United States is not
engaged to withhold clearance from
all vessels which discriminate against
American shippers to withhold priv
ileges from ships of such nations as
withhold privileges accorded to other
nations from American ships, and to
use the army and navy if necessary
to prevent departure of offending
vessels from United States ports.
An amendment of Senator Phelan
of California was adopted authoriz-
ing the president by proclamation to
deny the use of mails, express, tele-
graph, wireless or cable facilities by
citizens of nations which do not &C
cord to Americans all facilities of
commerce, including the unhamper-
ed traffic in the mails" This amend
ment, it was declared, was aimed par
ticularly at British interference with
American mails.
Fishing Industry Affected.
The Chamberlain amendment pro-
hibiting admission of halibut and sal
mon into the United States, except
when in bond from an American
port, also was adopted. The amend
ment is directed against Canadian
fisheries on the Pacific and to urge
development of American fisheries
there.
An amendment to the tariff com
mission section by Senator Gallinger
was adopted, broadening the commits
sions powers so that it shall observe
the effect of tariff laws on industry
and labor and also observe the eff
feet of economic alliances" AL
amendment by Senator Sterling di
recting the commission to investigate
particularly the cost of production
here and abroad was rejected.
The administration emergency rev
enue bill was passed by the senate
AZ to 16. The measure was design
ed to raise $2O5, 100000 annually from
taxes on inheritances and war mum
lions and from increases in the in
come tax, creating tariff commits
sion, establishing a protective tariff
on dyestuffs, providing for protec
ton of American firms from dump
ing" at the end of the war, and Civ
ing the president authority to take
r drastic retaliatory steps against al
lied interference with American trade
Five republican senators, Cummins
Kenyon, La Toilette, Norris and Clap
voted for the bill. There were nj
democratic nays.
Amendments for retaliation agains
, Great Britain for embargoes on Am
erican goods, the trade blacklist ant
interference with the mails wer,
agreed to without roll calls and wer,
unopposed in debate.
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