Arizona republican., 1920-12-21
Fordney Tariff Measure Meets Opposition From
 DemocratH House Members
RAINEY PREDICTS BILL WILL MEET EARLY DEFEAT-SAYS IT IS MOST ILL CONSIDERED MEASURE YET REPORTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Republican A. p. Leased wlrel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Presenta- tion of the Fordney emergency tariff bill in the house and decision of its supporters to call it up for consider ation Wednesday was followed today by expressions of open antagonism both in the house and senate. The opposition, hitherto only manifest to 2 slight extent, was intensified by the filing of minority views by Represen- tative Rainey, Democrat of Illinois, denouncing the measure from begin ming to end and by decision of the senate Democratic steering committee to resist nasty enactment of any such legislation.
 Chairman Fordnay of the house ways and means committee in reporting the measure urged action not because it was perfect. but because it was the best obtainable under the circum- stances. The report declared that remedial legislation was urgently necessary to correct situation which was described as rapidly becoming worse and likely to bring ruin to the agricultural industry.
 The filing of committees report disclosed that the measure had been made applicable for a period of 10 months from passage instead of the one year period previously fixed. Chairman Fordney submitted with the report estimates of the treasury de- pertinent showing that, on the basis of available import figures approxi- mately $130,000.000 in revenue would be derived from the duties to be i'm posed under the measure. The com modities enumerated in the bill now produce less than $5.000,000 annually Proposed Import Duties
 As finally approved and reported to ' hGa E 2l 1xeVN [ l ties on commodities, which together with the rates agreed to in commit tee and the estimated revenue to come l therefrom, follows:
 Wheat. proposed duty 30 cents a l bushels estimated revenue S210952O: wheat flour, 20 per cent, S1,657. 300; corn. Is cents a bushel. s137, ,625: beans, 7 cents a pound. s3,091.7 .7so: peanuts. unshelled, 3 cents a pound, $642,540; peanuts, shelled, cents a pound, s4,- 4Oo,51U; potatoes, 25 cents a bushel xI56o,000; onions. 40 cents a bushel, SlSt,04O; rice cleaned, cents a pound Sz,SOO,660; rice, uncleaned. 1A cents a pound, $z35,515: flour meal and broken rice, half cent a pound, $5,037: rice, unhulled A cents a pound. $70.672: lemons, IA cents a pound, $SS1. .250 olis, peanut, 26 cents a gallon, $4,3s3. 4Ze; oils. cottonseed. 20 cents a gal 1 -~-Af T-s1h"sN0Nf O1lSs soy bean. ~
 cents gallon. S3,S47; cattle. 90 nel cent, S5.S51.50o: sheep, S2 head. s102.-
 4S4: lambs. S1 head. no estimated revenue; mutton and lamb, 25h cents a pound, Sl,656,792; wool unwashed. F
 cents pound. $9. goo, 900: wool washed
 50 cents pound, ss.500, 900; wool
 mla1nufaeturers of. 45 cents a pound sIl,-oo'ooo; wool. secured. 45 cents 8
 pound, s45, ,000. 900
 Two RenuhIiea.. N1x. A,
 On the vote in the ways and mean. committee, on reporting the bill two
 RepuDilcans and four Democrats vc,tae in the negative. Representative,
 1readway, Massachusetts. and Ttlson connecticut, were understood to hay,
 been the Republicans who stoo, agalhst the measure, while Represen
 eauVes Ralney. Hull. Tennessee; Old
 heid, Arkansas, and Collier, Missis
 sippl, were the Democrats who on posed the legislation. The Republican committee me,nb..,.
 were said to have opposed the hin n
 the ground that if tariff Iegislatio, & was to be enacted it should fnelud s protection for manufactured coumo r dlties, few of which were allowed f
 remaln In the final draft. This c.,r,
 tention appeared to have gained som strength among representatives fror e textile and other manufacturing dis . T;cts and is expected to precipitat a heated debate.
 Against this came the statement C
 the senate Democratic steering com f mittee that they did not regard tn 5 measure as an emergency proposal an f would demand that it be considered b d the finance committee in regular orde i. when it reaches the senate. Senate
 Harrison of Mississippi, Democra served nnfipa from fha f1nnv oF
 senate that he would oppose the bill
 Let me say to my friend from Mfs n sissippi' Senator Thomas, Democra