The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
Members From Industrial
Centers Rap Measure
On Introduction.
RAINEY OF ILLINOIS
LEADS OPPOSITION
Declares Foreign Nations
Will Retaliate on
Exclusion.

gency tarln Dill was marhto v.
the simultaneous development q
vigorous opposition.
The measure brought forth no
only a denunciatory minority re
port from Henry T. Rainey. Demo
crat, OF Illinois. but strong opposi
tion from representatives Of the
East. where the manufacturing in
dustries rather than agricultur,
predominate.
The report of the committee ma
jority as submitted by Fordne!
stated that the revenue to be raiseC
by the proposed tariff would in
crease the revenues from tina
source by s1z5.0oo.eoo in the tel
moaths for which the schedule
would remain in force. The pri
mary purpose of the measure. how
ever, as pointed out in the report
was to protect the agricultural in
dustry OF the country from the in
fiux OF cheap foreign products.
Changes in Bill.
The bill as originally planned
was altered only to include duty
of 26 cents a gallon on peanut oil
IL cents a pound on lemons, j!
cents a pound on wool in the grease
30 cents a pound on washed wool
As cents a pound on secured wool
compensatory duty on manufac
lures of WOOD of IS cents a pound
plus the ad valorem duty undel
the Underwood law. and a com
pensatory duty of cents a pount
on long staple cotton plus the dut,
under the present law
The vote on the measure in thu
committee showed that two East
ern Republicans, John Q. Tilson. o.
Connecticut aud Allan T. Treadway
of Massachusetts, were opposed. ant
the following Democrats: Henry I
Rainey, OF Illinois; James w. Col
lier, of Mississippi; Cordell Hull, C.
Tennessee and william A. Oldfeld
of Arkansas.
Proposal Rejected.
The committee turned down {
proposal for an emergency tariff OF
sugar and a proposal from james
A. Frear, of Wisconsin, that th'
lamb and mutton already imported
by the packers be forced onto tn,
market in order TO prevent boosting
prices on the passage of the bill
Frear pointed out that the importa'
tion of lamb and mutton for the frs
ten months OF this year was 4s,703,'
So2 pounds as against 6,109,519 fol
the first ten months of 1918, anc
127.so2 for the first ten months OF
1918.
An attempt was made on the flooi
of the House to obtain unanimou:
consent for the consideration of the
measure tomorrow, but failed upor
Democratic, objection. The plan OF
Republican leaders, however, is &c
arrange for consideration of the
measure tomorrow or by some
means today. They plan to limit
the debate to three hours and per-
nit amendments only as to the
amount of rates.
The hill has been prepared prac-
tically without hearings" Rainey
stated in his report. "A few repre-
sentatives Of the cattle and sheer
industries of the West appeared
before the committee testifying tc
lack of markets and deplorable de-
preston in the industries in which
they were interested. That was all
Experts Absent.
mo experts have been examined
by the committee. The large amount
of information compiled by tht
Tariff Commission was not availa.
BILE at the time the bill was repur,,
ed out by the committee. and Is moi
Low available. The bill has bst !
prepared practically with
out consideration.
The rates imposed are believed
to be absolutely prohibitory. Thi:
bill amounts to an embargo in time
of peace as to the articles to which
1t relates. In the history of tho
world no commercial nation evel
before established or attempted tC
establish an embargo in time Of
peace. 1t will inevitably yield to re.
taliatory tariffs.
"RetaliatIon Easy,
"All commercial treaties between
nations are practically annulled BY
the war, and today new commercial
units are in process of formation
Every commercial nation is toda.
prepared with the means of rea'
retaliation, and there Is grave dan.
ger that they will quickly respond tc
the challenge we give them in thi,
bill. There has been no attempt tc
arrange compensation duties fol
manufactured articles. 1t might bt
possible to report out a more has.
tily prepared, ill-considered bill
than this, but up to the present
time this has never been accom-
plished."
'Rainey pointed out that tn.
United States is now a creditor ma.
tion.. "If we are to remain a credi-
tor nation" he said, I'VE must dc
that or suffer now immeasurablt
financial calamities. We must i'm.
port more than we export"
Points to Britain.
Pointing out that England al.
ways did this while she was the
clearing house of the world" he
added:
The time has come when protec-
tion. which keeps out importations.
Is no longer the economic remedy
for the situations which confront
us. The less our importations be-
come at the present time, the great
er will6e the difference in exchai, ,ge
and 1t Is the exchange differences
which affect particularly in this
country today. the producers OF
foodstuffs."
Raincy continued in his rSbort to