Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-21
F0RDNEy TARIFF
BILL GIVEN RIGHT
OF WAY IN HOUSE
Suspends Calendar Business
to Take Up Emergency
Measure Tomorrow.
SAYS QUESTION is HOW
EUROPE CAN PAY U. S.
Longworth Demands Protection for
American Market to Save It
From Utter Ruin"

Advocates of emergency tariff legIS-
Iation won a preliminary fight in the
House today by adopting, s06 to 7e.
motion to suspend calendar business
tomorrow so as to give the FOrdney
tariff bill right of way.
Must Consider EuroPe'x Debt.
How Europe will be able to pay the
United States $4,000, 0O0, 600 most of
which is only informally secured" is
the question that must be considered
in framing new tariff law. Repre-
sentative Longworth, republican of
Ohio declared in urging immediate
consideration of revenue measures.
The President has said that Europe
has one means. aIo1 one means only.
Tor payment of her debt to U.S." Mr..
Iongworth said. ..and that is by the
Importation and sale in this market
Of her goods. and for that reason he
xays that all tariff or other bars
which prevent her selling freely in
the American market ought to be re-
moved"
Calls 1t vitally Neees.ary.
Enactment into law of such doctrine,
Mr. Longworth added, would bring
utter ruin and complete disaster to
American business
expressing the hope that Europe's
0eDt would prove collectable, the Ohio
member said If it should eventuate
mat the way to collect would be to
surrender to the nations Of the world
the home markets Of America, he
would rather sacrifice every dollar
owed rather than sacrifice our indus
trial Independence"
Mr.. Longworth said the Fordney
emergency tariff bill was vitany nee
essary ito save from stark and utter
ruin some Of the most Important ayri
cultural interests of the country"
Opposittss to Measure.
Open and bitter antagonism has
developed in both the House and Sen
ate TO the Fordney BILL The
smoldering embers of discomfort
famed up yesterday, when the
schedule of protected articles was
widened. and minority views were flied
by Representative sHenrE J. lRxtner
of Illinois, deIuocraes The0e<de deM0dwe.d
;ne measure from start to finish The
senate democratic steering commit
hasty enactment of the proposed
legislation. and will demand that il
Dc considered by the Senate finance
committee in regular order when il
reaches the Senate.
says Industry Faces Ruin.
Chairman Fordney of the House
ways and means committee, in re-
porting the measure, urged action,
not because 1T was perfect, but be-
cause II was the best obtainable un-
der the circumstances. The report
declared that remedial legislation
was urgently necessary to correct a
situation which was described as rap
idly becoming worse and likely to
ering ruin to the agricultural in
dustry-
The filing of the committees re-
port disclosed that the measure had
been made applicable for a period of
ten months from passage, instead Of
the one-year period previously fixed.
Chairman Fordney submitted with
the report estimates of the Treasury
Department showing that, on the
basis of available import figures. ap-
proximately $130,0oo,908 in revenue
would be derived from the duties to
be imposed under the measure The
commodities enumerated in the bill
now produce less than $5,00o.000 an
nually.
List OF Duties.
AS finally approved and reported
TO the House, the bill carried import
duties on commodities. which. to-
gether with the rates agreed to in
committee, and the estimated revenue
10 come therefrom follow: