The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-22
TO VOTE BEFORE
ADJOURNMENT
House Scheduled as to Ford
ney Emergency Tariff to
Check Falling Prices.
PROPONENTS OPTIMISTIC
Development of Tax Revision
Program Discloses Trend
Favoring Sales Tax.


Washington. Dec. GA vote before
adjournment was the schedule under
which the house was working today in
considering the Fordney emergency
tariff bin designed TO check falling
prices on more than score Of farm
products by virtually stopping their
importation through heavy duties.
Adoption OF special rule yesterday
giving the measure the right OF way
and limiting debate left no opportunity
for amendments 10 include articles
when the bin was called up today.
Although expecting n hard fight, pro.
lnononts Of the measure declared that
the majority secured yesterday on tho
motion 10 suspend the business calen-
Oar wednesday so ms to bring tho bill
TO vote before adjournment insured
lta passage Of the senate. where the
| fate of the measure was regarded as
somewhat doubtful.
Tax Revision Program.
Washington. Dee. 22-Deveiopment
OF tax revision program in congress
| although proceeding slowly has dis
closed In the house growln5 trend In
favor Of including some sort OF sales
tax In tho next revenue legislation. The
statement yesterday OF Chairman Ford
ney,. OF the ways and means commits
tee, IN support OF sales tax, II was
said today had given impetus to the
proposal
While most members Of the ways and
means committee say that they retain
an open mind on the subject, their
private expressions, show sentiment In
tho committee even now to be slightly
In favor Of consumption tax. Dur
ing tho hearings OF the last two days
Meyer u, RothAchild, OF New York, ana
otto H. Kahn, New York banker, pre-
sonted arguments in favor OF sales
tax,
Mr. Kahn said that while n sales tax
would be an experiment to an extent II
was one which should bc made. Several
members OF the committee declared
his argument In favor OF tho proposal
mao been very convincing
Committee members who are out and
out against the sales tax and who de-
scribed II ns an economic crimo assert
that tho arguments In lts favor would
| be dlsspated once the consumer Ia
aroused 20 the cfrcct II will have. They
declared II to bo worse than tho ex-
ceS profits tax, charging that IL will
allow all lines OF trade to renew pro-
htcering. Against these views, how.
ever, are many Of tho majority mem
bcrs OF the committee who are follow
| ing the leadership of their chairman in
seeking some sort OF n sales tax which
WIN not add 20 the burden OF taxation
Tho committee lately has received
copies OF the sales tax law OF France.
canada, ana the Philippines, which Mr.
| tprdncy said, had been obtained az a
basis upon which 10 work.
To Sound Home Sentiment,
II was predicted today that develops
lnehta over tho holidays probably
would determine something approxi-
mating definite attitude In the house.
Members viii havo had time TO har
| from home on the proposed tax when
lhthrlnks are resumed two weeks hence
aud the real sentiment disclosed, Il was
| After a brief hearing on tax aues-
tichS thls morning the ways and means
committee planned To turn It's atten-
ton today To the battle In the house
over ne Fordnoy emergency tarltf bill
Whloh Ia to be taken up under special
tulo.
$50 for Chops Instead CSC.
The man who complains because he
ls charged IS cents for two mutton
chops viii pay $3.50 for thaJn II tho
tordney bin IL adopted, said Repre-
sentative Madden. republican. Illinois,
VINO declared he saw nothing in the
measure that would help to reduce the
| cost of living.
Adopt this bill. . he added. land
ma what win happen when you 10 into
"A tailor shop or store TO buy a suit
or clothes. They VIII tell you n new
tar,r on wool IL In effect. and suit
WIN cost you just 100 per cent moro
'h"" lHo plltp cnhfEcu tOuAy.'
Preliminary Sklrmlshes,
There were several preliminary skir.
mlshes which made It apparent that
party Hines would not figure In pas.
shge OF the measure. The alignment
promised To be the producing areas Of
INC houth ana west against the east
ana other consuming communities.
chairman Fordney. In opening the
debate, said the committee had been
criticised for not including more items
In the emergency bill. but that Il had
realized that there was no possibility
o. putting the bill through ut this ses-
SION OF congress II attempts were made
20 include everything wanted by evory-
body
The committee made an honest ef-
Tort to provide relief for farmers and
included those products which are caus-
Ing them the heaviest losses" said he
Huh Attacks Gil.
The bill was attacked by Representa-.
tlves Collier, OF Mississippi. and Huh,
OF Tennessee. both democratic mem-
hers of the ways and means committee,
Mr. Collier declaring he was touched
by the tender solcltude Of those who
framed tho bill for the cotton growers
Of the south
"rhe proposed duty Of cents q
pound on long staple cotton" he as.
serted would he OF little benefit "a
southern growers because they raise
very little long staple" and are not
threatened by foreign competition"
Representative Hun criticised the
measure ms having been hastily and
carelcssly drawn" lie was % the opin-
Ion that It's enactment would cause
other countries TO establish retaliatory
tariffs.