The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-07-29
TARIFF BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Fordney Measure, by Vote of 289
to 1873, Sent to Senate With
Five Rev. SionS.
DYE EMBARGO is BEATEN
Fuel and Crude Oils, Asphalt and Long
Staple Cotton Also Free-7 RepubII-
cans oppose-vote Also Shows
Democrats Supporting Measure


Washington.-The house passed the
Fordney protective tariff bill, but not
until after the extreme protectionists
were routed completely on five i'm
portant proposals. The final vote,
! coming after two weeks of stormy de-
bate on the measure, was 2S9 to 127.
Seven Republicans voted against the
bill and seven Democrats voted for It,
Hides and skins were placed back
on the free list along with oil, long
staple cotton and asphalt. BY the
close margin of 200 to 1913 the house
struck from the bill the provision pac-
ing three year embargo on such for
eign dyes as can be made in the United
States "at reasonable prices in rea-
sonable quantity and of reasonable
quality" Higher tariffs than ever be-
fore still prevail on imported dyes.
Nearly 300 amendments, mostly minor
ones, were approved en- bloc.
Treasury Department experts have
made preliminary estimate that the
bill, as passed will yield less than
$500, 100000 because of the business de-.
preston and the fact that many of
the rates will actually act virtually
as prohibition against any large
quantities of imports. At first 1t was
believed the bill would bring in $780,
100000. The present Democratic tariff,
during the last year, yielded about
$300,000,O00, but that amount is now
declining.
There Is no indication that the bill
will be jammed through the senate In
anything like the fashion employed in
the house The belief prevails that 1t
will be quietly pigeonholed until the
house sends over the bill revising
taxes
The final attack Of the Democrats
on the bill was q motion to strike out
the sections providing for an Ameri-
can valuation o. imports and giving
the President bargaining powers" to
negotiate with other nations for the
removal Of trade determinations
against the United States That mo-
ton was defeated, $50 to 127.
Republicans voting against the bill
were Calm (Ohio), Knight (Ohio),
Sinclair IN. d. and Beck Lampert,
John NJ. Nelson and Voight all of Wis
consin.
Democrats voting for the bill were
Campbell (Pa.), Lea and Raker (CaL),
Dupre, Favrot, Lazaro and Martin, all
Of Louisiana
The vote on hides was complete
reversal of the vote of 152 to 81 taken
In the committee of the whole by which
an ad valorem DUTY Of 10 PER cent was
placed on this product. Although pro
tests against IL hides duty poured In |
from all over the country and many
Representatives realized that 1t could |
not be justified, the real factor in its |
defeat was the refusal of the advocates |
of the duty to "log roll" and vote for
a compensatory duty on leather and its |
products. Representatives from East |
ern manufacturing sections and from |
farming sections where few hides are |
produced claim that the hides advo-
Gates broke faith and they poured into |
the free list fold when the roll was |
called. The vote to place hides on the
free list was 239 to ia.
The votes indicated the largest at
tendance in the house during the pres
ent session. On one roll call 416 men,
bers were recorded, only sixteen being
absent, since there are three vacancies.
The vote against the dye embargo
came as a surprise, as 1t was believed |
1t would be ado ted by narrow mar
gin.
Long staple cotton was placed on the
free list by the vote of 217 TO 1913.
Roll calls on leaving crude and fuel 4
oil and asphalt on the free list were
not demanded Chairman Fordney
stating the sentiment against tariffs on
those articles as overwhelming. The
final results show that the views of
the committee were defeated on oil.
asphalt and the dye embargo.