Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-25
C0NFEREES
FINISH WITH
TARIFF BILL
Much Buffeted Meas
ure Ready for Will
son Veto
Final House Action Probable
by. Saturday-May Yet Be
Sweet Row Over Sugar
Schedule - Senate Amend
ments Cut Considerably

Washington. Feb. 24-Differences
in the Fordney emergency tariff bill,
as 1t passed the House and Senate.
were smoothed out today by con-
ference committees of the two
branches Of Congress and the battle
Scared measure was sent back to
the House for final action.
Although the bill was a parlia-
mentary right to consideration to-
morrow 1t was deemed unlikely that
it would be called up before Satur-
day. Some of it's supporters, how
ever, may compel earlier considera-
ton in an effort to hasten it's arrival
at the White House and enable an
attempt to override the President S
veto if such is necessary.
AS the bill went back to the
House, 1t carried "a fiat rate of two
cents pound tariff ON the ordinary
household brand Of sugar. The
Senate amendment which was con-
siderably higher, was slashed to
pieces III the threatened deadlock of
the conference and q new rate, in
substitution for the present tariff on
sugar, was accomplished by both
delegations. The proposed tariff
therefore, amounted to doubling OF
the import duties on sugars of all
grades, making Cuban sugar pay a
duty of $1.6O per hundred pounds
and q similar rate on molasses and
kindred sugar products.
While agreeing to the tariff on the
sugar, the House conferees stood pat
on refusal to permit a tariff on
hides and leather products. They
likewise forced q reduction of sc
cents per pound from the rate fixed
in the Senate amendment on certain
classes of tobacco. The Senate rate
OF four cents per pound on cherries
Was'compromised at three cents per
pound.
Some differences in the provisions
originally in the bill, for a duty on
rice compelled a rewriting of that
item with a fiat rate of one cent Der
pound on all except cleaned rice and
ricee used for the manufacture of
canned foods.
There was speculation tonight
whether the House would concur in
the agreement of it's conference COM
mlttee on the sugar duty. Three at
temptS were made, it was recalled,
TO put sugar in the list when the bill
was put up in the House and all
were voted down overwhelmingly,
Several members of the conference
committee said privately there was
no reason to anticipate a changed
verdict this time although many
members are eager to get tariff
measure through that will give re-
lief to the farming interests.
schedules which were changed in
conference and the rates agreed on
are: Wheat, So cents a bushel; rice
(cleaned) = cents per pound, one
cent per pound on other; olive oil Gin
bulk) ~ cents per gallon, in less
than five gallon lots, so cents per
gallon; cotton, (staple of one and
one-eighth inches or longer) seven
cents per pound; sugar, two cents
per pound; butter and substitutes
SIX cents per pound; wrapper and
filler tobacco, the product of two or
more countries when mixed, So. 81
per pound If unstemmed and SO PEI
pound if stemmed; filler tobacco, I'M
stemmed. 30 cents per pound
stemmed 80 cents per pound; cher
ries cents per pound; olives, in SO.
luton 20 cents per gallon, not in So
luton, 3 cents per pound.