The New York herald., 1921-02-17
TARIFF BILL,
PASSED BY SENATE
Emergency Act, Loaded With
Amendments, Goes to Con-
ference; Wilson Veto Sure.
PARTY LINES SHATTERED
Reed Denounces Democrats
and Moses Scores Rcpubli-
cans Who Voted for Law.
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Wasbinrton. ID r. Feb Ia.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 18.
Topheavy with amendments and
facing almost certain veto by Presi-
dent Wilson, the emergency tariff bill
was approved by the Senate late to-
day by a vote of 43 to 80. This Is
less than the two-thirds necessary to
override a veto message.
Four Republicans voted against 1t
and nino Democrats voted for it
The bill was sent Immediately TO
conference to adjust, if possible, the
differences between the House and
Senate bills. Senate conferees are Pen
rose (Pa.), McCumber IN. d. and
Smoot (Utah). Republicans; Simmons
IN. c. and Williams (Miss.). Demo-
Gratis.
Democrats favoring the measure
were denounced by Senator Reed
(Mo), Democrat. as unworthy to re-
main in the Democratic party" and
were invited to go and sit with the
Republicans If they could find extra
chairs. He characterized the bill as
"a stupendous legislative fraud that
would increase the cost of living
Further cmphaslzing the breaks in
party lines. Senator Moses. Republican,
eacoriated his Republican colleagues who
supported the bill and drew heavily on
& comprehensive vocabulary of uncom-
plimentary eplthets by saying the bill
was IAN unwise yielding TO House pres
sure. the offspring of a union between
the cotton field. sugar cane brake. rice
paddy and the sheep range and wheat
field. a misshapen brat at best. lop-
sided, blind, deaf, handy legged and suf-
fering from consenital economic rick
cts"
Roll Call on the Bill.
The roll call follows:
Republcans-For Bell, Borah, Bran
degee, Capper, Curtis. Elkins, Fall,
France. Frelinghuysen, Gooding. Gronna.
Hale, Johnson (Cal). Jones (Wash.).
Kellogg. Kenyon. La Toilette. Lenroot.
Lodge, Mccormick, McCumber. Mclean,
McNary. New, Penroso. Phipps, POM
dexter, Smoot. Spencer. Sterling. Suther-
land, Townsend. Wadsworth. Willis.
Total Republicans for, -.
Dcmocrats-For: Ashurst. Gay. Hen
derson, Jones On. NJ. Kendrick, Myers,
Pittman. Ransdell. Sheppard Total
Democrats for, 0. Total for. 80.
-Against-Peckham, Dial,
Fletcher. Gerry. Glass. Harris. Har-
rison. Heflin. Hitchcock. King. Kirby.
McKellar. Overman. Pomerene. SIM
mons. Smith (Ga-). Smith Is. c..
Stanley. Swanson, Thomas, Trammel.
Underwood. Walsh (Mass). Walsh
(Mon.). Williams, Wolcott. Total
Democrats against. 26.
Democrats--Against: Pcckham, Dial.
Keyes and Moses. Total Republicans
against. 4. Total against so.
Senator Moses offered the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill as substitute. but
only he and his State colleague. Senator
Keyes. voted for It. seventy-seven SEN
ators voting against the substitute.
Senator Jones (wash.) refused to Of
fer amendments to the bill. although he
said he had some amendments In mind.
He said he felt II hopeless to ask a
vote on them because he feels sure the
President will veto the bill"
Principal Items I'm Bill.
The principal items In the bill. which
Is TO remain In effect for ten months
from its approval. are:
Wheat. 40 cents bushels wheat
flour and seminols, 90 per cent. ad
valorem: corn or maize. Is cents a
bushel; flaxseed. 80 cents a bushei;
beans. cents a pound peanuts or
ground beans. cents a pound; pots-
toes. 25 cents bushel onions. 40 cents
bushcl: rice, clean. cents pound.
with lower rates on uncleaned rice;
lemons, 2 cents a pound.
Oils-Peanut, rs cents n gallon: cot
tonseed. cocoanut and soya bean. 20
cents a gallon.
Cattle. 20 per cent. ad valorem. Sheep
one year old or over g head: less
than one year old. 81 head. Fresh
or frozen beef. veal. mutton. lamb and
pork. cents pound. Meats OF all
kinds. prepared or preserved, not spe-
cially provided for. 25 per cent. nd
valorem. Cattle. sheep and other stock
for breeding purposes free.
Cotton having staple OF one and
one-cighth inches or more. cents
pound. Manufactures OF which this
cotton Is the component material OF
chief value. cents a pound In addi-
tion 10 present rates.
Clothing wool. including hair OF
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