The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-15
ACCENT DUTY
ON WHEAT IN
TARIFF BILL

washington. Jan. l4--Threc amend
nrents were tackled on the Fordney emeS-
Kency tariff bill by the Sena tc finance
committee today IN It's first day cor
SideratSCn ineNecutiYS session :l'T ''v1
recent public hearings 81 the ulcaSrr' . !
After the committee had voted. ten I" ,
four, TO open the bill :" 2m"HGin"n'S:
Senators Calder tKrpD New h"rN. h'" .
Jones (D~nN New Mexico. E"t pro
visions through which materially broad ,
ened the scope OF ~. measure, and Sen
Etor McCumbrr (EepD North l@N'I'.
obtained acceptance Of higher import
duty on wheat.
q tariff on imported wheat @ forty
cents 4 buShcl instead OF the ta.rtt
cents carried by the bill as II pass!
tho house. Senator Calder atuehdWHn'
would add dairy products 10 the IiSt a
ready protected, establishing 4 tariff OF !
six cents pound on butter and cheese
and their substitutes and TWO cents arg
five cents 4 gallon on fresh tu'N anu
cream. respectively. Under the Jones
amendment, the import duty on hides n
ahe Dingley tariff law. would be r'',"r-
ed as a part uc the FVrduey measure
for the ten months Of .ts ne.
May Delay Legislation.
yu;YS-hlle the senate committee was COT
Sr1sr;ng the emergency bill indications
developed 4: tho houS" ways ana means
committee of a sentiment among soy
members 10 delay training new Iern't-
Cons become more stable.
: In This connection. chr suggestion NNS
made privately ~ several members o.
the house committee that = lcE'Fa! 90
esther the DinEtcy - the iaEHc-A'G-
rich laws, should b. resc,tcd - as
stop-Sap cxuedieu.. But there was ais"
stray evidence that the mHl"titF mem
bcrs will not support rates higher than
and possibly not - htSh. as the 10y "''
Aldrich tariff provided
: From questions prcNocrd"d dur:a';
6he day the animation Was EsNrn tH1C
some commute" members tei' IN" pres,
ant chaotic conditions Of eNcHanSr an"
Aw production costs abroad may maxi
Mady sable u" drafting OF 4 SG'SH,''C
Lar:ft law at this time.
Longworth's Queries.
RrprcScigtatiIc LoHGw0rth ik"p.P
Ohio. asked Scv'r;i witnesses I" "a"
Scrnrnittce could base ,he rates 1" ~
carried in the revised .a~' on the pre-
an american production costs. he a'E'
hquired Il. IL their opinion. n" corr
alittcc coull - this time. drN..'r l"rr.''
a,hclules which would "per2t" e,t"'-
lively Jew Years hence. "'n>,ieE'A-
The preSr0: intern" Gon2I cN'"''HN. So,
Tommitte. we're quick % reply, an"
Representative Garner. Texas, part!HU'
Arly accused the majority Of hens
ready to grant import rates "H'c"
would serve rs ~ embargo.
Chairman FprdaeY interrupted 70 ASK
fEnliam Loeb. JE, formerly secretary 20
President Roosevelt and a witness be
ROr, the committee. whether h" had not
."Nyed long enough to know tina; tnr
&epublil'au party never had passed
fariff which amounted 20 embargo he-
Shre Mr. Loeb could NOR" than nod as
Scnt. REPRESENTATIVE Young. North DIT.
Nota added. You also have .Ned
enough to see IA" Republican party 10
NIT Of office by passing tariff blN
zh!ch was not readSosird TO meet con-
aitions.'
The wool slump.
Members OF the federal tariff con-
nnIsston were with the Senat'' commit
- during mos Of its de-. hrr3t:"H. Il
S;,fbynirted 1T tho request 1T Chairman
p.nrosa the results Ot is luIrSNEo-
lion Of the wool growing industry TOT
use when THO wool rate = considered
BY the committee.
The commissions report SAID tnat mo
s.-,ar decline in wool prices was thG
r..sult chiefly OF worlds surplus u
rN,, commodity. buc added that S"Ter'i
other factors entered INTO the ttI!I'S
yaiucs. OF these. the commission
,,NagScd the drop ~ prices more G!rcSt-
!, DO tho buyers strike and strictet
limitation Of credit.
Ms to III" production costs, the re-
rorf showed that for running sheep ."
rna,. range. ~. Per head eNpnsc was
S6S4 sGS4 and $40 for 1918. 1919 and
lg2D, r,Sncctivr'y These figures com-
~. u with costs OF about s. head IN
1910.