New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12
House Passes
Dye Embargo
Harding Asked
Longworth Amendment, Ex-
tending Protection Unit!
November p, Adopted
by a Vote of 1876 10 81
Senate Likely to Yield
Penrose Announces Ameri.
can Valuation System
VIII Stand With Changes

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE House
to-day, at the request of President
Harding, passed the Longworth amend
ment to the emergency tariff act con-
tinuing the dye embargo for three
months, or until November 81. The
measure received the easy vote Of 1s6
to 81. compared with the recent rel ec-
ton by the House of tie proposal to
retain similar protection in the Ford
ney tariff bill.
The President entered the contro-
versy through a letter addressed to
Representative Nicholas Longworth, of
Ohio, and read to the House, in which
he declared the country would be both
unmindful and unjust" if it failed to
give the industry suitable protection.
The Tribune predicted exclusively this
morning that the President would in
tervene TO save the embargo.
In the Senate to-day. the Republic
cans on the Finance Committee de-
cided to adopt the American valuation
system of the House bill, with moditi-
cations.
Senator Penrose, chairman. announced
that the valuation policy of the House
bill would not be changed, but that the
House provisions would be made more
specific and definite. 1t will be provided
that conn parsons shall be made on the
basis of the American wholesale sell
ing prices of dutiable articles. Where
the appraiser cannot establish COM
rarablity on this basis the Wholesale
selling price of the imported article
Will be the comparable basis.
Secrecy Annoys Democrats
The Republican members of the COM
mittee took up tariff and related mat
tors by themselves to-day. Senator
King and Senator Simmons protested
against this en- the ioor Of the Senate.
Treasury experts and Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover were heard by The
committee in executive session Mr.
Hoover discussed valuation, Senator
Ponrose said, and will present his views
in writing TO the committee. 1t WAS
also given out by some of the members
Of the committee that Mr.. Hoover ia
vored dye embargo with limitation
which would prevent the dye manufac-
turers from charging excessive prices.
Representatives of the dye manufacture
ers said they were willing to accept this
and to permit Mr.. Hoover to write the
provision.
President Harding's letter to Repre-
sentative Longworth on the embargo
said, in part:
II am sure that the Secretary of the
Treasury has already called the attcn-
ton of your committee to the extreme
dcsirahility of extending this pro
tectlve provision.
Surely, we would be both unmind
full and unjust if we failed in a suit
able protection of this industry until
the new and complete tariff revision
act is made cffective.'
Expected to Influence Senate
This open and emphatic stand by the
administration is expected to have a
pronounced effect at the other end of
tho Capitol where the dye embargo has
found rough shedding.
Until to-day it was generally be-
lieved the embargo was scheduled for
early death, for while both Secretary of
War Weeks and Secretary OF the Navy
DENLY urged the Senate Finance Com
mittee in letters last week to continue
the provisions of the emergency act,
there has been an increasing sentiment
against it, With their weight combined
with that Of the President, however,
the LongWorth amendment should find
favor with a majority of Senators be-
fore the expiration Of the embargo on
August 27.
Adoption of the measure by both
houses Of Congress before that date
viii thwart the plans of the German
interests, who are known to be pilinG