The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-31
COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE DYE AND
 VALUATION FIRST
Course Decided Upon In Or der to Prevent Questions From Cropping Up to
 Delay Hearings
By Associatedpr.s.

Washingon. July 30--The ques- tons of whether the American valu- alton provision shall be retained in the Fordney tariff bnl and whether the dye embargo section shall be re- stored In the measure will be decided by the Senate finance committee be- fore hearings are held on the pro posed duties. Two days more, Mon- day and Tuesday, will be given over to discussion of the domestic valua- ton plan and the dye embargo oues- ton will be considered Wednesday. after which the committee will meet executively to thrash out it's pro- gramme.
 Agreement as to the course on both of, the controversial questions was reached today after a morning of discussion had made it evident in the opinion of committee members that the two subjects would crop up con tinuously and delay the hearings. Chairman Penrose had said earlier in the week that the committee prob ably would decide the policy on American valuation next week ant the agreement today was made to include the dye ban as a mea sure of speeding up action
 Senator Penrose earlier In the day had warned that unless more speed was infected into the committees work. the country would not have new tariff before t'consid derable snow is on the ground" He added that 3js persons have requested hearings As result of the agreement, the second week of the committees considera- ton of the bill is allotted none of the committee members would forecast the length of time which would be given to details of rates. After tn, open hearings are completed. the committee still will have before it the actual work of rewriting such rates and provisions as were found necessary. For that reason leaders on all sides regard the time of re- turn of the bill to the Senate as highly uncertain
 Worftd Mean Revision
 All of the rates in measures were computed by the House ways and means committee on the basis of as sessing duties on the American rather than the foreign wholesale market value of the commodities If the plan is rejected by the Senate committee. it would require complete revision of all rates, according to Senator Penrose.
 Although the dye embargo section was eliminated by the House after fight, witnesses appeared today urs- ing it's restoration and telling the committee that to leave ii, out of the measure would result in destruction of the American dye and chemical industry by the German syndicate. Objections to it's reincorporation in the bill also were heard. The com- mittee itself appeared sharply d. vided and several times Chairman Penrose' asked that "the discussion oe policy be withheld for executive ses- sions.
 The temporary restrictions on dye importations, now in effect under the emergency tariff law, expire August 2S, Representatives of the chemical interests accordingly appealed for quick action, telling the committee that unless their industry were given some protection 1t would be destroyed by German competition The suggestion was made that ths tariff bill would not be out of com mittee by the date the war time control now in force had ended and that 1t might be continued by con- gressional resolution untik perma- nent legislation could be enacted Committee members said. however. that the suggestion by witnesses as- sumed that the bill would contain an embargo and if none were placed on it. no further consideration ought te hA s4~e. .As Sas=Asan-