The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
$50O,OOO,OO0 TARIFF
BILL PASSES HOUSE,
HIDES ON FREE LIST
FOrdney Measure, by 289 to
127, Sent to Senate With
Five RevisiOns.
DYE EMBARGO BEATEN
Fuel and Crude Oils, AS
phalt and Long Staple
Cotton Also Free.
z REPUBLICANS OPPOSE
Vote Also Shows Seven Demo-
Gratis Supporting High Pro-
tective Duties.
DYE EMBARGO BEATEN
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
WnshlnRfan. LulY IL [

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. July FL.
The House to-day passed the Ford
ney protective tariff bill, but not un-
til after the extreme proctectionists
were routed completely on five i'm
portant proposals. The final vote,
coming after two weeks of stormy de-
bate on the measure, was 289 to 127.
Seven Republicans voted against the
bill and seven Democrats voted for it.
Hides and skins were placed back
on the free list along with oil, long
staple cotton and asphalt. BY the
close margin OF 200 to 1913 the House
struck from the bill the provision
placing three year embargo on such
foreign dyes as can be made in the
United States "at reasonable prices in
reasonable quantity and of reason
able quality" Higher tariffs than
ever before still prevail on imported
dyes. Nearly 300 amendments, most
ly minor ones, were approved en- bloc.
Treasury Department experts have
made preliminary estimate that the
bill as passed to-day will yield less
than $500, 900 because of the bust
ness depression and the fact that
many Of the rates will actually act
virtually as prohibition against
any large quantities of imports. At
first it was believed the bill would
bring in $500, 100000. The present
Democratic tariff, during the last
year, yielded about 5000. 200, 900. but
that amount is now declining.
Senate Delay Indicated.
There is no indication that the bill
will be TANNED through the Senate in
anything like the fashion employed
in the House. The belief prevails that
it will be quietly pigeonholed until the
House sends over the bill revising
taxes, which will be started tomorrow
with conferences between Secretary
Mellon and members OF the Ways and
Means Committee.
The final attack of the Democrats
on the bill was a motion to strike out
the sections providing for an Ameri-
can valuation of imports and giving
the President bargaining powers" to
negotiate with other nations for the
removal Of trade determinations
against the United States. That mo-
ton was defeated. 2S9 to 1877.
Republicans voting against the bill
were Calm (Ohio). knight (Ohio), Sin
clair IN. d. and Beck Lampert. John
NJ. Nelson and voight, all of Wisconsin.
Democrats voting for the bill were /:
Campbell (Pa.), Lea and Raker (Cal).
Dupre. Favrot. Lazaro and Martin, all
Of Louisiana.
The vote on hides was a complete
reversal OF the vote Of 152 to 81 taken
in the committee OF the whole by which
an ad valorem duty of 10 per cent. was
placed on this product Although pro-
tests against the hides duty poured in
from all over the country and many
Representatives realized that 1t could
not be justified. the real factor In its
defeat was the refusal of the advocates
OF the duty to log rolf and vote for
compensatory duty on leather and its
products Representatives from Eastern
manufacturing sections and from farm
ing sections where few hides are pro-
duced claim that the hides advocates
broke faith and they poured into the
free list fold when the roll was called.
The vote to place hides on the free list
was 239 to ia.
Only sixteen Absentees.
The votes indicated the largest at