The Washington herald., 1921-07-22
American Valuation Pro
vision Retained in the
Fordney Measure.
PROPOSEDSEMBARG0
ON DYE KILLED
Committee Reversed by
Making Hides and
Cotton Free.
Is, ARTHUR SEARS HENNISc.

uy ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
With finished lumbelr. hides.
leather. shoes, OIL and cotton on
the free LIST, the dye embargo
knocked out. but the American val-
uation provision retained. the Ford
ney tariff bill was passed by the
House yesterday by vote Of as7
to l27.
Seven Republicans voted aF-'1s
the bill and seven Democrat te-
for it. The seven Republican scr.
Representatives Beck, LawF-ri.
Voigt and John NJ. Nelson, {. u
consin; Sinclair, Of North l I.scfr.
Gahn and knight, Of Ohio Tie
seven Democrats were RepT H'a-
tiyes Dupre. Favrot, LszsTC a-f
Martin. Of louisiana; Lea a. l--
ker, of California, and Camp w
Pennsylvania.
The bill imposes protective "a is-
averaging Is or 20 per Ger -
passage by the House mar .ef
first step in the accomplish "a ~
the two major purposes for
the special session was call
vision of tarin and tax laws
Bill Gee, 60 senate.
The bill now goes to the Senate
where the Finance Committee IL
scheduled to begin its consideration
by hearing the representation OF
| interests attacking OF defending
/ the duties fixed by the House. The
Ways and Means Committee is TO
begin drafting revised tax legisls-
] tion at once, and IL the House
should send the tax bill TO the SEN
ate before the tariff bill reaches
the Senate floor il 10 likely that
tariff legislation would be suspend
ed in the Senate long enough 20
permit passage OF the tax bill with
/ out delay.
The House yesterday reversed the
committee " the whole on three
! important amendments. those relst-
/ ing TO the dye embargo, free hides
/ and free cotton
The House by vote OF 209 TO lsS
adopted the amendment OF Repre-
sentative Frear. OF Minnesota. strik-
| ing out the sections which give the
Tariff Commission authority 20 i'm
pose for three years an embargo
against foreign dyes such as are
manufactured in this country. The
committee Of the whole last week
I rejected the Frear amendment by
a close vote.
Free Hides Restored.
Hides were restored to the free
T list. The amendment approved pre-
viously by the committee OF the
whole imposing a duty Of is per
cent on hides met defeat by a vote
Of lTl TO 23e This was the result
Of Wednesdays refusal 81 the com
mittee Of the whole to approve conf
pensatory duties on leather and
shoes. Failure OF the Western sd-
vocates of a duty on hides TO sup
port the compensatory duties caused
them to lose what they had gained
I for themselves.
Long staple cotton also went
back TO the free list for the same
reason as hides. The House voteo
down an amendment placing a duty
i Of Is per cert ad valorem on lORS
2 staple cotton by a vote Of isS %
/ 2IT. The same amendment was ap-
proved earlier in the week by the
committee OF the whole. The COM
mittee Of the whole. however. yes
terday morning rejected compensa-
tory duties on manufactures OF long
staple cotton.
No roll calls were demanded m
the case Of the two other amend
ments which were given preferred
consideration in the committee OF
the whole and in the House under
I special rule. One Of these amend
ments placed crude petroleum aud
| fuel oil on the free list. while tine
other placed asphalt on the free
list
200 Amendments Adopted.
Representative Fordnsy. who had
favored duties upon both as pro-
vided in the hill as reported FROM
the Ways and Means Committee
announced that in view Of the over
whelminE sentiment shown in com
mittee OF the whole against any du-
ties he would. not press the matter
1 further.
The remaining amendments. to-
falling nearly 200. which were
adopted by the committee % the
whole upon the recommendation OF
the Ways and Means Committee.
were approved by the House en-
bloc by a vote Of 2ss to lza
Previous 20 the final roll call
Representative Garner. OF Texas.
ranking Democrat on the Ways and
Means Committee. presented a mo
tion to recommit with instructions
to strike out the American valuA-
tion section and the provision cfv-
ing the President power to MAKE
reciprocal arrangements with other
countries. This motion met defeat
!, by a vote OF 127 TO 2ss. the lineup
being practically the same as on the
final vote.
Reconnit Motion Defeated.
The motion to recommit fur
nished the only opportunity which
the House has had TO act on the
question Of American valuation.
The vote, however. ftiled TO show
any desertions from Republican
ranks. During the debate earlier
in the day Representative Sabath,
Of Illinois. Democrat. declared that
he had received many protests from
Chicago merchants against the
proposition.
Representative Fordney, Ia .
speech as the committee Of the
whole ended its session. declares
that in his judgment the measure
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