The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Party Lines Are Closely
Drawn and Debate
Is Spirited.
PASSAGE IN SENATE
WILL BE EXPEDITED
Six Republicans Oppose
And Nine Democrats
Support Measure.

With party lines closely drawn
the House last night passed the
emergency tariff bill by a vote OF
2ss to 1I2. with two recorded as
present. Hat a dozen Republicans
voted against the bill and nearly a
dozen Democrats supported it. but
the objections on both sides were
fswsr in number than when the
measure was under consideration IN
the last session.
Action on the bill came at the emo
of fve hours consideration OIL the
various sections under the hVe-mln-
ute rule Numerous amendments
were offered by the Democrats ana
a few by Republicans, but all were
voted down upon the insistance OF
Chairman Fordney of the Ways ana
Means Committee. who declared tnat
the only chance for enactment OF the
measure in the Senate lay in making
no changes from the form in wnlch
1t was previously approved by the
upper bra ch of Congress
Opening for Democrats
His admission that the bill had
oeen prepared in accordance with
wishes Of Senate leaders gave tne
Democrats a chance to make politl.
cal capital, Representative Garner Oh
Texas declaring that never IN MS
eighteen years expetence had he
heard an admission rejecting so
upon the membership of the House.
The bill as passed provides in
- l,Vkx q nf
Inherent AGRICULTURAL commodities,
this portion of the measure being
Identical. with the bill as vetoed by
forner President Wilson. The new
parts Of the bill. which may cause
some dincuIty in the Senate are
anti-dumpfng provisions, designed
u prevent the sale Of foreign goods
below the fair value in the home
country, as a means of destroying
American Industries and a provision
for the regulation of foreign ex-
change.
The anti-dumpinE provisions and
the scheme to regulate. foreign eN-
change apply to the present Under
wood act. as well as to the rates of
duty provided in the new emergency
measure. Under the scheme to regu-
late foreign exchange collectors Of
customs in computing import duties
will consider that no foreign cur
rency has deprecated in value more
than SIS 2-3 per cent. the effect OF
this being to boost import duties on
goods from Germany 500 per cent.
Designed To BE Temporary.
n This is a designed as a temporary
measure to- remain in effect only
until the permanent tariff bill is en-
acted into law, the present plan be-
ingto incorporate in the permanent
bill a provision for the basing of
import duties on the American valu-
tion instead of the present foreign
value, thus eliminating the foreign
exchange factor.
Senator Penrose, chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, said last
night that consideration of the
emergency tariff bill would be ex-
pedited in the Senate as soon as the
organization of committees is COM
pleted.
Two roll calls were taken in the
house. The first was on a motion
by Representative Garner to recon-
init the measure with instructions
to the Ways and Means Committee
to strike out the foreign exchange
regulation section. The vote on this
m2ion was 11S to 265, only three
Republicans voting for the motion
and four Democrats against it.
The second roll call then came on
passage of the bill.
Party Lines Insecure.
Republicans tbting against the
bill on the final roll call, included
Representatives Ansorge. Perlman
and Siegel, of New York; Luce and
Tinkham, of Massachusetts. and
Keller, of Minnesota.
Democrats supporting the bill in
cluded Representatives LaZaro, Mar
tin. Favrot and Dupre, of Louisiana; /;
their support being due to the pro-
lection given sugar in the bill; Hud-
speth, of Texas; Clark and Smith
wick, of Florida; Lea, of California,
and Campbell. of Pennsylvania.
When the bill was voted upon in
the last session, a large group of
New England Republicans voted
against the bill and more than forty
Democrats favored it.
Tits Are Frequent.
Several sharp tilts between party
leaders marked the debate which
approached the point of bitterness
on several occasions. once when
the bill was denounced by Repre-
sentative Luce, Republican, as 'po-
IiticaI folly" and class legislation"
and again when Representative
Newton. Republican. Minnesota, at
tempted ito amend the section plac-
ing a duty on fiaxseed by adding
a compensatory duty on linseed oil.
...Aor .torrv,. HaS nracinifafe nv
the ruling of Representative Camp
hell. of Kansas, on a point of order
by which an amendment to place a
duty of IL 1-2 per cent on raw hides
went out. Representative Little,
Republican. Kansas. suggested ma
chine" tactics when he accused Rep
resentatiwe Campbell. who was in
the chair of sustaining the point of
order without even knowing what
II was.