New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-28
Tax ON Imports
In Alien Ships
Goes to Senate
Five Per Cent Preferential
Duty Proposed III Tariff
Bill Amendment Offered
by Jones, of Washington
Lasker Fostered Plan
Levy Would Not Affect
Tea and Coffee; Goes to
the Finance Committee

Frofs The Trrbune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 81. - Senator
Jones, of Washington, chairman
Of the Senate Commerce Commit
tee, introduced in the Senate to-day a
proposed amendment to the tariff bill
providing for a preferential duty of s
per cent on all imports to the United
States in vessels OF foreign registry.
Senator Jones also proposed an amend
ment to the tariff bill for tonnage
duties on vessels from foreign ports.
The action of Senator Jones with re.
spect to preferential duties is in ac-
cordance with the desires of the Ship
ping Board, which adopted a resolu-
ton recently in favor of discriminating
duties. The Shipping Board, however,
favored the 10 per cent duty of the
existing law. The resolution reached
Senator Jones to-day and he filed it in
the Senate and asked that it be printed
in the Record. He already had pre-
pared his amendment for discriminate
ing duties, to which he has long been
committed. He believes per cent will
be sufficient.
The amendment of Senator Jones as
to discriminating duties provides that
all goods, wares and merchandise, i'm
norted in vessels other than vessels of
the United States, shall be subject to
dutv of per cent ad valorem in excess
of the duties herein imposed" In case
articles are on the free list, they will
be subject to per cent additional
duty when not carried in United States
vessels. This will not affect tea and
coffee The provision is not to go into
effect as to goods, wares and merchan-
nations with which the United States
has treaties which are in contravention
of discriminating duties until one year
from the date the law goes into effect,
at which time the treaties are declared
to be abrocated, unless there is earlier
abrocation by the President under no
tees in accordance with the treaties.
Adoption Is Expected
The amendment went to tine Finance
Committee and its adoption is expect
ca. The amendment as to tonnage
duties provides:
THAT a duty of cents per net ton,
not to exceed in the aggregate so cents
per net ton in any one year, is hereby
imposed at each entry by sea on yes
sells which shall be entered in any port
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port or place in North America, Cen
trail America, the West Indian Islands,
the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda ISL
ands, the coast of South America bor-
dering the Caribbean Sea or Newfound-
land; and duty of II cents per net
ton, not to exceed in the aggregate
s120 per net ton in any one year, is
hereby imposed at each entry by sea
on all vessels which shall be entered
in any port of the United States from
any other port or place, not, however,
to include vessels in distress or not
engaged in trade"
The following is the resolution of
the Shipping Board:
"Whereas, The United States tariff
law now provides that a discriminate
ing duty of 10 per centum ad valorem
in addition to the duties imposed by
law shall be levied. collected and paid
on all goods, wares or merchandise
which shall be Imported in vessels not
of the United States. ETC.; and
"Whereas, The above statute was but
the Transforming into law of emphatic
declarations which had been made by
both great political parties; and
Would Raise Value
Whereas, The retention of this law
was clearly contemplated when the pro-
vision in Section "a of the Jones bill
so-called was enacted; and
Whereas, Such legislation is neces-
sary to enable American vessels to
meet the higher operating expenses and
maintain the higher standard of wages
paid on American vessels and thus en-
able such vessels successfully to en-
gage in the foreign carrying trade of
this country; and
Whereas, The making effective of