Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-14
EMERGENCY TARIFF
BEFORE CONFERENCE


ences today. 1t passed the senate
late yesterday without amendment
except those made by the senate
finance committee. The vote was 6S
to %.
The amendmeS1 made by the SEN
ate committee. however, include re-
writing of the anti-dumping and
American valuation sections, and the
addition of duty on dyestuffs.
These are all so radically differ
ent from the house provisions that
they may cause a long controversy
in conference.
Seven Democrats, Senators, Brous-
sard, Louisiana; Jones, New Mexico;
Kendrick. Wyoming; Myers, Montana;
Pittman, Nevada = Randall, Louisina,
and Sheppard, Texas, voted with the
Republicans in passing the bill. An
other Democrat, Ashurst, Arizona,
who was absent was announced as a
supporter. Only one Republican, Sen
ator Moses, of New Hampshire, voted
against 1.-THE bill.
AS passed by the senate the meas
ure differs radically from the form
in which it was passed by the house
early in the extra session and now
in conference. The features of the
bill were kept intact, the anti-dump-
ing and currency revaluation sections
being entirely rewritten and the pro-
vision added for continuation of the
wartime restrictions on dyestuffs.
Action by the senate came at the
end of five hours of driving attack
by Democratic leaders The latter,
n o1nno in thai~ r.
rempts to amend the measure fer sew
eral Republicans made efforts to
broaden the scope. only to see their
amendments meet the same fate as
those offered from the minority side
of the chamber. All were swept aside
by practically the same vote.
Late in the day Democrats concen-
trated on the committee addition to
the bill providing for continued fed
eral control of dye importations. Sen
ators charged frequently that the
amendment, which was submitted to
the committee by Senator Knox, Re-
publican, PENNSYLVANIA, would create
monopolistic control of the dye in
dustry and turn over the consumers
to the wishes and will of one man."
A roll call LEFT it as a part of the
bill by the vote of 81 to 25.
Senator King, Democrat, Utah, was
not content, however, and made an
other effort to strike out the dye pro-
vision just prior to the vote on pas
sage. That failed also.
The Utah senator, after passage
of the measure, announced he would
offer resolution in the senate soon
to investigate the monopoly which
he said existed and had now been
permanently intrenched by the SEN
ate's action.
There were successive attempts by
some of the Democrats who favored
the measure to increase rates on par
ticular commodities. Senator Ashurst,
larly hard fight to raise the rate on
long staple cotton from cents. as
fixed in the bill, to 20 cents. His
amendment was rejected, IA to z.
Senator Jones, Democrat, New Mex
leo. sought to have the bill include
ton, and drew forth the largest vote
favoring the change that was re-
corded on any amendment. 1t was
defeated, however, SO to 40.
Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis-
sissippi, in a final onslaught on the
bill, challenged it's Republican sup
porters as to the sincerity of their
offered IN amendment which would
have exempted from the application
of the anti-dumping section all farm
ing implements and other equip
ment used by the farmers: The
Mississippi senator commended that
such change would materially aid the
farmers. His proposition was re-
jected without a record vote.
The following were selected to
the senate in conference
with the house: Chairman Penrose,
of the finance committee, and SEN
ators McCumber, North Dakota, and
Smoot, Utah, Republican, and Sim
mons, Williams, Mississippi, Demo-
Gratis. 1t was deemed unlikely that
between the senate and house would
begin before Friday.
AS passed by the senate, the bill
is to be effective for six months, by
which time it is hoped the perma-
nent tariff law, now being framed
by the house, ways and means com
mittee, will have been enacted into
law. It provides rates of duty on
wheat, corn, peanuts, potatoes, rice,
cattle, shepe, betes, long staple cot
ton and cotton manufacturers, wool
and farm products.
In addition to the tariff provi-
vision, the bill carries an anti-dump-
ing section designed to check the IN
flux of cheaply-manufactu for
eign goods. Provision is made for
the inspection of foreign exporters
books to determine costs where
necessary for the assessment of du-
ties The present wartime control
ued, and the war trade board sec
ton of the state department now
handling that work is transferred
to the treasury.
Provision is made for the revalu-
alton of all foreign currency on the
basis Of buying rates" of exchange,
as quoted on the daily market The
New York Federal Reserve bank is
designated as the agency to deter
mine the buying rates" and to GER
tify them to the secretary of the
treasury.
The bill, as passed by the senate,
includes the following commodity
rates of duty.
Long staple cotton Il SIS inches)
| Z cents per pound; cotton manufac-
lures, cents a pound; wooded, I'M
washed, Is cents per pound; washed
30 cents per pound. secured As cents
| per pound; wool manufacturers, "a
cents per pound, in addition to prs
| ent levy.
Wrapper and filler tobacco, mixed
when product of two or more coun-
tries, unstemmed, $2.35 per pound
stemmed: SO per pound; other kinds
of filler tobacco, unstemmed, 80 cents
per pound; stemmed, so cents per
pound; apples, so cents per bushel.
Rice, cleaned, cents per pound
with graduated lower rates for IN
cleaned or unmilled rice; lemons, z
cents per pound; peanut oil, 26 cents
per gallon; cottonseed cocoanut anC
soya bean oils, 20 cents per gallon.
| Wheat, 80 cents per bushel; corr
or maize, Is cents per bushel; beans
cents per pound; peanuts, cents
| per pound; potatoes, rs cents pei
bushel; onions, 40 cents per bushel;
cattle, 80 per cent ad valorem; sheep
year old or over. 50 per head; un-
der 1 year, 81 per head.
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