The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-03-04
nus bill to the House in the last ses

hearings upon the new tariff law.
which will be presented to the In
coming Congress when it assemblies;
in April. After ascertaining the
views Of. the incoming President up
on certain features Of the tariff !,
Foydney will lay the Harding views
before the committee and commence,
at once to draw up the proposed tar
lift law.
The flour millers were among the
last of the representatives Of the
great industries to appear before the
committee in regard to- the new law.
A number of prominent millers were
slated to speak in the interests Of the
flour industry, including Mr.. j. F.
Bell, editor Of the Northwestern Mil
Ter, Minneapolis, but all yielded their
time to Fred J. Lingham, member of
the New York State Millers Associ-
alton.
Mr.. Lingham said that the millers
of the United States ought to be
given an equal opportunity with the
-four millers Of Canada, and to ac-
.complish this he argued in favor of
a drawback law by which the millers
were to be permitted to export 100
pounds of flour for every 100 pounds
OF Canadian. wheat imported. There
has been a general drawback provi-
sion in every tariff law, which per-
mits the remission of duties upon
that portion of any article imported
which is afterwards exported
Congressman George M. Young,
North Dakota, in answering the con-
tentions of Lingham, said that the
flour millers could not be serious in
their statements that they are will
ling to let the farmers have pro-
tective duty on wheat if at the same
time they wanted to export not. only
the Hour content of the imported
wheat but the entire content, inclu-
ding bran and shorts. He stated
that if this were permitted it would
enable the millers to grind all of the
Canadian wheat which would be Of
fered in any year, and that without
duty, and would thus make the pro-
posed tariff on wheat valueless to the
wheat growers. Young also conten-
ded that to permit that portion of
wheat, represented, by bran and
shorts; to come in without the pay
ment Of duty would mean competi-
tion to those growing coarse grains.
Both Chairman Fordney and Re-
preventative Green of Iowa, agreed
with young in his contention. The
latter has announced that he will
fight to a finish any attempt upon
the part Of the millers to put over
any such a drawback provision as
the one suggested by Lingham.
The incoming Republican mem
bers Of the House have been invited
to attend a party caucus of the
House membership at which speak
er and floor leader will be selected
Tor the next Congress. Neither
Speaker Gillett nor Mr.. Mondell, the
floor leader, are expected to meet
with any organized opposition as
their conduct Of the House leader
ship has met with the popular ap-
proval of the members generally.
Representative Carl Knutson, Min
nesota, the Republican whip, however
has probable rival in Congressman
Ward Of New York, said to have the
solid backing of his state delegation
as well as Of other representatives
OF the industrial section:
Representative-elect o. B. Burt
ness, Of the First district, North Da-
kota. has notified friends in the
Capitol that he will not arrive in
Washington in time for the caucus
as no important contests have de-
veloped but will arrange to be in the
Capitol sometime prior to the meet
ing of the new Congress. New
members will not receive their COM
mittee assignments pntil after the
House convenes for the special ses-
sion in April. Some eighty new Re-
publican members will sit in the
Sixty-seventh Congress. Several Of
these members are from the far
south, including one lone Republican.
from the hitherto "solid'' state Of
Texas.
The Gronna bill appropriating
5000 900, for the purchase Of seed
grain to be supplied to farmers in
drought stricken areas, to take effect