Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-28
FORDNEY BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Revenue Of 500 Millions Pro-
missed When Measure Be-
comes a Law.
VOTE WAS 289 TO 127
Oil, Hides, Cotton and Asphalt Are
Restored to Free List-strikes
Out Provisions for En-
barge on Dyestuffs.

Washington-The House passed the
Fordney tariff bill by vote of 2S9 to
127, after placing on the free list hides,
oil, cotton and asphalt, and striking
out the provision for an embargo on
dyestuffs.
BY the same vote, the House de-
feated a motion by Representative
Garner, Texas, to recommit the bill to
the committee with Instructions to
strike out the American valuation and
reciprocal provision.
Prior to final vote on the entire bill,
Representative Fordney, chairman of
the Ways and Means committee, de-
clared that the bill would materially
laid in bringing prosperity to. Amer
lean capital and American labor"
If the measure is finally enacted in
to law, it is expected to raise 500 mil
lion dollars in revenue annually.
In defeating the amendment for a
Is per cent ad valorem on hides by
vote of 239 to Its, the House reversed
its former action as result of the re-
fusal of the Republican sponsors of
a duty on hides to support a compen-
satory duty on shoes in the vote.
There was no record vote on the pro-
posals to put oil and asphalt on the
dutiable list, owing to the overwhelm-
ing opposition shown in previous teller
votes.
In placing oil on the free list, the
House acted in keeping with the ex-
pressed wishes of President Harding,
who wrote Representative Fordney of
Michigan, chairman Of the House
Ways and Means committee, in oppo-
sition to a duty on crude and fuel oil
as provided for in the bill when re-
ported from the committee.
Vote Is Mixed.
The duty on Oil was supported chief
ly by Republicans from the Southwest
and Middle West as well as by several
from Pennsylvania, who desired pro-
lection for Independent oil producers
In this country.
Democrats failed to yield to a duty
on cotton, and, with the support Of a
large number Of Republicans, placed it
on the free list by vote of 217 to 1913.
Although the bill originally provided
for free cotton, transfer to the duti-
able list was proposed in an amend
ment offered by the Ways and Means
committee.
Defeat OF the dye embargo provisions
Of the Fordney bill by vote Of 2O9 to
1913, was a reversal of the previous
action of the House, in which this pro-
vision was upheld in a teller vote.
While the proponents of the dye en-
barge, led by Representative Long
worth. Ohio, declared that the en-
barge vas essential to maintain the
American dye industry against Ger
man competition, opponents of the bill,
led by Representative Frear, Wiscon-
sin, opposed the provision, on the
ground that it would give the Amer
lean dye industry a monopoly in the
domestic market.
Dye Embargo Opposed.
The dye embargo provision was
vigorously fought by textile manufac.
t%urers, who contended that, if foreign
dyes were to be excluded, in fairness
to them all Foreign goods containing
the same dyes should be treated SINH.
larly.
The roll call on hides, cotton and the
dye embargo revealed a wide diver.
-gence OF opinion in Republican ranks
depending on what part of the coun
try the Representatives came from
The duty on hides, for instance was
vigorously opposed by Representatives
Of the East, where the shoe manufac
turing industry thrives, and was sup
ported by Representatives from agri
cultural districts.