The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
Tariff Issue Foremost.

/ arIff issue foremost.
All other business suspended In the House during
the past week make way for the Fordney tariff bill which,
together With revision legislation the main
for calling the extra session of Congress.
General debate the bill for week from July
to July II with night sessions during the last four days
in order to give every member who wanted to talk op
portunity. ,e--, ~. ,
Beginning on July "a the bill was taken up under the
fyeminute rule which will continue until July aI when the
final vote viii come the measure, in accordance with
rule previously adopted.
Under this rule schedules in the tariff b with the
ception of Eve. cannot be amended by action of the
House, but only through amendments offered by the
Ways and Means Committee.
The FIVE schedules excepted will be allowed separate
vote. and can be appended They Hides, OIL cot
ton, chemicals and asphalt.
Hides and cotton the free list The separate
vote viii be used by members from districts producing
these Commodities to place them the dutiable list
In the they successful it is considered fore
gone conclusion that compensatory duties will be al
lowed on boots shoes and other leather goods we'll
manufactured articles made from cotton which
the free list.
The oil schedule carries duty of IS cents barrel on
crude and IS fuel The proponents of this tariff,
which at first was considered too low making
fruitless effort to retain it in the bill.
Fortified by letter from President Harding opposing
such tariff the opposition has lined up the entire New
England Republican delegation and members from both
farming and city districts. ~ ,s
The chemical schedule provides virtual tree-year
barge the importation of dye stus placed there after
long fight by certain members of the committee with the
argument that the dye business in America in its in
fancy and be protected from foreign and especially
German competition
The separate vote on this schedule was inserted in the
rule the result of vigorous fight by Representative
Frear of Wisconsin, Republican member of the committee
So opposed Frear the dye schedule that he filed
minority report in which he characterized it inde
fensble and effort to create American monopoly
He named the Du Pont Powder Company and the
Allied Chemical Foundation Company being responsible
for the schedule and pointed out that inferior American dyes
selling for four times much fine quality i'm
ported German dyes before the
He charged Francis p. Garvn, former alien property
custodian and two officials of his Office with organizing the
Allied Chemical Foundation Company while acting gov
officials and purchasing for 100000 property
worth $ooooooo in the form of German patents seized by
the United States when this country went to
He later introduced resolution calling upon the at
torney general cancel the sale of these patents and
cover them for the government
Indications are from the sentiment in the House that
Frear will be successful in his efforts knock out the
barge provision.
The same can be said of the cotton and hides schedules
which expected receive strong Democratic support
although the Democratic later will vote against the BILL
The oil schedule also viii receive number of Demo
cratic votes from members representing oil producing dis
trc but the expected to be heavy enough 10 off
set the mo" vote on the Republican side
The oil tariff proponents bitter in their denunciation
of the ants, charging that the Eastern Republicans insist
upon tariff all manufactured goods Of the East but
not willing to grant tariff petroleum which, they say,
is the only thing that will thousands Of independent
producers and refiners from absolute bankruptcy.
yhe oitarf Republicans charge that behind the oppo-
sio is the hand Of The Standard Oil Company which it
oa,t
il gobble up their production.
The charge of n antoil tariff men that a tariff On