The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-12
SEVEN DEMOCRATS
VOTE FOR MEASURE
Individual Amendments o.
fered at Eleventh Hour
Lost


NaAluns;yn. May 1!.--The srnWr
ate tnda> ,'S>.,I M emergency tar
.Cr and anti: dUuHiuS bill retaining NJ
amendments r.,"Tm"ndcI by the T.
.Etncs ,r7,miir" bu, ~"Jrrl.nS thoSe iii
djVidualiy r-"ro~ed. The vote "As 10
TO ~.
Seyon D~ulnrr.tS. Senator Brou sSari.
lnuiSiana: Jones' New McNico: Ken
-icI. Wyoming: Meyers. Montana; ritt-
Man Se> ada: Ransdcu. Louisiana and
sheppard. Tr\aS. voted with the Re
Qublicans In passing III" bill. Another
democrat. .NShur~t. Arizona. who was
absent was announced as a supporter.
pnly on" Republican. - nator Moses OF
New hampshire. voted against the bill.
AS passed by tho senate. n" measure
differs radically from III" form in which
( was passed By the house carly IN the
extra session. and now goes TO confer
once. Only the tariff features Of thc
hill were k-pt intact. the. 2";I dumping
and currency Crvaluatioa sect.oaS be-
ing entirely rewritten and IN" prori'i"a
added for continuation OF IT," VA time
restrictions on imports "f dyr$'uf!S.
Nction by the senate cain" at tn" end
Of five hours oc driving :1cta-k by
Democratic leaders. The leaders. were
not alon" N their attempts I" amend
The moaSu-e. for srvrr<A Republicans
made e.'rurtS 70 broaden its scope only
to see their amendments meet IN" same
fate a. ,hoSC Offered from the minority
side or :hc chamber.
All were swept aside by practically
the same vote.
Senator King. I-m"Cca;. ttah. was
y no. contea, however. AMI made an at
'cmpt To Sirik, ont IA" dye provision
INST p-;or to tho vote on pa aSrSaS". That
failed a,$o.
Senate confsross
The following wer" selected /" -"p~e-
~ent -" senate IN the Conference with
th., hou>".
Chairman Pcnvo~c % In" finance
committc and Senator's M,N lumber
North Dakota. and Smoo;. Utah Er-
puhllcanS. AMI Simon. North Carolina.
and Williams. mississippi. Democrats
Il was doomed unlikely that attempts
20 iron out ,hr differences between the
house and senate would begin before
Friday
As passage b. tnc senate the bin !s
20 be trrrctivn for >iN months by
which time Il is hoped m" permanent
'arlfr tow. now being framed by the
house ways and means committee. VIII
have been enacted into law. II provides
rates Of duty on wheat. corn. beans,
PEANUTS potatoes. rice. cattle, sheep.
meats. long staple cotton nlanufactur-
crs. wool manufacturers. sugar. milk
wrapper and filler tobacco and OIL cr
farm products.
AAss-Dumpins ProTiS1on
In addition to the tariff provisions.
the bill carries an anci-1uinping Sec
tlon designed TO check the influx or
cheaply manufactured foreign goods.
Provision is made for the inspection OF
foreign exporters books to determine
costs where necessary for the assess
nent Of duties. The present war time
control Of the importations of dyestuffs
Is continued and the war trade section
Of the state department now handling
that work is transferred 70 the treasury
Provision il made for the reNalua-
tion Of au coreign currency on the basis
OF "buying rates" oc exchange as quoted
on the da&y market. The New YORK
Federal Reserve bank Is designated as
thr as-rty - drte:min" the 'hly.nS
rates and 10 certify them 10 The secre-
tAry oT The treasury.