, 1921-07-08

Like every conspiracy it h
the report says, adding:
We record our solemn judgment
that this measure is a plan to plum
der the people of our own country
and to Cypress the people of every
country for the. benefit OF a few men
who hav succeeded In usurping for
all practical purposes the taxing pow
err OF this government, using 1t pri-
mariiy TO enrich themselves. and.
secondarily to nance the political
party which toierates. encourages and
facilitates the u~surpation."
The report declares the tariff was
not ar issue in the last campaign and
tint this is not the time to write a
larin law, They assert that the prob
lcms which confront ourN people.
ripple our industry. stine our COM
mercc and pcrplex an amiable admin
~istration have nothing TO do with the
tariff"
Criticizing the Republican majority
Of the committee for withholding the
ill from them and the house mem
5ership generally and for permitting
only a geek for Its study, the Demo
cratic members declare there has
Dcc0 ln5uftfClcnI IiInc 10 utult u SUI
~stitute. ,They, do not undertake any
detailed discussion OF the schedules.
confhning their e7-pagc typewritten
report to a general Indictment Of the
waolc measure end tho manner Of
its preparation.
Emphasis Is laid upon two things
the probable effect of the bill on
American and the world
- Fzft.1tt.. ..,or.rt..n a ord
IF American valuation az u basis for
ewing tariff duties.
POINTING to the rapidly decreasing
FAfncrican foreign trade the report
ays: we need no tariG to cut of
the imports and the exports of the
United States
Certainly the natural process Is
preferable to the infected knife of
interested surgeons who by selecting
the industries to protect and those to
destroy can reap the harvest their
campaign contributions seeded last
fall. Verify. the Gil men are entitled
to their reward. and the lumbermen.
the wool men and all the others who
| cast the bread upon the waters Of a
Republican tide"
Dealing with the plan for Amer
lean valuation of imports the report
says:
First among the subtle vert in
famies that mask their way through
this bill is the proposal to change
the base for ad valorem duties from
| the actual price paid for them when
purchased by the importer. to a
speculative, indefinite. uncertain.
nebulous opinion reached by an ap-
| praiser hidden in the -recesses Of a
custom house. consulting. IL he is in
d~ustrious and cannot be bewiidered.
as to what is the alleged wholesale
prices of comparable and competitive
articles OF the United States. or in
default thereof. the alleged value in
the United States of the identical i'm
ported article. whether sold or not.
excluding or including all or any cost.
| charges. expenses, including duties
and also profits and commissions; in
short, permitting the appraiser TO
| place any value he may see fit on the
goods and making it impossible for
the importer TO know what duty he
will have to pay until he has actually
imported and passed them through
the custom house.
..In the face of the uncertainty
which this bill necessarily compels
as to duties. it will be impossible for
any importer to continue in business
and the result of this provision will
be the destruction Of the import trade
of the United States