, 1921-07-28
FORDNEI TARIFF
BILL PASSES HOUSE

WASHINGTON. July 21-The Re
publican protective tariff bill. esti-
mated by Chairman Fordney to raise
around $500, 900 900 in revenue an
nually. was passed tonight by the
house, by a vote of 2S9 to 127-
precisely the vote by which a demo-
cratic motion for elimination OF its
American valuation provision was de-
feated. Seven Republicans voted
against the measure while the same
number OF Democrats supported it.
| Oil, hides. cotton and asphalt re-
NAMED on the free list. The Long
worth dye embargo. backed by a Re-
publican majority on the ways and
means committee, was thrown out,
! 200 to 90.
Aided by Republicans not salts
fed with all the bills provisions. the
Democratic minority made the most
Of it's chances and the ways and
means committee lost out on three
of the live amendments laid before
the house.
There was not much chance OF
imposing a duty on hides and cot
ton after the house, in committee Of
the whole. had defeated the amend
ments carrying compensatory rates
on their manufactured products.
When the oil amendment was
reached there a such a shout OF
Noes that a roll call was lot de-
handed.
More than 200 committee amend
ments rushed through during the
last few days were put up to be voted
on in a block. Some merely correct
ed spelling in the bill, and changed
rates, but the Democrats still hold
ing their forces in line, compelled a
record vote.
Just before the time came to pass
the bill Representative Gardner OF
Texas, Democrat, stepped to the
front with the expected motion to
send the bill back to its trainers with
instructions to strike out the Amer
lean valuation and reciprocal pro-
visions. This was where the Repub-
licans and the Democrats divided
squarely on the whole tariff issue.
The Republicans voting against
the bill were Beck. Wisconsin;
Calm, Ohio; Knight. Ohio; Lampert.
Wisconsin; John M. Nelson, Wiscon-
sin; Sinclair, North Dakota. and
Voight, Wisconsin.
Democrats voting for it were:
Compbell, Pennsylvania; Dupree.
Martin ,Favort and Lazaro, all Of
louisiana; and Lea and Baker, Cali
fornia.
After the house had passed the
bill and adjourned until Monday,
Chairman Fordney and Representa-
tive Garrett, Tennessee, and acting
minority leader. issued statement de-
Tending and denouncing it.
Declaring the measure a montros-
ity, Garrett asserted that the Demo-
Gratis we're given just Five opportuni-
ties to win and they won all five
eff the bill had been open for
amendment under the general rules
Of the house." he added, there is
no telling what would have happen
ed to it. There yer only % lines
out of 8,O36 lines read for amend
ment. No member Of the house ex-
cept the majority members Of the
ways and can committee had an
opportunity to offer an amendment
except that it was an amendment to
a committee amendment. BY such
methods was this ~montrosity passed.
The day of retribution will come
The 3%46-page bill, with its null
titude Of amendments, goes to the
senate in the usual way. to be re-
ferred to Chairman Penrose's finance
committee for %tinkering. How long
it will remain nobody knows. Sena-
tor Penrose said, however. that open
hearing would be held but that they
probably would be brief.
1t seems to be pretty we'll under