The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-25
MEMBERS FROM
ILLINOIS BACK
TARIFF AS UNIT
hIth Fordney BIZ Passed Through
J House, They Now Turn Atten-
ton TO Tax Revision
By STAN Correspondent.)

xressmen. members Of the state
delegation this week Will turn to
fhe problem of tax revision
Representative Ira G. Copiey,
Aurora, f. the Illinois member OF
the ways and means committee
which is drafting the taxation
measures soon to be reported to
the house. The taxation bills will
be considered under special rule.
like the Fordney bill. Representa-
tive William A. Rodenberg, East
st. Louis, is the Illinois member OF
the rules committee, which Will
draft the rules of procedure gov
erning consideration of the taxa
lion program In the house.
The possible effect Of the Ford
hey tariff bill on agriculture and
industry in Illinois was discussed
in the closing hours of debate last
week by Illinois members of the
house
Illinois congressman won a vic
tory IN the reduction of the duty
on biackstrap molasses from one
cent as reported by the committee,
toAone-fourth of a cent. per gallon
Representatives Moore, Ireland, era
ham, Rodenberg. King, Williams
and other downstate members led
the fight for the reduction, arguing
that higher duty would increase
the price of feed. which is one or
the principal manufactures OF
blackstrap.
1Hepresentative William j. Ora
ham. Aledo, again called to the at
tention of the house last week the
duties or agricultural products car
Tied in the bill.
Farming Affected.
Agriculture is the industry
whicA will be chiefly affected by
the Fordney bill in Illinois," Rep
YTegentatiFe Graham stated. THE
bill takes from the free list OF the
underwood act Is articles raised on
the farms of my state and restores
Substantially the duties carried In
the Payne-Aldrich act of 1909"
{ Representative Graham and Rep
lresertative Clifford Ireland. Peo-
ria, pointed out that all agricultur-
al implements are on the free list
They stated that the manufactur-
sers of farm implements at Peoria,
Moline and other Illinois cities had
requested no duties on their prod
kucte.
Representative Charles E. Fuller,
.Belvidere, took the floor the day
kbefore the Fordney bill was passed
sand vigorously attacked the provis-
lions of the bill which placed sew
ing machines on the free list.
& Free trade in sewing machines
will benefit the Singer company.
which has great factories in Can
ada, Great Britain, Russia and
Germany" Representative Fuller
charged, but it will be at the ex-
pense not only of the independent
companies having no foreign fac
ttories, but also at the expense OF
the American laboring man forced
by this tariff to compete on equal
terms with the cheapest labor OF
SGermany and Russia
Representative Fuller declared
that the National Sewing Mrchine
company at Belvidere. in his con.
fgressional district, paid wages five
times higher than those paid il
Germany and that since labor cos
amounted to 81 per cent of the cos
sof production of sewing machines
the domestic industry could not bt
maintained under free trade.
Representative Edwin B. Brooks
Newton, spoke in favor of a duty
on oils, which was defeated.
1--WE have in Illinois about r..
1000 oil wells" Representative
Brooks told the house. In two
counties that / represent we have
5000 of these wells. The state Of
Illinois produced about 5000 ,0OC
barrels Of oil last year, and two
counties which l represent produc-
led 100000 barrels of that oil"
Bill to Senate.
Neither Senator Mckinley nor
Senator Mccormick believes that
the senate will dispose of the tar
III within the next month. The bill
- is now being considered by the f.
nance committee, and the debate
. on the floor of the senate is ex,
~ pected to consume many weeks.
Senator c. F. Buck, Monmouth
campaign manager for Senator Nc
Cormick, arrived in Washington
last week to remain until mex
"Wednesday for a conference will
Senator's Mccormick and McKirIe,
regarding Illinois patronage.
Senator Buck has been called t.
Washington to aid in the selection
OF appointees in the internal rev
enue offices at Springfield and Chi
cago and in the state prohibition
enforcement Office.
Several hundred applications have
been received by the Illinois sena-
tors for appointments in these two
classifications.
: The state is divided into 10 diyis-
ions, over each of which a chief
deputy, drawing a salary of So. 500
per year, will be appointed. Eight
OF the divisions will be administer
ed from Springfield by Internal
Revenue Collector George Schwa-
ner, the remaining IL falling under
the jurisdiction of Collector John
Cannon OF Chicago. Several hun
: dred zone deputies, drawing SAL
aries of from 1880 to $1,000 per
year, will also be appointed.
Senator Buck is now going over
the list of Offices available in the
internal revenue department in Illi-
nois, and early this week will take
up the question OF patronage in
the prohibition enforcement Office.
: At least one hundred additional
. places will be distributed in this
{ department by the Illinois sena-
Z tors.
Among the downstate cities which
will probably be assigned one or
more zone deputies of the internal
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