The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Tariff Up in House.

TIME event Of foremost importance in the House
during the past week was the Introduction and
- the beginning of consideration of the perma-
nent tariff bill, the enactment of which was one OF
the principal reasons for calling extra session.
AS soon as the bill broght up. the Democrats
objected to dispensing with the first reading and the
reading clerks spent two days IN reading ths huge
volume of ga pages most of which was technical, to
empty chamber. .-N+
The Democrats made the move in order to gain
an opportunity to study the measure. When the Re-
publcans framed the BILL the Democratic members of
the Ways and Means Committee were locked out
and it was only through this method they said, that
extra time could be gained to become familiar with
its contents. t~ss f.. s.e.. .. 49,
In order to prevent dilatory tactics by the Demo-
Gratis to delay the measure, the Republicans brought
in special rule which will prevent amendments
cept those offered by the Ways and Means Committee
itself
One weeks consideration will be given under
general debate rules and another week under the FIVE
minute rule, with vote ordered for July 2I.
oEPARATE votes will be taken the schedules
covering hides. oil, cotton and dyes, under an
~ agreement reached by the Republicans in con-
ference ~ t.&s. -..... g.. . ..s
Hides and cotton are the free list in the COM
mittee bill and effort will be made to transfer
them to the dutiable list.
Oil was put on the dutiable list at the last minute
by the committee with small tariff Of IS cents
barrel on crude and IS cents on fuel.
The separate vote was demanded by opponents OF
the oil tariff who hope in this to return it to the
free list while proponents hope to the means
to increase the duty.
The dye schedule places a virtual embargo on the
Importation of dyestuffs for three years. separate
vote on this schedule was demanded by opponents,
headed by Representative Frear, Republican member
of the committee from Wisconsin, who declares an
embargo means a monopoly with the ultimate increase
in price Of all goods containing dyes in any quantity
Efforts to secure a separate vote on the lumber
schedule which has been the subject of considerable
criticism were defeated in the Republican, caucus
WV HILE a number of the. schedules in the tariff
M bill are the subject of violent opposition
. w among the Republicans themselves, the duty
on oil bids fair to rival the famous schedule "K" of
the Payne BILL in the amount of controversy it will
cause.
Already the proponents and opponents Of this
tariff are lining up their forces for battle royal"
The former, headed by Representative Chandler,
member of the committee from Oklahoma, and Omer
Benedict a representative of the Mid Continent Oil
opinion their way by issuing statements.
Representatives Longworth, of Ohio, Copley Of
Illinois, and Bacharach, of New Jersey, all members
Of the Ways and Means Committee, waging a
bitter fight the oil tariff
The big oil companies which also are opposed to
the tariff, bringing weight to bear from financial
and every other conceivable angle. -, IN = o., -
The big steamship companies have been lined up
and arc preparing an advance Washington with
the argument that tariff on oil will increase the
price of fuel.
Big exporters are being told that higher cost