Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-30
FIRST CHANCE
TO STUDY new
TARIFF BILL
House Republicans Will
Caucus Tonight on New
Measure.
Duty is to be Charged on
Number of Former Free
List Articles.

Washington, June so.-congress
had today its first opportunity to ex-
anime the administrators permanent
tariff bill, six months in the making.
After last minute revision by Re
publican members Of the house ways
and means committee. the measure
was introduced in the house late yes
terday by Chairman Fordney, who re-
marked that he hoped when 1t finally
was enacted into law it wouldst be
acceptable to the people"
To Caucus Tssajght
House Republicans will cApcus to-
night on the bill with a yiAH to de-.
through as drafted. The bill con-
tained nearly one hundred thousand
words and some leaders said 1t might
not be- possible to .thresh out all diff
ferences at one session.
The measure must be considered by
the full ways and means committee
before it can be formally reported to
the house. Democratic members of
the committee had had no oppor-
yesterday. but their opposition was
not expected to delay formal report.
Most Democratic members Of the
house, after. running through the bill
to determine how its schedules af-
fected their sections, turned to the
wool schedule particularly to see how
its rates compared with the famous
schedule K of the Payne-Aldrich tar
if act Of 1909. which caused such a
bitter fight. Just how. these rates
compare is expected to prove the sub
ject Of an unending controversy.
| Rates Lower.
Members studying the measure
found that generally rates proposed
were in many cases lower than cor
responding rates in the Payne-Aldrich
law. while others were correspond
ingly higher. Many were of the
opinion, however, that only a de-
tailed study Of the bill by tariff ex-
perts would provide the basis for an
estimate of comparison between II
and the zPayne-Aldrich measure, as
! the schedules of the new bill were in
many cases differently constructed.
Compared with the Underwood bill.
which superseded the Payne-Aldrich
law in 1913 during the Wilson ad-
ministration, the new measure showed
increases in the great bulk of i'm
ports already being taxed and de-
creases in some cases. The free list
contained 1S9 paragraphs, under
which many kindred articles were
grouped in many cases, but many i'm.
ports, particularly of agricultural
products were removed from the free
! list as contained in the Underwood
law.
| To Charge Duty.
Some articles which were on the
free list Of the Payne-Aldrtch bill
notably crude oil and fuel oil, also
were placed on the dutiable list, the
duty on crude being 35 cents barre
Of ~ gallons and on fuel oil rs cents
a barrel of the same content. Such
oils were continued on the free lis,
by the Underwood law.
| The bill was introduced without &C.
companying explanatory statements
heretofore customary, and it con.
tanned no index. Members of thu
1 ways and means committee made nc
ofYicial estimate of the amount so1
revenue it is expected to return. bu'
some Of them in unofficial estimates
placed the total as high as seven hun.
dred million dollars as against the
three hundred million dollars pro.
duced by. the Payne-Aldrtch law II
the normal pre-war years. >
Expects Passage July 20.
Chairman Fordney has announced
that he expects the house to pass the
bill by July 20, but Chairman Penrose
Of the senate finance committee ha.
estimated that two months will bt
|required for consideration by hi,
committee. A Democratic fight in thu
senate is expected with extended de-
bate as q result and leaders were ven
turing no predictions as to the prob
able date on which the measure woulG
be sent to the White House.
! DErAIIs OF SCHEDULE.
i Wool.
y Unmixed woolA % per cent AZ
Il valorem up to TIC q pound. Under
A wood, ,-sfree. Il
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