New-York tribune., 1921-02-05
Senate Raises
W heat Duty TO
4OCents a Blu.
.,neudmens to the Tariff
Bill Adopted Twice as
Harrison Forces Quorum:
penrose Predicts Passage
j Cents a Pound ON Meats
.,so Passes Amendment
Exempting From, Levy
Rice for Canned Goods

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.--The. Senate
y snwn to business with the Fordney
e. ...rcsncy tariff bill to-day and be-
-. the session, which convened at IL
.,Isek ended four amendments had
~ adopted. Votes on the amend
n.e where record was made.
.s.r,a supporters of the bill to have
- ,..;ority ranging from 10 to 13.
4 the situation stood tonight. it
..n.ored that the bill would be for the
s ~ass psrt actually. as well as tech
.;.sl,r. under consideration until a
sn.l vote is reached. Senator Pen
~. in charge of the bill, declared
.s.t ithad good prospects of passage
sext week
finder the program the early part of
-. sessions. probably wifi be devoted
Z consideration of appropriation bills,
~ later the tariff measure will be
ssbated as it was to-day, to the exclu-
sion Of all else.
Agree to Higher Wheat Duty
Tha committee amendment to es-
,,nrsh an import duty of 10 cents g
snshal on wheat was twice adopted
,o.aay. The, House had agreed on a
s..;H If 80 cents. Wheat now is on
-. free list. 1t was first taken I'D with
,,lv nine Senator'S in the chamber and
,eceuted without a dissenting voice.
rb.n Senator Harrison, Democrat, of
mississippi one of the bitterest op-
nopents of the measure, discovered
what had happened and forced call
for quorum. He said he was under
tbe impression the Senate still was
considering a minor Indian bill.
After the quorum call and an hour
of desuitory debate Senator McCum-
bsr. North Dakota. asked for reconsid-'
.,stion of the wheat amendment, and
+ again was agreed to by a vote of SO
TO Is.
The amendment, also from the com-
ni.tee. exempting from a tariff duty
rice to be used in the manufacture OF
canned goods likewise was adopted:
The committee amendments 1Xing
duties of 2 cents pound on fresh and
frozen meats and of % per cent ad
valOrem on prepared or preserved
meats and exempting from import du-
ties all livestock imported exclusively
for breeding purposes also were ap-
proved.
Measure Attacked by Underwood
Consideration of the duty on meats
brought from Senator Underwood, of
Alabama. Democratic lesder, an attack
on what he described as the iniquities
OF the proposed legislation. He as
saulted the Republican proposition, in
oniring whether Republican Senator's
''had absolutely forgotten that the gov
ernment had need for revenue and
whether the present bill could be ac-
cepted as an indication of their inten-
tion to build q tariff wall about the
country during the extra session"
The Fordney bill, Mr.. Underwood as
serted, could be construed as none
other than consumption tax. He ac-
cused supporters Of the bill of being
willing to legislate money from the
consumers into the pockets of specu-
latOrs and quoted figures from sum
mary Of tariff information compiled
by the Republican House Ways and
Means Committee to show that imports
so much complained of "exist only in
the air"
Date for Vote Problematicaf
The program of the leaders to at
tempt the fixing of date for vote
went into the discard, temporarily at
least, with the arrival of Senator Will
liams, Democrat, of Mississippi, who
renewed his declaration that he would
not be bound by any private agree
ments. Mr.. Williams spoke heatedly of
Vaccinations going on around here"
adding:
4 would be fool to agree to some
thing do not believe in and something
the result Of which l already now"
Inc House Ways and Means Commit
zee concluded hearings on the silk
schedule in its consideration of re-
vlslon Of the permanent tariff. 1t plans
tomorrow to hear discussion of tariff
rates on paper and books.
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