The New York herald., 1921-05-12
TARIFF MEASURE
PASSED IN SENATE
Emergency Bill Goes Through,
68 to %, Exactly in Its Com
mittee Form.
CONFEREES ARE NAMED
Moses Casts Only Republican
Vote in Negative-7 Demo-
Gratis in Affirmative.
CONFEREES ARE NAMED
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Nav H.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., May IL.
With the Republican leaders in COM
plete control, the Senate, by vote of
68 to %, passed the emergency tariff
bill to-day exactly as it was reported
by the Finance Committee. 1t is the
President Harding to be passed by
both branches of Congress. Only one
Republican, Senator Moses IN. H..
voted against the bill the strictly tariff
emergency bill passed in the last Con-
gress and vetoed by President Wilson.
Seven Democrats - Broussard da),
Jones On. M. Kendrick (Wyo), Myers
(Mont.). Pittman (Nev1- Ransdell
Ia.) and Sheppard (Texas)-voted for
the measure.
Chairman Penrose OF the Finance
Committee Immediately asked for the
appointment of conferees who were thus
named by the Vice-President: Repub-
licans, Penrose. McCumber and Smoot;
Democrats, Simmons and Williams SEN
ator Penrose predicted early agreement
in conference and approval by the Presi-
dent
The principal provisions Of the bill
are:
Wartime control OF the American dye
industry continued.
Prevents destruction Of American in
dustries by the dumping OF foreign prod
sets at prices lower than they are sold
abroad
Tariff duties TO be based either on the
foreign values or the expoDt value at
the port Of entry. the higher figure to
be used
Import rates fixed as follows:
Wheat. 95 cents a bushel; wheat
valorem: flaxseed, 80 cents a bushel !:
,orn or maize. 15 cents bushel: beans
2 cents pound peanuts or ground
beans. cents a pound: potatoes. %
cents a bushel. onions. 40 cents
bushel rice, cleaned. 2 cents a pound !;
,tnclcaneG. Ia, cents a pound; lemons
9 cents a pound peanut oil. 26 cents
: gallon: cottonseed oil, 90 cents gal
on olive oil, 40 cents in bulk so cents
IN containers, a gallon cattle. 80 per
cent. ad Nalorem sheep. over one year
old. 81 a head less than one year old.
81 G. head fresh or frozen meat, 2
cents a pound long staple cotton, Z
cents a pound: wool. unwashed. is
cents; washed. 30 cents: secured, 45
cents a pound, with additional rates on
manufactured wool; sugar. 1 cent a
pound; butter and substitutes, cents
per cent ad valorem milk fresh, 2
cents; cream. cents a gallon: milk.
preserved or condensed, 2 cents a pound: :
sugar of milk, 6 cents pound tobacco,
Jnstemmed s2.35: stemmed. SO a pound:
apples. 80 cents a bushel cherries. 3
cents a pound; olives In solution. %
cents a gallon not in solution 3 cents
q pound.
Life Of The bill six months. or until
the permanent tariff bill Is enacted.
Opponents OF the bill in their efforts
10 amend Il forced thirteen roll calls be-
fore the final vote. An especially Bit
ter attack was made on the committees
amendment which protects the American
dye industry by continuing the licens-
ing system OF war control. transferring
its administration from the State De-
partment to the Treasury Department.
1t was finally agreed 70. first i'm COM
mittee of the whole by vote or 81 to
25. and later in the Senate by a vote of
So to 25.
Senator King (Utah) and Senator
Hitchcock (Neb.). Democrats, led tho
fight against the dye amendment, both
denouncing IL as move to protect
monopoly Senator King coupled his
attack with an announcement that he
would ask for an investigation Of what
he charged was an elaborate lobby. sup
ported by powerful corporate interests.
Amendments voted down included the
following:
prevention OF dumping foreign air
planes into the United States. BY SEN
ator New Gnd.), lost, 81 to 10.
To prohibit this country from dump
ing its products into foreign markets.
by Senator Reed tMo.). lost. 46 20 81,
and on a second vote. so TO 40.
To prevent dumping in countries not
restricting our importations. by Senator
Stanley (Ky). lost. 81 to 81. some
what similar amendment by Senator
Stanley was defeated, 4s TO 90. and still
another by vlve voce vote.
The anti-dumplng provision as pro-
posed by the Finance Committee was
adopted. 50 to 2, Senator'S Hitchcock and
Mcclellan casting the only votes
against II.