The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
NF1N TARIFF DUTIES WILL Be
HIGHEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY
By MARX SULLIVAN
.IoraI rn!i,,rpl Correspondent

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. Tho lntciliEcncer.I
WASHINGTON. II. 9. juno h.-Thc de-
tailed figures uf III" tariT bill which "a"
: WAYS and means committee IS now W. =
: ing are kept Il committee secret. ut
enough is known about them 10 justify
: 4 WIDESPREAD expectation on the part or
. members OF tho lower house that nc
! new tariff bill viii b" higher than he
! Ia>n"- Aidrich bill. and higher than ny
! tariff hill over written in America.
l. * tbs suspicion that caused The
turning down Of tn" ways and meals
cnmmit:"c'S proposal that the now ra'HS
Shu,Iid 20 into effect tor an emergency
ycriod nt I'VE months sight unseen II
WAS DECIDEDLY inau$pIclouS for the re
publican leadership IN congress that
this. IA" ways and means committees
; first official proposal. should h" turned
down hy the Republican caucus 50 fiaily
as L waS. No vote was taken On tie
proposal, hut il was evident THAI h"
. sentiment among the rank and h.c nr-
;agonisti, TO the ways and means com
mlttcc'S position was fully four I" nc.
Tn" reason publicly given for reject
nC the proposal was that II was an
constitutional. Inquest !onably 4 vas
= most dubiou# Constitu,iona!I'! ="
- nos" that congress should put INTO
..U, g as law rates made by IN" ways
..ul ,Ycans committee At a time before
com >, : knew what those rates were
ru.u- 80 be. ~ congressman George
, VI. N"I : OF North Dakota said: 9TH"
mem, .. Co.. congress VINO is willing 1T
, this 80 twenty ia! before he II
know .n..H ng about IN" rates or duty
which >, cinnamon: tariff h!!l VIII cor
tain. L. '-f~c to give such rntrS III"
~ al 4
hay" a faith in tho ways and meas
rommrI"" nothing short If sublime"
incidentally. il can be sad tina; If n"
Republican caucus had no; turned d"~r
this proposal. and If il had been brought
up "a the hons" and senate. Ia" Demo-
Gratis would have iilihu$j"rrd "A INST -
. 81 summer u necessary. But while I'M
cnnStitu;ionaIity and incXprdienCy wt"r
q given Iubl:cly as the reasons for turn
ing down the proposal a moro real r"a-
son was III" widespread whispered suS'
p.c!On that the ways and means CON-
mitic" j. writing tariff higher than
over before known. As Congressman
Young also said: Are you quite sure
the rates. when you learn what they re.
will be such as can rcrciv" your sup
pnr; upon final pasSaG" or the bill Re
member that 50 Staun"h Republican as
,
Pam" bill such that 10 could not vote
for it.
The now bill - confidently expected
10 l." higher than ID" Payne bill. and
/ with equal confidence Il can be predict
I'd that the ways and means commI'u"
, leadership viii! have extreme difficulty
IN getting 50 high i bill through the
hOu$" Tho R"puhl'cHns both IN ha
house an! senate. ar" hcrid"d!y weak IL
The sort of leadership that Cnn whip an
. unwilling party into l.n". That Is what
accounts for 'hc present dolirumS on
both tn" taxation measure and the Ia IL'
ton measure The Republicans have
no Cannon and no IA!drich. The un"cr'
. tain health and the absence from Wa
;nSt0n At Senator ncnroSc Of f"nnSE.-
, Nania adds - IN" lack Of confidence
4 PcnroSc - cha !rman q: tn" finance COM
rnitt"e, ard a. such - supposed TO be in
charr" Of ho;h the taxation measure
and ia" tariff measure. With Fenr use
absent. ,hc ncAi N command on IN"
finance committee l. Senator MCCumbcr
uf North Dakota. and senator MctumbeT
has no such Aldr:ch-lihc qualities "i
: dr:!,maStcr AS the Republicans need.