Evening journal., 1921-05-12
TARIFF BILL
PASSES SENATE
Anti-Dumping Feature
Amendment is Retained
in Act
OPPONENTS FAIL
IN THE DRIVE

. WASHINGTON, May 12.-The
Senate yesterday passed the Emerg-
ency Tariff and Anti Dumping Bill,
retaining all amendments recon-
mended by the Finance Committee.
but rejecting those individually pro-
posed. The vote was So to 2S.
Seven Democrats, Senators Brous-
sard, Louisiana; Jones, New Mexico;
Kendriek. Wyoming; Myers. Mon
tana; Pittman, Nevada; Ransdell,
Louisiana. and Sheppard. Texas. vot-
cd with the Republicans in passing
the bill. Another Democrat--As-
hurst, Arizona-who was absent, was
announced as a supporter. Only
one Republican, Senator Moses of
New Hampshire. voted against the
bill
As passed by the Senate the meas
ure differs radically from the form
. in which it was passed by the House
early in the extra session, and now
goes to conference. Only the tariff
features of the bill were kept in
tact, the anti-dumping and currency
re-valuation sections being entirely
/. rewritten and the provision added
for continuation of the wartime re-
strictions on imports of dyestuffs.
Action by the Senate came at the
end of FIVE hours of driving attack
. 10y Democratic leaders. The latter,
. however, were not alone in their at
tempts to amend the measure, for
several Republicans made efforts to
a broaden its scope only to see their
amendments meet the same fate as
those offered from the minority side
= OF the chamber. All were swept
aside by practically the same vote.
Late in the day Democrats con-
= centrated on the committee addi-
tions to the bill providing for con-
y tinued Federal control of dye i'm
portations. Senators charged fire.
quently that the amendment, which
~ was submitted to the committee by
Senator Knox, Republican, Penn
sylvania, would create a monopolis-
@ tic control of the dye industry and
turn over the consumers to "the
y wishes and will of one man" A
roll call left it as a part Of the bill
uy the vote of 81 to 25.
- Senator King, Democrat, Utah
was not content, however, and made
another effort to strike out the dye
IIOAlclOn just ~ AtA " NAA1 feNN AAl
passage. That failed also.
n The Utah Senator, after passage
OF the measure, announced he would
offer a resolution in the Senate soon
10 investigate the dye industry situa-
ion.
There were successive attempts by
some of the Democrats who favored
the measure to increase rates OF
particular mmodities.
The following were selected e
represent the Senate in the confer
cnce with the House: Chairman
Penrose of the Finance Committee
and Senators McComber, North Da
kota, and Smoot. Utah, Republicans
and Simmons. North Carolina, ant
Williams. Mississippi. Democrats. ]
was deemed unlikely that attempt
10 iron out the differences betweei
The Senate and House would begii
lefore Friday.
AS passed by the Senate, the bill
IS to be effective for six months, b.
which time it is hoped the perman
ent tariff law, now being framed b
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, will have been enacted int
law. 1t provides rates of duty o.
wheat, corn, beans, peanuts, pota
toes, rice, cattle, sheep, meats, long
staple cotton and cotton manufac
turers. wool and wool manufacturer:
sugar, milk, wrapper and filler to
l hacco and other farm products.