The New York herald., 1921-02-27
TARIFF BILL REPORT
ADOPTED IN HOUSE
Senate Prepares for Similar
Action on FOrdney
Measure.
WILSON VETO CERTAIN
Many Schedules of Bill Aimed
to Help Farmer Under
Fire in Debate.
WILSON VETO CERTAIN
Special Despatch to THE NEW YoaK HEzALD.
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HExALps
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c.. Feb. e6.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill.
| framed to aid farmers was brought
nearer to the Presidential veto to-day
| when the House by vote Of 205 to 127
adopted the conference report on the
measure.
Steps were taken in the Senate imme-
diately after the House action looking
toward an approval of the conference
report so the bill might be sent to the
President, but Senator Simmons IN. CO
proposed that consideration be deferred
until Monday and this suggestion was
agreed to by Senator Penrose (Pa.).
Thus the bill probably will reach the
House only two or three days before the
President retires and 1t will be possible
for him to dispose Of the measure by
pocket" veto, although such action Is
not expected. Instead 1t Is thought GER
tain he will send back the bill with a
message of denunciation. and indications
in the House to-day again were that the
bill cannot muster the necessary two
thirds majority to enact It over the
Presidents wishes.
1t was admitted by Representative
Longworth in speaking. for the confer
ence report, that there Is no reason TO
hope the bill will be enacted" The con-
ference report again drew a caustic fire
from the Democrats, but after a sharp
two hour debate the approving vote was
obtained.
| During the debate Representative
Rainey (Ill) charged that as result
OF the bill the price of sugar to the con-
sumner had been increased In Washing
ton during the last three days from
s7.35 a hundred pounds to 50.
! Mr. Rainey sarcastically attacked
other sections of the bill.
1.-The measure increases the tariff on
apples by 800 per cent" he said. THE
Righteousness of this duty Is shown by
the fact that we import annually only
$4,000 worth of apples, while we export
$10, 900. 900 worth.
pound is imported. Then. to make the
bill logical and practical. a tariff Of
sl.35 bushel is put on cherries. an in
I crease of 1880 per cent. There might
| have been some excuse for this before
| the cocktail disappeared from America.
| but It is now nothing more than splen-
| did monument over the graves of the
| departed cocktails which cherries for
merly embellished."
| Representative lAOE8WOTIn
| some rates in the bill were too high
Several schedules were the idea Of one
| Senator and that is not the way to
| frame tariff BILL" he said. "Some Of
| the duties were imposed after this pro-
| cedure: A Senator said one OF his con-
stituents kept a bee. therefore duty
| should be imposed on honey. ] do not
| think the cherry or apple duties are
necessary. However a serious situation
| confronts the agricultural interests OF
| the country and this bill should be
passed because I believe 1t will aid in
some way"
Mr. Longworth charged the Democrats
had withheld objections to the increase
| In the duty on lemons from N cents
to cents because James NJ. Cox during
! his campaign trip in California had
advocated protective tariff on lemons.
| Representative Collier (Miss) pre-
dicted that the bill. II II presagcd the
| Republican policy on tariff. marked the
beginning of the downfall of the Repub-
| lican party. He declared that a high
protective tariff never had been indorsed
| by the voters of the United States. This
Is the first reputation OF the pledge OF
the Republican platform to decrease the
cost of living" he said 1T will increase
the cost of everything"
/ Representative Fordney (Mich.) said
| II would not increase prices to con-
sumers. He defended vhe cent duty on
sugar by claiming II would develop the
American sugar producing industry.