The Washington times., 1921-07-10
VOTE ON TARIFF
TO Be FORCED IN
HOUSE JULY q
Rep. Garner Bitterly criticises
Highest Protection Ever
Given U. s. interests.
By International New. Service.


Speedy action on the Fordney tariff
bill in the House was assured yester-
day when the House Rules Committee
decided to end general debate on the
bill next Thursday and force a vote
on passage July FL.
Democratic members of the Rules
Committee protested against limita-
ton OF debate and restrictions on
changes IN the bill. but were outvotsd,
Tho special order controlling House
action on the bill will be laid before
the House tomorrow for ratification.
The order leaves open TO changes
BY the House. the chemical dyes. hides.
cotton, and asphalt paragraphs of the
bill All other paragraphs will be
closed to amendments by the House
generally. but left open for such
changes as shall be recommended by
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee
DEBATE RESUMED YESTERDAY.
Debate on the bill was resumed in
tho House yesterday. the Democratic
members OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee opening their attack with
charges Of political influences deter
minating the Republicans In the franz
ing of the bill Charges Of yielding by
Republicans to the demands of "spe-
ciAi interests" and trusts for high
protective duties were made by the
Democrats
1.-THE rates in the Fordnsy bill are
the highest over proposed to be enact
ed into law" II was charged by Con-
gresham Garner, Democrat, of Texas.
The Ways and Means Committee Re-
publicans have sought to keep this in
In he nthtir
scented . bill with no estimate as TO
the revenue II would yield They had
no information on which to draw their
bill. The evidence they gathered was
from witnesses drawn from east Of
the Mississippi and north of the Ohio.
Not one of these witnesses could give
the difference In cost OF production In
the United States and in foreign coun-
tries"
There was overwhelming evidence
showing tho difference In costa"
Fordney interrupted.
I'VE have tables printed showing
these differences, especially the wage
differences. In the pottery industry,
for instance tho American workmen
get seventy cents an hour. the English
eighteen, and the Japanese five cents"
CITES WAGE REDUCTION HERE.
wages are being reduced generally
in Industries in the United States"
said Garner.
What will be the wages paid In this
country six months from now and how
will the rates of duties in this bill bal
anos with coming wage ievels7"
Garner Insisted that the bill had
been so drafted that no one could COM
pute the rate or duty.
How will the rates of duty in
the Tariff bill interfere with our
export trader" asked Representative
Winslow, of Massachusetts.
Foreign countries have little
sold,- replied Garner. I'VE have
more gold than Is healthy for US.
FOREIGN countries must pay for pur-
ohases In gold. service or exchange
for goods. We are to haul our
exports in our own vessels. The
foreigners have left therefore,
nothing but goods to offer in ex-
change for our manufacturer, raw
material and other e1ports. This
bill Is to restrict imports and there
by protect American industry. How.
then. can we keep up or build up
an export trader
Garner said conditions In this
country were rendered more des-
perate because the United States
can not get It's good into the for
sisn markets
1--WE give the President power
to reduce duties In this bill to en-
courage foreign trade" said Long
worth.