The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-28
|SENATOR ATTACKS.
TARIFF SCHEDULE
Walsh Says Agricultural
Rates Will Rob the
,. Consumers
M'CUMBER T0DEFENSE
declares Rates Were Not
Made Under Influence of
Farm Bloc Pressure

WASHINGTON. June 27.--The ag-
..,r,f,uraI schedule in the admins
ration tariff bill was amended to-
isv in the senate by Senator Walsh,
v.ssachusetts, a democratic mem
ssr ~ the finance committee and
ltsfsrded by Chairman NcCumber,
- mat committee and senator Good
Nc. repuhlican, Idaho, chairman OF
he republican agricultural tariff
Abac The debate continued several
'b1urs so that none Of the committee
mendments in the schedule were
voted upon.
The paragraph dealing with du-
Ta. on cattle and fresh beef and
veal finally came under consldera-
rou and without record vote,
lmeudments by Senator Walsh OF
Massachusetts, to reduce the COM
rtftce rates were rejected. He
.1urh, 10 substitute $40 cents a
n1und for 1-2 cents a pound on live
rattIe Weighing less than 1850
pounds, lie cents a pouni for
'hc . cents n pound on such cattle
Weighing more than 1850 and 2
cents pound for fresh beef and
veal In place Of the committee rate
.rf l-2 cents.
VIII Hurt Consumers.
Asserting that the bill was IAN
attempt to hurt" consumers of the
country Senator Walsh declared
THAT n effective the duties proposed
NJ meats. cereals, potatoes and ap-
Fies alone would Increase the cost
10 the consumers by Sl,3l6,000.O 900
annually or about $50 for the aver
age family of six. This did not take
into account, he said, the increased
I - l..
duties on butter. eggs. poultry.
fruit. fish and the many other foods
1 the schedule.
Discussing what he termed the I'm
f'uonce Of the republican agricultural
tariff bloc on the senate fiISnce
committee majority I'm framing the
BILL Senator Walsh said that this
influence and pressure" was sue
cossful was shown by the fact that
the committee increased from 90 20
$50 per cent the duties on commod| =
ties IN which the bloc was inter-
esicd and reduced the house rates
on all other products in the agri-
cultural schedule He asserted also
that rates were lowered on agricul-
'ural products of the democratic
states Of the south, and said It was
'luconceivable that n political party
would carry partlsanship TO such an
extent"
Senator Walsh said he did not
know of any schedule in the bill
that was more "indefensible" than
the agricultural schedule; that would
result in such serious conse-
luences" TO the American people 10
the economic situation in this coun-
try and he hoped the committee
majority would follow in this case
Hts policy OF making reductions in
rates originally written into the bill.
Willing TO Share Blame.
Replying for the committee, SEN
ator McCumbcr declared he was
willing TO take his share OF the re-
Asponsibility for the increase over the
Yaouse rate, adding that they would
have been made bloc or no bloc.
He said he was glad OF the assist
ance that the bloc had rendered in
doing justice to the farmer"
The farmer" he added, "is in
need OF all the assistance we can
give him through a tariff or by any
other means"
The North Dakota senator argued
that the farm workers were as much
entitled to living wage as the
workers in the city whose wages and
Standard OF living, he said. had been
advanced 10 high plane under
protective tariff system. McCumber
oppressed the opinion that not all OF
|kse proposed increases in tariffs on
'iarm products would he passed on
to the consumer but asserted that
even If they were the city man with
q wage ranging from s5 to $40 a
daVN sbould ha willing ~ nav ont a