Evening star., 1922-07-11
TARIFF BILL HIT
e-s
| BY SENATOR EDGE
New Jersey Republican "Far
d.,
From Satisfied" With Meas.
j ure in Present Form.

...a, Announcing that he was far from
satisfied with the administration tar
:In bill in it's present form, Senator
Edge. republican. New Jersey, served
s'notice today in the Senate that he
would not vote for the measure II 1t
failed to provide. otherwise than
through congressional action. some
imethod by which individual schedules
gould be revised downward as well
as upward as circumstances and In
.yestigation should warrant. Provi-
sion for such revision by the Prest-
dent Is contained in the bill.
- -; Senator States Objections.
s THE passage of this hard-and-fast
tariff bill without opportunity for
elasticity of rates" said Senator
Edge, might prove a national calam-
ity. AS much as | realize In many
cases the necessity for higher sched-
Jules for our farm and factory prod
..ucts, 1 feel that l would fail In my
duty if 1 finally supported measure
which while it unquestionably pro.
vides much needed protection. still
,might result in a further diminution
,pf our trade with the world. so nee
'essary to the prosperity Of every
class of citizenship.
a. Sees possibilities. Narrowed.
I" "a tariff which. while affording bet
ter protection, still results primarily
and practically in a general raise or
prices at home, without correspond
ing encouragement of WORLDS trade.
.narrows our possibility for develop
'ment to a trade confined to our
selves. which is not, in my judgment.
a real Interpretation of broad and
renlightened protective policy or a
lasting solution of our economic
ills"
90. Agricultural Bloc Loses.
:: Failure Of the republican agricul-
Ytural-tarin bloc on tie vote, IS to 2S,
TO win its fight for rate of one and
'one-half cents a pound on soya beans,
and the approval. 81 to Is. OF the ex-
listing emergency rates OF . cents a
pound on unshelled peanuts and
cents a pound on the shelled. mark
ed Senate consideration yesterday of
the tariff bill. The soya bean rate
Approved was four-tenthS of one cent
a pound. but Senator Iadd. rePubil-
can. North Dakota. gave notice that.
he would again seek to have the high
-er rate adopted.
=. In rewriting the tariff. the finance
rcommittee majority cut the rates on
UnShelled peanuts to three-fourths OF
tone cent pound and on shelled pea
nuts to one and one half cents a
hound, but it receded from that po-
supported the higher rates. while
Elk of them voted for the Ladd amend
-ment to make the Soya bean rate one
and onehalf. cents.
~ Democrats supporting the peanut
rates were Ashurst, Broussard
Harris, Hefin. Kendrick, Ransdell,
Sheppard, Swanson and Trammell.
Those voting for the higher soya
Hefin. kendrick, Ransdell and Shep-
pard.
Other Rates Approved
Other rates approved yesterday in
cluded:
FIaxseed oil. sls cents a pound an
increase of l cent over the House
rate; castor oil, A cents, an increase
of IN cents over the House rate;
rapeseed oil. 6 cents a gallon. slight
reduction from the House rate.
Flaxseed. 40 cents a bushel; House
rate. 25 cents. Cottonseed. Is cent
a pound; House duty free.
EGGS, in the shell, cents a dozen.
an increase of cents over the House
rate; frozen or otherwise prepared
cents pound; House rate. cents:
dried, IS cents pound. House rate,
Is cents
Sees No Increase in Clothing Cost.
Clothing manufacturers and deal
ers would not be justified in increas-
ing their prices because of the wool
rates in the pending tariff bill. SEN
ator Willis, republican. Ohio. declar-
ed in a letter replying to a protest
against the tariff.
IF any such increase in price is
contemplated by manufacturers and
retailers of clothing said Senator
Willis, consumers ought to under
stand that there is not the slightest
justification or excuse for 1t in any
tariff rate in the pending bill. The
unfairness and absurdity of claiming
that the new tariff rate on raw wool
justifies an increase of IS per suit of
clothes is illustrated by the fact that
the total amount of tariff raw
wool, if it were added to the price
of the suit, would be 80 cents"