The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-09
SENATE APPROVES
+ SUGAR INCREASE
Three-Tenths of a Cent a
Pound in Tariff Is
Voted, 81 to 35
BOUNTY IS REJECTED
proposed Government Bounty
of S9,500,000 for Domestic
Potash Is Turned Down

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-The
senate approved today an Increase
81 three.tenths of a cent q pound
IN the tariff on sugar; rejected n
man for n government bounty of
t9Fo0.OO0 for domestic potash pro-
dpcers and resclnded its former ac-
lion IN voting an import duty of 2
conts a pound on white arsenic.
Potash and white arsenic were
+. placed on the free list
A Compromise Rate.
The sugar rate OF 2.3 cents n
mound was compromise between
he 2.5 cents duty urged by Louis
,,na cane and western beet sugar
rroducers and the 2 cents proposed
iy tho house and approved by the
fiaance committee majority. IL is
,Iyee-tenths OF a cent above the
tariff In the existing emergency act
and los cents above that In the
Underwood act.
The compromise was offered by
Senator Smoot, Utah, ranking re-
publican on the finance committee,
and was accepted by the same vote
that the senate rejected the 2.5
duty. 81 TO So. The vote on the
Smoot amendment was as follows:
How They Voted.
Republicans Ball. Brandegee.
Bursum, Cameron. Capper, Curtis,
Dilllngham, Ernest, Gooding, Har-
reid, Jones of Washington: Ladd
Mckinley, Mclean, McNary. Noses.
Nelson, New, Nicholson, Norbeck,
oddie, Phipps. Rawson. Shortridge,
smoot, Spencer. Stanfield, Sterling,
Townsend, Wadsworth. Warren,
Watson OF Indiana, and Willis--33.
emocrats-Broussard Jones OF
Nsf Mexico, Kendrick and Rams
Total 81.
Against the amendment:
Republlcans-Borah, Calder, Colt,
Cummlns, Edge. Frelinghuysen,
Hale, Keys, Lenroot, Lodge, Nc
Cormlck, McCumber. Pepper and
sutherland-14.
Democrats-Ashurst, Caraway,
Culberson. Dial, Flecher, Gerry,
Glass, Harris, Heflin, Meyers, over
\ man, Pomerene. Reed, Sheppard,
\ nell, Underwood, Walsh of Massa-
chusetts and Walsh OF Montana
Total IS.
Potash Bounty Beaten.
The vote against the bounty on
potash was 32 to 80, with IL re-
publicans opposing and three DEM
ocrats supporting. The republicans
were: Borah, Capper, Cummins,
Edge, Jones OF Washington, Lem
root, Mccormick, Oddie, Sterling.
Townsend. Wadsworth and Willis.
The democrats were: Jones of New
Mexico; Kendrick and Ramsdell.
The vote to place white arsenic
nm ha tot 20 ,fs 81 \,
10 republicans opposing the duty
and one democrat, kendrick, Wyo-
ming, supporting it. The republi-
cans were: Capper. Cummins. Hale,
Jones of Washington, Keyes, Len
root, Mckinley, Sterling, Townsend
and Willis.
Because OF tho operation OF tho
20 per cent tariff differential al
lowed to Cuba, the ascent rate on
sugar would work out at 1,S4 cents
pound on sugar from that coun-
all Of American imports. This rate
Try which constitutes practically
on Cuban sugar is "a of cent
above the existing tariff and .16 of
: cent lower than proposed by Sem
lltor Broussard, democrat, IJouisi-
u fna, who led the fight for the 2.5-
n cent rate,
The sugar fight led TO five roll
rails on several OF which republi.
can leaders and the finance COM
mlttee majority split. The repub-
lean agricultural tariff bloc voted
almost solidly.
The committee substitute amend.
ment proposing TO pay potash pro-
uucers bounty over n period OF
ilve years led TO a sharp fight dur.
ing which Senator Lenroot, repub'
ncan, Wisconsin, denounced the