Evening star., 1922-07-13
TEXTILE SCHEDULE
NOW UP IN SENATE
Several Weeks May Be DC.
cupied With Wool, Cotton,
Linen, Silk Duties.

The Senate today started con-
sideration Of the tariff duties on tex
tiles-wool cotton. linen and silk
which are expected to hold the stage
for several weeks. Consideration of
committee amendments to the agri-
cultural schedules was completed
yesterday. rounding out two weeks
work along that line.
Only one amendment to the cot
ton schedule was disposed of yes
terday. This provides for a duty of
| cents a pound on Egyptian cotton,
designed to protect the growers of
| long staple cotton in Arizona and
southern California
A mood OF amendments to some sec-
tions OF this schedule were offered
oy senator Smoot, republican. Utah,
on behalf OF the finance committee
majority. these representing the work
OF the committee in rewriting rates.
senator smoot explained that the re-
auctions approximated per cent on
| Unread and fabrics. and much larger
decreases In the duties on hosiery
ana gloves, representing a cut of so
per cent in the case of the cheaper
grades Of gloves.
Under questioning from the demo-
cratic side, Senator Smoot said the
committee majority also would pro-
pose some reductions on wooden
goods. but said that these could not
exceed more than per cent. A sharp
controversy over the woolen schedule
Is forecast, with the rate of "a cents
pound on the clean content of raw
wool as the pivot point. 4
Fight on Cotton Duty.
Ihe cents pound duty on long
staple cotton was approved only after
q ohs ngnt and unsuccessful efforts
oy senators Cameron, republican, and
Ashurst. democrat. Arizona, to have
and then to 10 cents. Supporting the
| higher rates, Senator Ashurst told the
senate that while he was a democrat,
oelieving in the policy of tariff for
revenue only. he would be untrue to
his trust If. when a protective tariff
policy was to be written into the
statute books. he sat idly by and per-
mitted discrimination against the in
! terests Of his state
senator Ashurst said the Is cents
rate asked for represented only the
dinerence in the cost of production
| N the southwestern states and in
Egypt, from which country the
Snlted states imports approximately
| half OF its long staple cotton. He
urged that the Arizona cotton was
| that II given protection the Industry
| would grow to such an extent that
1t could supply all of the needs Of
| the country.
Opposing any rate on the staple,
Senator Stanley. democrat, Kentucky,
declared that it would be a blunder
| Tor the government to advance mil
! lions to reclaim the arid lands of the
southwest so cotton could be pro-
duced and then impose a tax on all
81 @ the people Of the country SO that
| the cotton might be grown. This
brought a fiery reply from Senator
Ashurst, who told of the great con-
sumption of eastern made goods by
the people in the southwest to show
that reclamation of the land had
he denied that the reclamation had
been drain on the Treasury. saying
the money had been advanced from
funds derived from the sale of public
land and was being paid back to the
government.
Attacking the rate with characteris-
tic vigor, Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, the democratic leader in the
| tarin fight. declared this was a mere
illustration of the character of this
bill"
"Reeks With Subsidies.s
Talk about the ship subsidy" he
| exclaimed. This bill Is reeking with
gratuities than the ship subsidy will
be. This is a subsidy to the growers
Of 100000 bales of cotton to be paid
by the people of the country many
times over. In the case Of the ship
subsidy the government collects the
money and pays 1t over to the ship
| owners. but in this case the govern
ment would authorize and empower
the manufacturers of cotton goods to-
| collect the subsidy from the people.
paying over part of 1t to the cotton
growers of Arizona and putting the
, rest in their pockets"
This brought reply from Senator
Shortridge. republican. California,
duty a subsidy had no weight: that
protection of the industries of the
| country made for general prosperity
throughout the land. He argued that
IL the free-trade principle of tariS
writing were to be carried to its lcs-
! ical conclusion American industries
| would be put out of business one by
one. as they could not. without tariff