Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-10
SENATE VOTES
HIDES, SHOES
ON FREE LIST
Bloc Adherents Split.
Over Leather Duties;
Reject Committee Rate
House Provision of 20
Per Cent on Chamois
Is Given Approval.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Hides, boot,
and shoes and leather were voted bacl
to the tariff free list Wednesday BY
| the senate, which thus concurred in
action taken by the house more than 8
year ago. There was only one roll
, Gallon hides-and the result was 39
to 26 against the committee rates OF
, cents a pound on green or picked
, and 4 cents on dried hides. The SEN
ate divided as follows:
For duty on hides:
publicans-Bursum, Cameron, Cap
per, Curtis, Ernst, Gooding. Harold
Ladd, Mccormick, McNary, Nicholson,
Norbeck, Oddie, Phipps, Shortridge.
SmoOt, Stanfield, Sterling and Warren
10
Democrats - Ashurst, Broussard
Fletcher, Jones of New Mexico, Ken
drick, Ransdeli and Sheppard-7.
Total-26
Against a duty on hides:
Reaublicans-Ball, Borah, Brande-
gee, Calder. Colt, Cummins, DiIling-
ham, Edge, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Keyes
Lenroot Lodge, Moses, New, Newberry
Pepper. Rawson, Spencer, Sutherland
Townsend Wadsworth and Willis-23
Democrats-Dial,G Gerry. Glass, ,-Har-
ris, Heflin, Myers, Overman, Pome-
rene, Reed, Simmons, Smith, Stanley,
Trammell Underwood, Walsh of Mas
sachusetts and Walsh Of Montana-16
Total 80.
Republicans Against Duty
Most of the more marked lines which
have developed in the senate during
the tariff fight disappeared on this
vote, but about the only surprise was
that a majority of the republicans voted
against making hides dutiable. Not
only was there split among the ma
jority leadership on the question, but
also in the finance committee majority
and even in the republican agricultural
tariff bloc, which through it's chairman,
Senator Gooding Of Idaho, had asked
for , cents on green hides and g on
dried hides. --..
Only two members of the finance
majority-Curtis and Smoot
the duties, while four
members-Calder, Dillingham;. Freling-
huysen and Sutherland--voted against
them
Chairman McCumber and Senator
Watson of Indiana, the other two mem
bers present. were paired and unable
TO vote. Five members of the tariff |
bloc broke away on the ballot--Spen
Ger, Willis, New, keyes and Townsend /!
With hides sent back to the free list |
Senator Smoot of Utah for the com I
mittee moved that the senate disagree |
to the amendment proposing a rate of |
IL cents pair and cents advalorem |
Oh boots and shoes, and varying rates (
On band. rough and sole leather, belt /
ing and harness leather and various
other kinds of this product.
Approve Chamois Rate
This motion prevailed without roll |
,all and as substitute the senate ap-
proved the house provision proposing
duty of 20 per cent advalorem on
.hamois skins, piano forte. piano forte
lction, player piano action leather.
,nameled upholstery leather and glove
Gather, finished in the white or in the
rust.
Without roll calls the senate then
nut from + to 3 per cent the proposed
luty on bags, baskets. belts. satchels.
ard cases, pocketbooks, jewel boxes.
portfolios and other boxes and cases
Wholly or in chief value of leather On
uch articles permanently fitted and
inished with travelling, bottle, drinking
lining or luncheon, sewing, manicure
r similar sets, the duty was made A.
er cent advalorem in place of the GO
er cent originally proposed.