The New York herald., 1922-09-15
TARIFF CONFEREES
ELIMINATE Dye BAN
And POTASH M|POST
Hasten to Meet Demand OF
House and Fix ComprO-
mise Dyestlff Rate.
PROTEST rs PREDICTED
Board Extends Presidential
Powers in Changing
the Valuation.
SENATE MAY OBJECT
Backers Of Bill Insist 1t Will
Pass and Go to White
House This Week.
PROTEST rs PREDICTED
SENATE NAY OBJECT

Special Dispatch to THE NEw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c.. Sept. H.
In frantic effort to insure passage
of the Fordney- cCumber tariff bin
at the present session Of Congress the
conference committee composing the
differences between the Senate and
House entered into a new agreement
tonight, eliminating two Of the OBJ
iectionable features Of the measure re-
ported earlier in tho week.
The committee yielded to the over
whelming demand of the House that
the embargo on dyestuffs and the duty
on potash be cut out Of the bill. Pot
ash was put on the free list in the new
conference report and the dyestuffs
embargo stricken out. this industry to
be protected. however, by set Of rates
which are a compromise between those
originally provided by the Senate and
by the House.
The atmosphere was cleared so COM
by the House tomorrow seemed to be
reasonably certain-action which SEN
ator McCumber (Rep.. N. d.. chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee. thought
would be sufficiently prompt to allow the
measure to be taken up in the Senate
before the end OF tire day. Whether this
viii be possible or not. 1t was freely
predicted at the Capitol tnat the bin
would be passed and in the hands of the
President for signature by the last OF
the week.
Compromise ON Dyes.
The new rates on dyestuffs were de-
cided at long session of the conference
committee. at which. admittedly, the
fate of the Fordney McCumber bill hung
In the balance. They are higher than
the rates provided In the House bill. but
lower than those written by the Senate
after the defeat Of the embargo proposal
there several weeks ago.
The House rate for Intermediates. or
partially manufactured dyestuffs. was
cents a pound and 80 per cent ad
vaIorem. The Senate increased this to
1919 cents a pound and as per cent. al
valorem The compromise to-day pro-
per cent. ad vaIorem for the first two
years and cents n pound and 40 per
cent. ad valorem after that.
The House rates for dyestuffs, fully
manufactured was seven cents a pound
and s5 per cent. ad valorem. and this
was increased by the Senate 20 ten and
a half cents pound and 80 per cent. ad
valorem. The compromise Is for seven
nI
valorem for the first two years and
seven cents pound and As per cent. ad
yalorem after that.
All these rates, Senate and House and
compromise. are on the basis OF Ameri-
can valuation. which. OF course, Is higher
than foreign valuation. Under the terms
OF the bill, however, the President. de-
spite the power granted In the flexible
provisions of the measure. cannot change
these rates. They are the only American
valua ton rates In the bill and in conse-
quence the only ones that cannot be
raised or lowered by executive order.
Expects Bill to Pass House.
Representative Garner (Dem. Tex.),
whose motion It was that sent the bill
back to committee yesterday with in
structions to cut out the embargo and
the potash rate, was called into the con-
ference at the last minute and gave az
lis opinion that the measure in the new
form would be acceptable to the House.
There were rumors that the House
would balk again over some features OF
the bill. but these were discounted by Re-
publican leaders, wso declared that II
the House intended to object to anything
IN the measure the time to do It was in
the resolution Of instructions relating to
dyestuffs and potash.
1t was known. however that n con-
siderable group OF House Republicans
would vote against the bill on the
ground that the rates are unscentific
and unwarranted and that this is an
III advised time to upset economic con-
ditions with a tariff bill. The talk
was that from twenty 20 twenty-five
Republicans would vote against the bill
The Senate. since the dyestuffs en-
barge and the duty on potash have
been eliminated is expected to take
issue with the Presidential authority
extended by the bill.
The conference committee changed
this section so as 10 allow the Prcsi.
dent TO change the form of valuation
from foreign to American valuation
although the Senate had been COM
mitted to foreign valuation. The Sen.
ate amendment limiting the Presidential
power to change rates as an emer-
gency measure TO July i, 1874, was
stricken out by the conference com
mittec.
These two points are held to be highl,
Objectionable by large number oi
Senators. and II Is not beyond the range
OF probabilities that the bill will bs
sent back TO the conference committed
80, that the Presidential authority may
be modified.
Democrats in the Senate. denying any
were preparing TO make a series oi
speeches covering all the features Their
reason. they said. is that the bill as Il
now stands is neither the House bill
nor the Senate bill. but a bill written by
six members of the Senate and House
all high protectionists. all welded to the
policy OF favoring special interests and
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