Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-13
SENATE COMMITTEE MAKES
 SHARP CUTS IN TARIFF DUTIES

Washington, June 12-Continuing it's downward revision of rates in the new tariff bill, the senate finance committee ajority made sharp cuts today in the proposed duties on surgical, dental sci- entific and laboratory Instruments i; molyhdenum ore and molybdeum alloys and other commodities. All of the reduc- tions, some of which were offered after the original recommendations had come under fire, from the democratic side were approved by the senate.
 Some increases in rates also were pro- posed and accepted. They covered fer romanganese and were recommended, members of the committee said. as com pensatory duty to the manufacturers by reason of the recent action of the sen ate in removing manganese ore from the 1 free list against the committees recom- mendation. The duties on ferroman- ganese were fixed at 17s cents a puond on that having more than one per cent. l of carbon and 17s cents and Is per cent. l ad valorem on that containing less than | one per cent. of carbon.
 l On scientific, laboratory and philosop- hical instruments the committee proposed and the senate accepted reduction from l 55 per cent ad valorem to B per cent. A l democratic amendment to make the rate l 25 peF cent. as at present was rejected. l On surgical instruments the committee l originally recommended duties equiva. l lent Chairman McCumber said. to so per cent. It reduced them to 45 per cent or l surgical and 5 per cent. on dental and
 it's action was approved after the senate 1 had defeated motions from the minority | side to cut those rates.
 The rate on molybdenum ore was cut | from 75 cents to S5 cents a pound ant l hot
 15 per cent. ad valorem to 50 cents 2 pound and Is per cent. A motion by
 SEenator Walsh, democrat, Montana. tC make the rate on the alloy 1 cent
 pound was rejected, 2S to 22
 Duties on ferro solicon, ranging iron
 2 cents to 8 cents pound were approv
 ed over vigorous protest from the emo I crats but the duty on many metal al
 feYs was cut from 30 per cent ad va
 lt 'em to 25 per cent. At the request 0
 the request of the committee, action ol the duty on tungston alloys was defer red ntiI further investigation of proc es can be made.
 A rate of $2 pound on cerium meta was approved by a vote of 34 to 25 Thi is by-product of the gas nlantel in
 dustry but Senator Frelinghuysen. re publican, New Jersey, said the proces of extracting was difficult and expen sive. the cost ranging from $4.5o t
 S5.50 a ton. He said that during tn war 1t sold for $1o0 a pound and no, ranges from s7.5o to SIS.
 Senator Simmons, democrat, Mort . Carolina, argued that duty was nc necessary on an article which the Amer { ican producer could sell for from twic
 to six times its cost The $2 duty h said woulyd mean simply a further pric , rise.
 . Chairman McCumber asked Senate
 F're!inghuysen, to permit the amendmer
 to go over but the New Jersey senate r l insisted on a vote
 e Rates on metal alloys occupied u
 senate much of the day and led to e, :, | tended discussion. Senator Underwoo = of Alabama, democratic leader, protestt
 against what he termed unnecessary al
 ties on the raw materials used by u
 steel industries. He declared that tn s industry had become giant stalking tl
 earth in competition with the steel indu - tries of other countries and that tl e 'shackles should be removed from him \, Chairman McCumber argued that = would not be beneficial to the country $ strike the giant down but Senator U ,f derwood replied that he was not aski, if that this be done