The Washington herald., 1922-09-20
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ADAMS DEFENDS
NEW SCHEDULES
Denounces Talk of ''Rob-
Der Rates"-Predicts
Prosperity.

icpoIl ana IL lntTc Hdu nOt DteH an
unexpected complication In connec-
tion with a minor correction in the
engrossed copy of the bill, IL would
have been taken to the President
last night and the new duties would
have become effective at midnight
The bill will be signed by the
Speaker of the House and the Presi-
dent of the Senate today at noon
Immediately after the two houses
convene. 1t will reach the President
early in the afternoon. The under
standing is that he will sign It at
once. The bill provides that the new
duties shall become effective the
day following its enactment.
Importers who are making
eleventh-hour efforts TO get their
goods through the customs houses
before the new law becomes ef-
fective, will have a final day OF
grace.
Five Republicans Vote No.
Five Republicans voted against
Senators Borah, of Idaho; Cameron.
Lenroot and LaFollette. of wiscon-
sin. 1t was announced that Senator
Norris. 2f Nebraska also would have
voted against it IL he had been
present.
Two Democrats. Senators Brous-
sard and Ransdell, of Louisiana
voted for the bill
During the final debate on the
measure, its provisions were de.
Tended by Senator Smoot, of Utah
Republican, and assailed by Sena.
tors Underwood. of Alabama. and
Harrison, of Mississippi. Democrats 5
Senator Smoot expressed regro
that the bill will not be on th'
statute Books long enough to prov'
its value to the American pecpi,
In advance of the November elec
/ ton.
| Thirty eight per cent of th,
Democratic Senators have voted 70
amendments which would increas,
rates of duty" said Senator Smoot
| "Forty-two per cent of them hav,
! voted against amendments whicl
would lower rates Of duty
Underwood Flags Rates.
you propose to put a tax on 70
the benefit OF special interests tina
in most cases more than douhl
the existing rates. said Senate
Underwood who denounced the bill
| in unsparing terms The rates Il
the bill are higher than in the Ding
/ ey bill and higher than in tn
Payne-Aldrich bill. which the Amer
lean people repudiated."
The bill is based, generally. o,
foreign valuation as the basis 70
determining duties. Dyes. however
are based on American valuatio,
and in the elastic tariff provisions
of the bill, authority Is granted tn
President to raise or lower rate
not more than so per cent. and t
change from foreign valuation {
American valuation il he deter
mines this course essential to diff
ferentiate between costs of produc
ton here and abroad.
Most of the rates on the so-calle
basic commodities of the bill ar
higher than in any previous Law
Adams Defends Law.
John T Adams. chairman of tn
Republican National Committed
issued the following statement re
garding the new tariff law.
The enactment of a permanen
protective tariff marks the begin
ming of another era of good time
in the United States. 1t guarantee
to employer and employe. alike, Sc
curity from destructive foreig
competition. 1t affords protection
to- all sections of the country an
all classes of producers. 1t ha
been correctly styled an all-Amer
lean protective tariff.
The principle of protective tarii
has been known as the America
policy since the days of Henry
Clay. The Republican party fror
the date of its birth has been tn,
constant advocate of that policy
Whenever it was in power II say
to it that there was a protectiv,
tariff in operation.
The newly-enacted tariff lawl
like all protective tariff laws, ha
met with denTnciation and misrep
resentation. There never has bee
a protective tariff enacted whic
the opposition did not characteriz
a 'robber' tariff. There never hs
been a protective tariff enacted tina
the opposition did not brand 1t a
the most iniquitous.' Yet ther
never has been a protective tari
that did not bring good times in tn
form of steady employment and
good wages to the working people
which was instantly reflected /
prosperity to all branches of bust
ness and commerce. There neve
has been a protective tariff tina
Closed a factory or threw a work
ii ingman out of a job.
The newly-enacted tariff has mt
with the chage that it will increas
the cost of living. The cost of livin
is determined by the amount of none
there is left in the pay envelope afte
all the expenses of the household hav
been met. Under a protective tari
this amount has always been create
than under free trade. There can M
possibly be any higher cost of hvin
than that of being out of job.
little matters to the working man ho'
cheaply he may buy commodities
he has no money wherewith to buy.
THE operation of the law will i'm
mediately check the flood of foreig
imports which has been steadily IN
creasing during the past year to tn
injury of American industries and tn
impairment of the prosperity Of a
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