The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-04-21

the senate ralSed this 10 30 CENTS.
After a new fight, the house of rep.
resentatives, in passing the Fordney
bill, struck out the duty on hides, and
left them where they are under the
Democratic tariff The senate com
mittee has fixed duty of 2 cents a
pound on green hides, and cents on
dried hides.
The one instance where the senate
committee disregarded the recon-
mendations of the group" was on
hay; here the house duty of $500 per
ton was reduced to $500. This item
will lead to a contest in the senate.
Grass seed is an item of interest to
many Western States. All this class
of seed comes in free under the I'm
derwood law. The house fixed duty
of cents a pound on alfalfa seed; the
group asked for cents, and that IS
the rate carried by the Senate bill Red
clover carried 3 cent rate in the
house bill, and now has 4 cents in
the Senate bill. Some of the other
grass seed rates have not yet been sat
isfactorily established, and will be
subject to further consideration by the
Senate.
As for the orchardist, his interests
have not been overlooked. The Under
wood rates on these commodities were
small, if any rate was provided. The
House fixed duty of rs cents bush
Ell. on apples; the Senate rate is 30|
cents; The House rate of IL cents
a pound on cherries has been raised
to 2 cents the duty on berries has
been advanced from | cent a pound
to l IA cents and on other fruits not
specified, the rate has been raised 20
to IS per cent advalorem.
One of the signal victories won by |
the Senate farm group was with re-
gard to the duty on wool. Wool
comes in free under the Underwood |
law. When the House was formulat
ing the Fordney Bill, Senator Gooding
and representatives of the wool grow
ers appeared before the Ways and
Means Committee and asked for the
complete rewriting of the wool
schedule, serving notice that Congress-
could not enact another schedule K.
Particularly, he asked that the basis of
imposing the duty on wool be changed |
and that the rate be fixed on tn.
secured content of the wool, instead
IF being based, as heretofore, on wo \
n the grease. The duty asked was 80
cents pound on the secured content
The house changed the basis OF
ewing the wool duty, but fixed
he rate at rs cents a pound, which
was not ample.
When the bill went to the Finance
Committee, Senator Gooding, backed
~ the entire group, asked for rate
IF SO cents, and that rate was grant
ID. An interesting fact in connection
With the operations of the farm group
n the Senate is that it did not confine
IS efforts to securing adequate duties
IN the products of the farm, but
'ranched out, and sought and general
V secured fair duties on other import
int products of the states which the
member Senators represented. Marv
IF the western agricultural states also
zig mining states, and the two mine
products over which there was the
most concern are lead and zinc As
lie did with wool, so Senator Good
ng did with lead and zinc. He wen,
before the House Ways and Means
Committee with the request of the
PRODUCERS of North Idaho for a duty
If 2 l-8 cents a pound on lead, and
IL cents a pound on zinc. He
showed wherein these duties must be
given if the mining industry of Idaho
md other states is to survives And |
his presentation of that matter was SO
conclusive that the House committee |
accented the rates he cuooestad ,,3