The Washington times., 1922-08-19
Of
CLOTHING
BOOST
Democratic Leader to Make
Eleventh-Hour Attack on
Measure to Pass Today.

Opportunity for the levying OF
additional indirect taxes of ap-
proximately $4,000, 100000 annu-
ally upon the consumers Of Ameri-
ca 10 afforded by the Senate tariff
bill, scheduled to pass today, ac-
cording TO an estimate and analy-
sis Of the bill by Senator F. M.
Simmons of North Carolina, rank
Ing Democrat Of the Finance
Committee, and expert assistants,
who have figured the added levies
possible under the Senate rates.
Will Make Final Speech.
Senator Simmons plans to make
final speech in opposition to the bill
before passage and In this, as well
~ in formal statement later, he
will supply detailed figures and
table showing at a glance the spread
between the Underwood. Simmons act
rates and the duties written into the
fordney- McCumber bill in The Sen
ate.
CuoWo SOob w SoboeA'~s'
A copy OF the Simmons table oo.
tanned today carries in last tell.tsle
column additional cost to consumer
under proposed tariff bill. Sen
ator Simmons and his expert as
sistants explained that figures in
this column are reached by taking
the annual consumption OF given
article, the protection to domestic
producers or manufacturers under
the Underwood law, additional pro
lection afforded by. the Senate bill,
and the pyramiding profits OF i'm
porters, wholesalers, jobbers and re-
tailers until an article comes into
possession Of the upltimate con-
sumer. The table Is also in the as:
sumption that the Underwood ana
the Senate bill rates are fully et'
fective and operative.
According to the analysis OF Sen
ator Simmons, the story Is not tolo
by merely setting out the high duty
/. IMPOSED. This duty, paid on me
competitive foreign article. Is turned
over several times before the tlnal
sale Of an article, says Senator sim
mons. The domestic producer or
manufacturer benefits to the extent
Of the duty and from this initial
extra profit on down the line to the
retail counter there is q succession OF
handling charges and profits, t'r
which the American consumer IN
evitably pays.
Millions Increase on Clothing.
Thus Senator Simmons takes wool
clothing. The average ad valorem
rate in the Underwood-Simmons
tariff for revenue only law was 81.
Der cent. The average rate In the
r,resent Senate bill is IS per cent.
Based on annual consumption or
use of clothing, the tariff protection
to domestic manufactures under the
existIng tariff law was S265.000, 900;
under the Senate bill It jumps to
Ss2e. 900 900. The estimated total
cost to consumer under the Under
wood bill was SAT- 900, 900: under the
senate bill 1t will be l,132 ,000,O 600
an Increased cost of $655.0OO. 900:
Using a similar process Of figur'
. inS. the sugar bill of the American
consumer may be Increased oy
1857 600, 900. Sewing machines, free
under the Underwood, Simmons tariff
act, may cost S23, 200, 900 more In the
aggregate under the Senate bill
duties.
1t possibly will cost $126,000. 900
additional per year to buy cutlery:
s32, 200, 900 for buttons, such as go
ON fathers trousers, or the baby's
dress: $6S3, 900, 900 will be added on
cotton manufactures and $655,OOO.OOO
on wool manufactures.
Estimate. He Says, Conservative.
Altogether" said Senator Sim
mons today. II conservatively esti'
mate that the Senate bill gives op.
portunity for the imposition Of in
creased costs to the consumer
Amounting to around $1,000 900, 900
annually. The Fair Tariff League
has put the added burden at 81.
OOO, ,000, 900, but l think that Is too
high. Assuming that the Under.
wood Simmons and the Fordney-
McCumber rates are fully effective
es figured out in the table, there
N given opportunity to lay on 49,.
OOO. 900 900 more indirect taxation,
n the traffic will bear that much.
ga careful study Of this bill
in view OF condi.
tions here and abroad, that II was
framed with a view to maintaining
not only the present high prices,
hut to enable the industries II pro.
tects to further advance these ex.
eessively high prices without in
curing the risk Of foreign competi'
ton"