Evening star., 1922-07-16
WILL REVIVE FIGHT
FOR DYE EMBARGO
Two Amendments Being
Drafted to Feree Another
Vote in Senate.
COTTON CLOTH, DUTY CUT
Lenroot Aids Southern Members
in Fight for Reductions in
Line With Others. --.-
COTTON CLOTH, DUTY CUT

IS not ended by the vote in the
senate yesterday, ss to SO. which
struck out. OF the administration
tariff bill the provision which would
continue the existing embargo for
one year. and any part of still an
| other year in the discretion of the
| President
TWO amendments are being drafted
! to force another vote in favor of the
aye embargo, for which dye manu-
| facturers in this country have been
! making a long and persistent CON
| tention.
Senator Frelinghuysen. republican.
New Jersey, announced that he would
ofer the embargo provision anew
after the tariff had been reported
TO the Senate from the committee of
the whole. Senator Bursum, repub-
liean, New Mexico, is preparing an
amendment continuing the embargo
system for a year. or more, but with
provision requiring that the profits
Of the dye manufacturers in excess
OF 10 per cent be paid into the fed
eral Treasury
Roll Call on Embargo.
The roll call yesterday on the en-
barge amendment follows: a.
For the embargo:
Republicans-Ball, Brandegee. Bur-
sum. Calder, Curtis. du Pont, Edge,
Ernst, Fernald, France, Frelinghuy-
sen, Gooding, Hale, Jones of Wash
ington, Ladd. Lenroot, Lodge, Nc
Cumber, Mckinley, Mclean, McNsry.
New. oddie' Pepper, Phipps. Rswson.
Shortridge. Sterling. Townsend, War
rem, Watson of Indiana and Willis
32.
! Against the embargo:
Republicans-Borah, Capper. Cum
| minis, Harreld, Johnson, Kellogg.
Reyes. Mccormick, Moses. Nelson
Nicholson, Norbeck. Norris and Smoot.
Observation-Disclosures Caraway, Cut
berson, Dial, Fletcher. Harris. Harri-
son. Hefiin, Kendrick. King. overmau
Pomerene, Ransdell. Robinson, Shep
pard. Shields, Simmons. Smith. Stan
ley, Swanson, Trammeli, Underw
Walsh Of Massachusetts, and Walsh of
Montana.
Supported 1t Year Ago.
A number of those voting against
the embargo yesterday supported it a
year ago. when the present act was
passed, but they explained that they
believed the necessity for a law had
senators supporting the finance conmit-
tee amendment contended that an EN-
| barge is necessary to protect not only
the dye industry, but also to insure
the OF IN
dustry as a means Of national defense.
Explaining his proposed amend
ment. Senator Bursum said privately
that his interest WAS in the national
defense phase of the question and as
serted his belief that SO long as Great
Britain. Italy and japan continued
their dye embargo the United States
should do likewise. He expressed the
belief that the provision of his amend
ment limiting profits of the ranufac-
turers would meet the principal OBJ
lection to the embargo provision in
its present form
Vote Comes UnexpectedIy.
The vote on the embargo came I'M
expectediy Immediately after the Sem
ate convened, there having been an
overnight agreement to suspend the
debate which began Friday and which
led to the attacks on the Chemical
Foundation, Incorporated; the e. /.
Du Pont De Nemours Company, the
Textile Alliance and the American
Dyes Institute. AS the Senate as
sembled Proponents and opponents Of
the amendment got busy msrshaling
their forces, with a result that on the
! roll call there were seventy-one sena-
tors present, considerably more than
the average that has been in at
tendance generally since the tariff
fight began.
The roll call showed vote of thir-
D
amendment. but few moments after
ward Senator Kellogg, republican,
Minnesota, came into the chamber and
announced that had he been there he
would have voted against the en-
barge. Senator Simmons. democrat.
North Carolina, who was paired with
Senator Kellogg, then obtained unani-
nous consent that both be recorded.
swelling the total against the em-
barge to thirty -eight. Senator Cam
eron. republican. Arizona who was
present, was unable to vote because
of inability to get a trnsfer for HIS
pair, but announced that he favored
the embargo. . -. -
Hsuse Kills Provision.
A provision to continue the dye
embargo was contained in the tarih
bill as reported by the House ways
and means committee, but the House
struck it out after a fight led by
Representative Frear. republican,
Wisconsin. The Senate finance COM
mittee majority, after long discussion!
modified form. -
After disposing of the dye question.
the Senate returned to consideration
of the cotton schedule, approving .
minimum duty of 90 per cent ad
valorem and a maximum duty of 3s
per cent ad yalorem on cotton sewing
thread. Originally the committee
majority proposed 20 per cent and Is
per cent. respectively, but recedeo from
those figures.
Opposing the duties approved. Sen
ator Smith. democrat. South Carolina.
charged that English and American
manufacturers of cotton THREAD had
the most perfect monopoly OF. the
world trade.in sewing cotton Known
manufacturers were making huge
profits and that the Senate was not
justified in approving any rate In exi
cess of the Is per cen. ID vslorem In
the existing tarin law. ~
Cotton Cloth Duties Cut.
With Senators Lenroot, republican,
Wisconsin,; Simmons, democrat, North
Carolina, and Smith. democrat South
Carolina. leading fight 10 that eno'
the committee majority agreed
and the Senate approved reductions
in proposed duties on cotton cloths
SO as to keep them in line with tue
general reductions made by the Sep-
ate I'm the duties on yarns entering
into such cloths.
On unbleached and uncolcred cloth.
containing yarns the average number
of which does not exceed No. 30, the
Senate approved q minimum duty OF
10 per cent ad valorem, and mini-
mum Of 80 per cent on eiotn een.r'h essr IN
Riesched GOTTEN cloth containing
yarns the average number OF which
does not exceed No. 90 would bear a!
mtnimum duty OF - Per cent adj
with average numbers. in excess Of
No. SO would bear q Hinimum OF 9S|
Cotton, cloth. printed, dyed orI
woven figured. containing yarns not iIi|
,num of Is per cent, and that con-
tanning yarns in excess uf No. sol
would bear a minimum OF 40 perl