The New York herald., 1922-08-10
Shoes And HIDES GO
ON FREE LIST, SAVING
PUBLIC $t0O,0OO,0OO
% Republicans Help Defeat
Tariff Bloc in Vote of
80 to 26.
ALL LEATHER REDUCED
Cuts in Schedules Average
Is Per Cent. as Senate
Starts Revolt.
LODGE AGAINST DUTIES
Says Bootmakers Don't Need
Protection-Lenroot Re-
ports Farms Opposed.
LODGE AGAINST DUTIES
Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c., Aug. o.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C.. Aug. D.
The Senate was in revolt to-day
against an effort of the agricultural
tariff bloc to continue it's raid on the
public purse by high duty on hides
In the Fordney McCumber tariff bill
Twenty-three Republicans, the great
est number that SO far has voted
against any of the Finance Commit
tees recommendation. joined in the
rejection OF the duty on hides, which
would have meant, according to tariff
experts, not less than $1oo.000.000 a
year more in the cost Of shoes and
leather goods.
The proposed duty was defeated by
a vote Of 80 to 2s after an all day
fight led by Senator Gooding (Rep,
Idaho), the chairman, and Senator'S
Stanfield (Rep., Ore.) and Bursum
(Rep., N. M Of the agricultural tariff
bloc. Thereupon hides were placed
upon the free list.
Boots and shoes. on which duty Of
IL cents pair and 5 per cent. ad
valorem had been proposed to offset
the duty on hides. also were placed on
the free list. The entire leather sched-
ule also was revised. Committee rates
were cut on an average Of Is per cent.
The duty on hidas was writer into
the Fordney- McCumber bill as a result
OF the activities OF the agricultural
tariff bloc. in line with its program OF
obtaining high rate on every product
OF the farm. In making their fight for
the item to-day Senators Gooding. Bur-
sum add stanfeid pursued virtually the
same tactics they did in obtaining the
very high duty on wool. In the produc-
ton OF which they all admitted their
personal financial interests. Senator
Warren tRep.. Wyo), who is included
in the list Of sheep raising Senators.
was on the floor throughout the contest.
but he was content to cit back and pull
the strings while his colleagues made
speeches or interrupted the arguments
OF those who opposed the rate on the
ground that it would mean additional
burdens to everybody VINO wears shoes.
The Argument.
The weight OF the speeches of the hide
rate Senators was that the grower of
cattle needed the money, and that he
certainly was entitled to ii since high
rates on everything else had been pro-
vided in the Fordney- -McCunber bill.
The arguments against the rate were
that the price of shoes would be In
creased to everybody not less than 20
cents pals and that the meat packers
and not the farmers would get the
money.
The rate asked for in the Fordney-
McCumber bill was cents pound on
raw or uncured, green or picked hides,
and 4 cents a pound on dried hides. and
IL applied only to the hides OF cattle.
Each OF these hides weighs 1t developed,
an average OF sixty pounds.
To Offset the revolt of the twenty
three Republicans. almost all Of whom
are from the Eastern section OF the
country, seven Democrats voted for the
rate. -Four OF the Democrats were from
sections of the West where there are
extensive cattle interests.
The Republicans who voted against
the rate were Senators Ball fDel) !.
Borah Tdaho). Brandagce fConn)
Calder IN. W, Cummins tIowa). DIl-
lingham (vtC Edge IN. J). Freling-
huysen IN. j.. Sale (Me.). Keyes On.
H. Lenroot (wis.). Lodge (Mass. y,
Moses IN. HI. New fInd.). Newberry
(Mich.). Pepper (Pa.). Rawson (Iowa)
spencer (Mo). Sutherland CIV. va).
townsend (Mich). wadsworth ". W.
willis tohio) and Colt OR. ID. The
Democrats voting for the rate were :
Senators Broussard (Ba.). Fletcher
(Fla.). Jones IN. M. Kendrics (wyo) i.
Ransdell (La.). Sheppard (Tcx.) and
Ashurst (Ariz.).
Before the vote was taken Senator