The New York herald., 1922-07-16
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DYESTUFFS EMBARGO
OUT OF TARIFF BILL
BY REPUBLICAN AID
Fourteen Join Democrats
in Defeating Provision
to Keep Up Bars.
REVOLT IS COMPLETE
Action Will Come Up Again
Before the Senate in
Full Session.
FOLLOWS MOSES. CHARGES.
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Frelinghuysen Will Ask That
the Ban Be Restored at
First Opportunity.
REVOLT IS COMPLETE
FOLLOWS MOSES. CHARGES
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New Pork Herald Bureau.
Washington. -. e.. July IS. y
Fourteen Republicans Joined the
Democrats in the Senate to-day in
defeating. 3s to 32, the provision OF
the Fordney- Nc cCumber tariff bin con-
tinuing the embargo on the importa-
ticn of dyestuffs for another year.
1t was the most complete revolu-
ton SO far encountered against the
bill, and the action followed sensa-
tional charges made by Senator Moses
tRep.. N. H.) and others against the
leaders Of. the dye industry in Amer
lea. the Chemical Foundation, the du
Points and the Textile Alliance. The
Republicans who voted against the
embargo were:
Borah (Idaho). Mccormick (Ill.).
Capper (Kan).s Moses On. H).
Cufnmins (Iowa). Nelson f.Iinn).
Harreld {okla.). Nicholson (col.).
johnson. tCalD. Norbeck Is d..
Kellogg .(Minn.). Norris (Neb.).
keyes IN. HI. Smoot (Utah).
The Democrats were solid against
the. embargo. On motion of Chair
man McCumber. in charge of the bill,
another section was stricken out Of
the measure. that intended to give the
President authority to extend the en-
barge for second year.
Senator Frelinghuysen (Rep.. N. ~,
Immediately served notice that he would
ask TO have the embargo section put
back IN the bill when Il reached the
floor OF the Senate. The Senate is now
considering the bill as q. committee OF
the #hol6. DUE to the fact that t1sday's
vote was close and that more Senators
will be voting when the measure actu-
ally reaches the floor the outcome Of
the Issue IL in doubt
Vote IL Unexpected.
The vote an the embargo clause came
unexpectedly. almost as soon as the
Senate reconveued to continue its dis
cussion Of the subject which was taken
up yesterday, when Senator Moses
charged that leaders Of the dyestuff
industry were engaged in a gigantic
combination to fleece the public Sena-
tor King (Dem.. Utah). who also at
tackled the embargo. finished the speech
he had begun. and then the vote was
taken.
American dyestuff manufacturers.
whose plants are in New York. New
Jersey and the New England states.
had asked that they be allowed an en-
barge protecting them from foreign inn
ports for at least five years. This the
Senate Finance Committee refused to
do. allowing only year. but giving
authority to the President in the ad-
ninistratiye section Of the tariff bill
to extend the embargo for a second year
II he believed the facts should warrant.
Throughout the two day considera-
ton OF the embargo issue the chief de-
Tense was made by Senator Frelinghuy-
sen, in whose State--New Jersey--many
Of the i dyestuff manufacturing plants
are located. Senator Frelinghuysen in
sisted that the embargo was essential
II the industry in America were to be
put on It's feet In competition with the
German industry. which had control Of
the American dye business before the
war and which now was ready to step
In again to capture It.
Frelih9huysen's Plea.
Senator Frelinghuysen also declared
that such chemical industry is essen
tial to American national defense, evil
dence Of which. he said. was the con-
dition in which the United States found
itself at the outset of the war.
This, Of course. will be the line that
Senator F'relinghuysen and the friends
OF the embargo will follow in their at
tempt to have, the clause restored when
the bill reaches the Senate floor.
The fight on the dyestuffs industry. Of
course, IA not ended. whatever the final
result may be on the question Of en-
barge. The tariff bill providing for the
embargo provides as well for high tariff
duties on the various items OF dyes and
their derivatives, all devised to prevent
such materials coming into the United
states in n semi-mixed or entirely un-
mixed state, for later preparation and
also ar definite stop gap for any inn
portations that might get through In
spite Of the embargo.
These high rates will be subject to the
closest scrutiny by the enemies OF the
embargo proposal many Of whom, like
Senator'S Moses and King. are free with
charges that, the American dyestuffs In
dustry Is nothing much more than gi-
gantic monopoly seeking to establish
and maintain high prices for\ its
products y
The action OF the Democrats in oppos-
ing the embargo was surprising to some
In view OF the fact that for long time
,ae matter OF embargo was a Demo-
cratic policy The Democratic position
now. however. as voiced BY Senator
Simmons Dem. N. C.). Is that on many
items the dye industry in America 10
well on its feet. .h
High protective rates on those articles
which cannot be manufactured In Amer