New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-29
Democrats Out
Of Tariff Fight;
Pleased at Split
Republican Revolt Expected
to Develop Thunder for
Minority i'm Campaign
Without Help of Rivals
Promise No More Delays
Insurgents Force Another
Concession on Wool Rates,
Though Losing on Second

against the Fordney- McCumber tariff
bill by the Democrats in the Senate
has been concluded, prominent Demo
cratic Senators announced tonight. AS
a matter of fact the Democrats are
openly pleased with the situation, and
now for political reasons are anxious
for the Republicans to take the respon-
sibility Of putting the tariff bill
through, with so many of it's sections
branded by Republicans in Congress
and by Republican newspapers through
out the country as outrageous and
worse than the Payne Aldrich SEIZED
ules.
Next week, the Democratic leaders
said, they would not oppose unani-
nous consent agreement for an early
vote on the tariff bill, proceeding
which they blocked a few weeks ago
when the Republican leaders finally
forced a vote in an effort to obtain
cloture, but were defeated by failing
to get the two thirds majority the
rules require.
Insurgents Force New Point
Republican insurgents against the
high wool rates forced another
concession from the Finance Commit
tee Today when an amendment offered
by Senator Lenroot, Of Wisconsin, to
eliminate what he called concealed
protection" was accepted by Senator
Smoot of the committee and then
passed by the Senate. The committee
consented to have duties on mixed
fabrics of the better grades imposed
on the basis Of the wool content only.
The committee had previously fixed the
duties on mixed goods in such way
that the wool rates would be imposed
on the cotton content of the cloth.
Senator Lenroots efforts to reduce
the rates on wooden fabrics in para
graph 11o9 we're unavailing. The COM
mittee rates were adopted after an
amendment to reduce some of them 5
and some 10 per cent was beaten "a to
81. Eight Republicans, Senator'S Borah,
Capper. Jones, of Washington; Lenroot,
Nelson, Norbeck Sterling and Wads-
worth, voted for the lower rates.
Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota,
following up his ATTACK of yesterday on
the wool schedule, again assailed it
to-day. He called it "protection run
mad" and the most vicious schedule
in the bill
Points to 1871 Per Cent Duty
Taking up paragraph 1909, which re-
fers to woven fabrics weighing more
than four ounces to the square yard,
Senator Nelson pointed out that on
some forms of these cloths the duties
would be 131 per cent ad valorem. He
favored protection to measure the diff
many parts of the bill, he said, the
protection exceeded that and included
profits. He called the bill more ex
treme in it's protection than the Payne
Aldrich bill"
Senator Nelson said it was hard for
him to support such excessive rates and
he reminded the Senator's from such
wool states as New Mexico, Arizona,
Wyoming and Idaho that, although they
were very strong in the Senate, the
state Of Minnesota has more votes in
the Electoral College than all these
wool states combined"
The Senator asserted the high rates
on wooden clothing would cause great
army Of people in this country to
suffer
Abiding to the agricultural rates,
Senator Nelson said he felt many of
them were too high, such as the 80 cent
wheat rate. He thought they were put
in "to make q big showing for the
the farmer to swallow the high duties
on manufactured goods and on wool"
Says "It's Only a Suspicion"
ut seems to me-" observed Senator
Nelson, chat the Senator from North
Dakota put in these high agricultural
rates to oil the protection machine Tor
schedules in the bill. don't make that
charge, Of course. It's only notion
and suspicion of mine.
Were in the hands of the wool
Philistines," concluded Senator Mel
son. They've go, US by the throat,
and perhaps it would be wiser to take
the medicine In silence and turn yolr
head toward Providence and hope to
get relief from that source"
When the Senate met 1t took UP the
duties in paragraph 1903, relating to
woven fabrics weighing not more than
four ounces per square yard.
Senator Lenroot at once opened
fight to have the duties assessed ONLY
on the wool content of such cloth. He
urged the Senate not to support eX-
cessive compensatory rates on mixed
goods and so did Senator Simmons.
Smoot Makes Admission
In the course of the discussion SEN
ator Smoot admitted there would be
no serious difficulty in assessing the
duty on the wool content.
Senator Lenroot offered an amend
ment to impose the duty on the wool
content only This was rejected, % to
50, when Senator Lenroot sought TO
apply it to fabrics valued at not more
than 80 cents pound. Eight Repub-
licans voted for the amendment. They
were Senators. Borah, Cummins, Cap
per, Kellogg, Jones, of Washington:
Lenroot, Mccormick and Nelson.
Senator Lenroot t>>a said he would
offer similar amendment to the next
section of the paragraph, relating to
tabrlcs valued at more than so cents a
pound. He doubted, he said, if MANY
Senators knew what they had been
voting for
He asked if the Senate intended ode
liberately and willfully to give com
pensatory duty to the wool manufac-
turers on cloths made partly of other
material"
Lenroot Calls 1t Scandal
1T is lust Such a scandal as arou