The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-10
LEATHER GOODS
VOTED BACK ON
THE FREE LIST
Senator Fletcher Was One of
Seven Democrats Who Voted
For Tariff on Hides.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
VOTES AGAINST DUTY
proposed Duties on Many Arti-
cles Are Lowered Without Roll
CaH-Fight Over Gloves.

WASHINGTON, Aug 9. - Hfdea
boots and shoes and leather were voted
pack to the tariff free list TODAY bv
the senate. which thus concurred in
action taken by the house more thar
year ago. There was only one roll
Gallon hides-and the result was 90
~ 90 against the committee rates Of
TWO cents a pound on green or picked
anu TOUR cents on dried hides
Seven Observation-Disclosures Rro,,s-
Saro, fletcher Jones, of New Mexico.
hendrlck' Ransdel and Sheppard vot-
cd Tor the duty on hides while % re-
poohcans voted against it.
Marked Lines Disappesr
"ioSt OF the more marked lines which
nave oeVeloped in the senate during
the tariff fight disappeared on this
voc but about the only surprise was
tnaI a majority of the republicans vot-
Gu against making hides dutiable NOT
only was there a split among the lead
ershlp on the question, but also in tba
!lIlance committee majority and even
In the republican agricultural -tarifr-
DIoc which through its chairman Son
ator Gooding, of Idaho, had asked foy.
cents on green hides and on dried
hides. ~ 4eu
only two members of the ffnancs
committee majority - Curtis and
Smoot, supported the duties wbIIe
TOUR members Calder, Dtllinpbap,
Frelinghuysen and Sutherland--voto,y al
against them. Chairman McCurnhe
ana senator Watson of Indiana. the
other Two members present were pair-
ca ana unable to vote. Five members of
the tariff bloc broke away on the ball
Iot-Speneer Willis, New, Keyes and
Townsend. --'t
Smoot's Motion Carried
With hides sent back to tho frea
Inst, Senator Smoot of Utah. for the
committee, moved that the senate die
agree to the amendnent pronosfrar =
rate OF IL cents a pair and per cent
ao Vaiorem on boots and shoes and
VARYING rates on band, rough and sole
leather' harness leather and various
other Kinds of this product This mo-
Ilon prevailed without roll call.
without roll calls the senate then
cut from 40 to 80 per cent the proposed
duty on bags, baskets, belts, satche1s
card cases, pocketbooks, jewel boxes
portfolios and other boxes and cases
wholly or in chief value of leather
On such articles permanently fitted
and furnished with travelling. bottle.
drinking, dining or luncheon, sewing.
manicure or similar sets the duty was
made 45 per cent ad valorem in place
Of the sixty per cent originally pro-
posed.
The fight over duties on leather
gloves carried the senate into its first
night session in several weeks and re-
suited in the approval of minimum
of fifty per cent and a maximum of 20
per cent except on gloves made from
the hides of cattle. These were placed
on the free list because of the removal
Of the duty on hides as were harness.
saddles, saddIery, on which the COM
mittee had proposed a duty of 20 per
cent.
On gloves made of horse hide and
pig skin, rate of 20 per cent ad val
prem was approved after Senator
Reed democrat, Missouri, had objected
10 high taxes on such gloves, which,
ne said, were worn largely by farm
ers and workers