The New York herald., 1922-08-16
Cotton Cloth and Hospital
Utensils Among Necessi-
ties Heavily Taxed.
LACE GOES UP 80 P. c.
Paint COlors and Toilet Sup.
plies Are Advanced From
60 to IS P. C.

Special Dispatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. d. c.. Aug. is.
Senator McCumber (Rep., N. d.
again upset tho equilibrium OF the
United States Senate to-day by intro
dusing 161 last minute amendments to
the Fordney- McCumber tariff bill.
They got in barely under the wire,
because, under the unanimous consent
agreement by which the Senate is con-
sidering the tariff bill. amendments by
the Finance Committee, of which Mr..
McCumber is chairman, were to be
barred at 4 P. NJ There were already
waiting to be considered between 400
and 500 amendments relating chiefly
to the administrative sections of the
bill.
Under the terms OF the Senate
to be voted on before the end Of the
legislative day. In order to accom-
plish the mere physical labor in
volved, with all debate abandoned, the
Senate was sitting late tonight voting
in a routine way. along strict party
lines, many Senators without the
slightest knowledge Of the subjects in
hand
/ Some Of the new amendments Of
fered by Senator McCumber concerned
duties on products vital to the everyday
life OF the American public. The fact
| that they had been proposed at such q
late hour. after the tariff bill has been
openly debated In the Senate for four
months. brought forth the most bitter
condemnation from members fighting
the measure.
Form DeceivinR.
II desire to say that this illustrates
how sloppily this bill has been pre-
pared Senator Pat Harrison (Dem..
Miss.), declared when Senator McCum-
| Der offered the amendments.
After we had entered into unani-
nous consent agreement that no commit
tee amendments should be offered after
a certain time. and tho time being
stated in the agreement. the committee
recommends more than a hundred
amendments. and they are brought In
here in q manner which will not allow
their discussion to any extent before we
are called upon to vote on them"
The amendments were in a form such
as to afford no key as to what they
were about without a detailed examina-
| tion OF the original text OF the tariff
bill, together with the amendments that
have been adopted from time to time
| during the four months the measure has
been before the Senate. Some OF them
looked to be innocent enough, although
unquestionably they had been devised
to extract still more money from the
public purse. A notable instance of this
was carefully studied revision OF the
cotton goods schedule. the alteration OF
which will mean much higher prices for
cotton cloth.
Weeks Asks Dye Embargo.
The weight OF the Administration was
exerted through Secretary Weeks to-
day to obtain a reconsideration OF the
Senate's action several weeks ago in
| refusing to continue the embargo on
dyestuffs as proposed by the tariff bill.
| Secretary Weeks declared I'm a letter to
/ Senator McCumber that a continuation
OF the embargo was essential to the
building up of chemical industry in
America vital to the national defense.
Senator Jones (Dem.. ". NJ con-
| demned Senator McCumber because OF
the tactics employed by the Finance
Committee with regard TO the rate on
kitchen and hospital utensils. pans. ket-
ties and the like. When, the rate came
before the Senate originally about a
month ago. Senator Jones was prepared
to attack the duties of Is cents a pound
and so per cent. ad valorem as far too
high. The same rate was on enameled
ware as well aluminium ware. Sena-
tor Jones's opposition was based on the
ground that such articles were n neces-
sity. used in every household, and that
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