Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-14
Attempt Being Made to Pen
aIize the People in Their
Efforts to Obtain KnoWI-
edge, Charges.
Is PER CENT DUTY
ON INK INCREASED
Smoot Defends the Boost.
Says It PROBABLY viii Not
Be Borne By the Ultimate
Consumer,

Washington, May 13.-Repubh-
can proponents Of the pending
tariff bill were charged today in
the senate by Senator Underwood
of Alabama. the democratic leader.
with 'penalizing the American
people in their efforts to secure
knowledge, education and the ad-
yantages that grow out of educa-
tional development He was dis
cussing a five per cent increase IN
the present duty of is per cent ad
valorem on ink, which the senate
approved.
Senator Smoot of Utah, ranking
republican on the finance commits
tee, defended the five per cent in
increase, saying 1t was necessary,
because provision was made in the
bill for increasing the protection
on the ingredients of ink. He
gave it az his opinion that the In
crease would not be borne by the
ultimate consumer, but probably
would be taken care of by local
competition. This view was dis
puted by Senator Underwood.
'1n this bill" senator Under
wood said in discussing the sched-
ule, "the majority are raising the
taxes on paper of all kinds: they
are raising the tax on printers
ink: they are raising the tax on
everything that goes to make a
book or newspaper. IT may be
said that it is only a cent or two,
that it is only a small amount, but
when the tax is increased on every
item in bill which covers 4,000,-
600 articles, burden of taxation
is imposed to a point where men
OF moderate means in the United
states are deprived of the advau-
tages of life which they are ent-
tied to have because prohibitive
taxes are levied at the custom
house for the benefit of special In
terests that are already prosperirg
and growing rich.
ut seems that those who believe
] in a protective tariff now have
reached the point where they de-
mand a prohibitive tariff, and so
! far as they are able they propose
| to build up tariff wall so high
| that no importations can come in
and that the American mauufac-
! turer may have a monopoly be-
I hind the tarirc wall and exploit the
I American people TO his hearts
DESIRE
Senator Hitchcock, democrat.
! Nebraska, offered an amendment
10 continue the Underwood rate on
ink but it was rejected, 81 to 115.
Presenting official figures to
show that American ink manufac-
turers not only dominated the
home market but exported large
quantities of ink, the Nebraska
senator declared that the propos-
ed tariff was typical OF the vices
in the bill"
He asserted that an increase in
the ink tariff at this time could
not possibly serve any purpose of
protection. adding that il protec-
ton were needed it was amply pro-
vided for in the existing law.
! Aside from the ink schedule. the
only sharp fight today was against
| the committee rate of sixty per
cent ad valorem on finished prod
ucts OF eelluIoid. Senator King.
democrat, Utah. attacking this pro-
vision which was approved by the
senate. declared that these items
entered into practically every
home; that the imports were very
small and that the increased duty
was fer the benefit OF the e, ].
Dupont De Nemours company and
those other great corporations
which made millions of profits
during the war;