New-York tribune., 1922-07-18
Senate Adopts
Cotton Tariff
Lippitt Wrote
Smoot Admits Providence
Manufactures Dictated
! Schedule Adding I2 P. C.
to Duty on Woven Cloth
Insurgents Less Active
1000 Amendments Remain
To Be Acted On After
Three Months of Debate

From The Trso.mes washincton Rur.a.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE hght
waseo ny Republican insurgents on
weakened noticeably to-day when a
number of them lined up for tho F;1
nance Committees rates. notahiy ~
IL per cent additional duty on fsrn,.
woven cloth. This was approved hv
vote Of 81 to 2S in the Senate. dasn;tc
the charge by Senator Lenroot, Repuh-
lican, Of Wisconsin, that it had been
written by former Senator Henry F.
Lippitt, cotton goods manufactured
OF Providence, k. l., and the adnissior
By Senator smoot, Republican. of
Utah, that this was the fact.
Practically all plans forhurrying the
tariff bill were abandoned blythe SEN
ale Republican leaders. Talk of clio.
trre, whether by majority vote or
otherwise, was dropped. It was ad-
m'tted there was nothing to do but
nsasure to take it's course, with com
plate uncertainty as to the time when
the bill would be passed.
The debate will soon enter on it's
fourth month, and not half of the FL
nance Committee amendments are vet
disposed of. More than 1000 OF them
remain. Belief grows. in Washington
Sa5 tS uAy tUG Ulfl VIII not De
enacted until after the November cleo
tons.
La Follette's Absence a Factor
In the fight over features cf the
cotton schedule to-day the weakening
Of the insurgent movement and the
absence OF Senator La Toilette, who is
campaigning in his state, enabled the
Finance Committee to control. Senator
Lenrcot, Senator Smith, of South Caro-
llrs.. and Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, kept up their attacks on the
high rates proposed by the Finance
Committee, but on roll calls they were
beaten. Senator's Lenroot, Borah, Cap
per, Kellogg, Nelson and Sterling were
the only Republicans not willing to
acquiesce in the rates proposed by the
Finance Committee. The effect of to-
days action was to increase notice ably
the rates on printed and woven cloths,
numerous kinds of yarns, tapestries,
upholstery, plush and velvet ribbons,
terry-woven cloth and others.
Throughout much of the day the
Senate gave consideration to Paragraph
905-A and Paragraph 905-B Of the bill,
containing amendments proposed by
the committee to the cotton schedule.
In q general way the purpose of these
amendments is TO provide additional
duties on certain kinds Of cloths,
printed and woven, such as cloths of
the Jacquard woven style, and also on
cotton yarns.
Senator Lenroot opposed the COM
mittee amendments. Referring to Para
graph 9Q5-A, he said the duties pro-
posed on these cloths "are~in the same
words proposed by Henry F. Lippitt,
the great cotton king"
SIS not that correct" he asked
Senator Smoot.
Senator Smoot said it was.
Senator Lenroot said that when TIE
various features of the rates were
figured out they amounted to cents
a yard higher than the rates in the
Payne-Aldrich measure for the higher
qualities of cotton cloths.
Senator Lenroot moved to reduce
from II per cent, as proposed by the
committee, TO 5 per cent the additional
duty on Jacq1ards and other printed
and woven cloths containing yarns the
average number OF which does not
exceed 80.
This motion was beaten, "a to 33
Senators Borah, Capper, Kellogg, Len
root and Nelson were the only Repub-
licans supporting it. Senators Ken
drick and Sroussard, of the Demo ocrats,
Joined in supporting the higher duty.
The committee language as to Para
graph 905-A was adopted, 34 to %.
The only Republicans voting against it
were Senators Borah, Capper, Kellogg
and Lenroot.
Paragraph 905-B, which was taken
up next, provides for additional duties
on a variety of kinds of cotton yarns
of 10 cents a pound.
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
charged that this additional duty on
yarns "is placed here for the purpose
OF taking care of the Z cents a pound
duty put on Arizona cotton.
In order to care for small amount
Of Arizona cotton" he declared, "the
American people will be called on to
pay four or Ave times it's value"
In spite of objections, however, the
Senate voted to adopt the committee
| jrovisions in 905-B by 80 to %. Sena-
tors Lenroot, Kellogg and Borah were
the only Republicans voting against
the Finance Committee.
The Senate adopted the Finance Com
mittee rates on paragraphs 906, 90S
and 909. These include tracing cloth.
oil cloth, waterproof cloth, tapestries
and other jacquard woven upholstery
cloth; pile fabrics, including plush and
velvet ribbons, and terrywoven fab
RIGS. 1t was pointed out by Senator
Smith as to number of these rates
that they were excessive and there was
no warrant in the importations for IN
creasing the rates as proposed.
Committee rates in paragraphs 9l0,
9l1 and 912 were sustained. These re-
late to table damask, quilts and bed
ding, suspenders, lacing and wide va
riefu Nf fah