The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-09-12
House Leaders Predict Final
Action Tomorrow on Tariff
Bill Despite Opposition Of
Democrats I
CHIEF RATES CIV EN-
List of Items Agreed Upon
Shows Agricultural Prod
ucts Carrying Very High
Protection Against Foreign
Competition
(By the Associated Press)

W aShngtOn, sept. lI.-The
administration tariff bill as
finally perfected in conference
was presented today in the
house and the conference re.
port on it bearing the sigma.
lures of the republican mana.
gers, will be called up tomor.
rom with expectation that it
will be disposed of not later
than Thursday. The measure
then will 20 to the senate but
because of opposition 10 the
dye embargo and other pro.
visions, action there may be
delayed a week or more.
As framed the bill is esti.
mated roughly by the exuerts
to raise approximately S4OO,.
100000 in revenue on the basis
of the present volume of the
import trade. The level of its
rate, according to the experts,
is slightly below the level in
the Payne Aldrich bill the last
republican protractive tariff
bht is considerably above the
level cf the Democratic Under.
wood law now in force.
Washington, Sept. 12.-Presen
tation in the House today of tn,
conference report on the tariff
bill, with its restored dye licens
ing embargo provision was plan
ned by the republican conferees
Consideration of the report woult
not be possible until tomorrow un
der the rules:
The bill will become effective i'm
mediately after President Harding
signs it, replacing both the Under.
wod and emergency tariff acts. It is
designed toyR large extent, its fran.
ers have said, to meet the unusual
world economic situation and more
peculiarly to protect American in.
rustries from the lost cost industries
in Germany and the countries carv-
ed out Of Austria a-Hungary.
Opponents have defended the tar
if in the long senate discussion of
it as the best balanced protective
tariff bill ever WI >ten and the first
such measure to accord agriculture
a proper need Of protection. Dem
ocratic opponents on the other hand,
have assailed it as the most Gin
iquitious" tariff ever presented to
the American congress, as certain to
increase the cost Of living by sew
eral, billions of dollars "a year and
as vehicle to enss1e American man
facturers to continue war prices.
Both republicans and democrats
viii take the fight over the bill to
the country in tAs coming political
Despite the prospective fight on
the dye embargo, which represent
atives Fish, Republican New York,
and Woodruff, Republican, Mich
igan, declared they were prepared
TO make in the house leaders gen.
orally predicted final action on the
report by that body tomorrow or
Thursday, it being their under
standing that the Democrats plan
ned a protracted fight. In the SEN
ate there were predictions the bill
might be under discussion for
week or two. .
The more important rates in the
administration tariff bill as finally
agreed upon in conference are:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Cattle, For1n-1-2 to 2 cents a
oound; Payne-Aldrich from 81 a
lead to q IL per cent ad valorem;
Underwood free.
Sheep and goats 81 a head; fresh
ambs 4 cents q pound; hogs half
:ent pound; fresh pork 3-4c a
pound; bacon: ham and shoulder,
cents a pound; lard 1c pound;
ard compounds and substitutes 4
:ents a pound; milk fresh, 2 1-2
.ents a gallon; buttermilk l cent
! gallon; cream 20 cents a gallon.
Milk condensed or evaporated
;weetened, l IL cents pound,
,utter and oleomargarine and 9TH
r butter substitutes s cents
,ound. Cheese and substitutes 5
ents pound;l Payne-Aldrich 6 cents,
Underwood 20 per cent.
Poultry, live 8 cents a pound;
poultry dead, 6 cents a pound. Eggs
f poultry in the shell 8 cents a
|ozen. Honey 3 cents a pound.
Horses and mules valued up to
$50 each $50 each; valued over
$50 each, 20 per cent. Fresh or
rozen salmon, mackerel and hall
ut 2lcents a pound. Herring and
nackerel, picked d salted, l cent
pound.
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