Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-23
HOUSE SENDS
. TARIFF BACK
FOR RE-DRAFT |
2,436C Changes Wrought
by Senate Makes Bill
Record in Alteration.
Foreign Valuation Plan
Will Be Reconsidered;
Scored by Democrats.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-By q
vote of 1913 to SO, the house sent the
tariff bill to conference Tuesday for
it's third re-drafting. The six repubi-
can conferees, three from the house
and three from the senate, probably will
have preliminary conference Wednes-
day and get to work Thursday.
The size of the task ahead of the
conference committee was revealed
with the reprinting of the bill as it
was approved last Saturday by the
senate. The reprint showed 2,436
changes from the original house text
a new high record-and the conferees
will have to adjust differences on each
of these.
In the hours discussion which pre-
ceded the house vote, democratic lead
ers predicted that the bill would not
be reported out of the conference until
the November elections, arguing that
the republicans did not want to have
TO defend it In the coming campaign
Republican leaders made no prophesy
but Representative Mondell of Wyom-
ing, the majority leader, expressed the
hope that it would be out "at no dis
tant date"
"very Cunning" Campaign
Representative Campbell of Kansas
charged that the democratic campaign
managers had arranged a very cum
ming" campaign to be inaugurated the
day after the measure became a law.
Already the arrangements are
made" he asserted, "the stage is set,
the prices are fixed; the advances are
to be made upon every article enumer-
ated in the bill either with specific
or ad valorem duty, and the price is
to be advanced on the orders of the
importers down through to the re-
tailers."
Chairman Fordney of the ways and
means committee, who heads the house
conferees, promised that he would 20
into the conference insisting upon the
original house bill. He said the senate
change from American to foreign valu-
alton as the basis for assessing ad
valorem duties was the most important
amendment to be considered, but added
that there were others.
Both in the matter of specific and
ad valorem duties," he stated. 'the
senate rates are generally higher than
those fixed by the house, in some in
stances much higher and in certain
specific instances from 100 per cent
to 600 per cent higher.
Immediate Action Urged
Representative Garner, Texas, rank
ing democrat on the ways and means
committee, predicted that the house
would have to accept the seuate's
foreign valuation plan if it wanted to.
have any tariff bill.
Immediate action on American valu-
alton was urged by Representative
Garrett, Tennessee, the democratic
leader. He said the conference could
make little progress on the bill until
the house had settled this issue.
Representative Pou. democrat, Of
North Carolina, declared the house
was sending to conference a bill more
vicious" in its terms than any ever
presented to an American congress and
one that had the enthusiastic sup
port of nobody"
In the vote to send the measure to
three democrats voted with
the solid republican majority. They
were Lea of California, Campbell OF
Pennsylvania and Lazaro of Louisiana.