Evening star., 1922-05-16
.CAPPER AGAIN RAPS
VALUATION PLAN
Charges Tariff Scheme Is e.
fort to Conceal Rate
Raising Extent.

American valuation again was
brought into Senate discussion of the
tarin bill today, Senator Capper. re-
publican. Kansas, chairman of ths
Senate agricultural bloc, charging
that "the most jealous advocates" Of
this system desired It because they
believed that by 1t they could "con-
ceal from the American people the
extent to which they desire to raise
rates"
they are seeking rates SO high as to
teh yare seeking rates SO high as to
| be unpopular; that they are endeav-
| oring not to represent the will OF
the people, but to fool the people"
In Spite OF Senator'S Action.
| Senator Capper predicted that the
real propaganda" for American valu-
alton was coming in spite of the ac-
/ tion Of the Senate finance committee
in abandoning IT in favor of the for
| eign valuation. and that II would be
launched by those who desire exces-
! sively high protective duties on
manufactured articles"
! Senator Capper said American valu-
alton might be properly resorted to
| to meet unusual competitive situa-
! tions, as proposed in the present bill,
but added that beyond that 1t is a
| needless political burden for the re-
| publican party to carry" He added
| that within a few years it was not
| unlikely that the provision OF the bill
for the proclamation OF American
valuation by the President would be
come a dead letter.
Presents Some Figures.
To support his argument that AmeT-
| ican valuation would conceal the
amount Of protection accorded. the
Kansas senator presented some hs-
ures from the valuation report OF the
finance committee. in which House
| bill rates were converted to the basis
of foreign values.
Senator Capper asserted that il
American valuation was to be used
| to conceal undue increases In protec-
| tive rates 1t would become clearly
q "bunco game" at the expense OF
| the farmer because ii would not ap-
which would be specific and not based
on value. while its use would increase
| the price of many products which he
uses.
| Again" he continued. American
valuation, by increasing the heighi
OF the tariff wall, would limit the
expectation Of agricultural produces
! in exchange for manufactured gooo9
bought in foreign countries. Many OF
our agricultural products are on an
| export basis and the tarfh Will not
help the producers of these products
| except under exceptional conditions
and on special grades. II. In addition
! to this, the power of foreign coun-
tries to buy the products OF our farms
and ranches is limited by a tarin
! which prevents our people from buy
| ing on a fair competitive basis the
| manufactured articles of the highly
I; industrialized countries Of Europe.
| the plight Of agriculture will be even
| worse than 1t is at present.
! Farm Products Dutiable.
| All products of the farm are on the
dutiable list in the McCumber-F
ney tariff bill. Senator Gooding OF
| Idaho, chairman of the republican
| agricultural tariff bloc announced To-
| day in the Senate.
"If any farm product is on the free
list. do not know what 1t Is, NJ
said. 'If we find II We viii put II on
the dutiable list If 1t needs protec-
ton"
| rate of duty in the bill on farm pro
ducts was Fl $40 per cent, and called
attention that only few things pro
! duced by the farmers were on the au-
table list in the Underwood law.
| The tariff bloc chairman asserted
/ that "all this talk about McCumber
bill being framed behind closed
doors is without foundation. He
| said that when the doors were closed
any senator was welcome, adding that
he had been present with farmers
| on several occasions.
Declaring that this was the nrst
| tariff bill ever framed that gave
| the farmer a square deal" Senator
Gooding charged that all this delay
\ in the Senate" was for the purpose of
that this bill is infamous"
The Senate republican tarin bloc,
| which succeeded in having the finance
committee accept most of its tarin
| rates on products of the farm ana
ranch, was defeated yesterday in the
Senate in it's first test of strength
against the committee. The margin
was only three votes. however, anu
leaders of the bloc expressed conn.
dence that they would be successful
in future efforts, es some OF their
group were absent today or paired.
The test came on an amendment by
Senator Johnson. republican, Cali
i.fornia, to increase the committee rate
of 6 cents a pound on citrate 'ot lime
| to 3 cents.
Senate approved the committee rate
and also approved the committee
duty of Is cents pound on citric
acid. the finished product OF citrale
; of lime. Senator Johnson had urged
| that the duty on this be 20 cents
! pent nroposal by Senator King.
democrat, Utah, that the duty be
reduced to S cents q pound was re-
jected.
Fight Over Citric Acid.
Another fight over products of the
| far west followed disposition OF the
| citric acid, the democrats opposing
committee rates of so cents gallon
on olive oil in containers weighing
not more than forty-four pounds ana
| so cents q gallon on all other such
| oil. These rates were approved after
the Senate had rejected by over
| whelming majorities amendments by
chusetts, to cut the figures to the 80
cents and 20 cents In the Underwood
law. The Senate also rejected an
amendment by Senator King to make
the rates so cents and 40 cents, as
originally proposed by the committee.
A COMMITTEES rate OF ceh.s q
pound on the hydrogemated or hara-
ened oils and fats was agreed upon
without q roll call. The committee
rates on castor, linseed and rapeseed
oils went over after some discussion,
which was opened by Senator Ladd.
republican. North Dakota, VINO sup
| ported committee rates and urged
also that the duties recommended by
the committee on cocoanut, cotton
! seed. peanuts and soya bean oil De
Senator King made a fight last night
against proposed duties on perfume ma, ma,
teriais, arguing that they were so high
as to shut out foreign competition: Sen,
ator Smoot, republican. Utah, denied
that this would be the effect and he and
Senator Fletcher, democrat. Florida,
said these were luxuries and should
bear q heavy tax for revenue purposes
Amendment Voted Down.