The New York herald., 1922-07-06
LENROOT DECLARES
A HIGH TARIFF WAR
Splits With Senate Major
ity Over Grant to Inter-
ests in California.
DENOUNCES EXCESSES
Votes Against Rates De
signed Solely to Keep
Out Imports.
PREDICTS HIGHER COSTS
Declares There Is Limit to-
Obligations Due His
Party.
PREDICTS HIGHER COSTS

Special Dispatch TO THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., July 8.
Senator Lenroot (Wis) broke with
the Republican majority to-day over
the excessive rates in the Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill. He condemned
the subsidy bestowed on California, in
the form of duties on citrus frufts and
other products, and voted against
every one of the items, all of which,
just the same, were put through with
the aid of the agricultural tariff bloc.
while feel an obligation to go
with my party on party measure to
certain extent" Senator Lenroot de-
clared, there is point beyond which
that obligation does not extend. If
rates like these are to be written into
the bill in any great number / shall
port it,
Senator Lenroot carried away from
the majority the vote of Senator La
Toilette (Wis.), who has been oppos-
who is preparing for an independent
assault on the wool, cotton and steel
schedules. To Offset these two votes
the Republican majority won the votes
of three Senator's Ashurst
(Ariz.), Kendrick (Wyo.) and Brous-
sard (La.) with a special in
terest to protect long staple cotton,
cattle and sugar.
The disaffection Of Senator Lenroot
was blow to the Senate Republicans
particularly to the California Senators
whose support for the bill has been won
by the extremely high duties on Califor-
mia products. Senator Lenroot had a
vigorous clash with Senator Johnson,
who sought to defend the gift of the
rest of the country to California, gen.
orally regarded as one of the most flag
rant examples of the log rolling tactics
employed in the writing of the bill by
the Senate Finance Committee.
If there is commodity produced in
the United States that permanently and
through all the years will&p cost three
times as much to produce as that article
can be imported for" Senator Lenroot
declared, referring to the fact that al
monds can be produced a third more
cheaply abroad. "can such rate be
justified by protectionist?
Must Permit Imports.
"If we are to have any market for
our surplus products. we must permit
some imports to come in. We cannot
raise tariff wall that will keen out all
/ imports If we desire any foreign trade,
if we desire any market for our surplus
crop of wheat and corn and other
cereals and products of the soil. From
that standpoint. IL these figures are cor
rect / submit that protective rate
equalling the difference in The cost of
production of the two articles cannot
be justified.
Unlike most agricultural products,
| the tariff wall to shut out the importa-
tion of almonds will not bring the price
down. The cost of production will not
be lowered. for the brief of the almond
growers of California shows that the
difference in the cost of production is
not due to war conditions, Is not a tenn
porary situation. but permanent one
and that the difference will rather in
crease than decrease because Of the in
creased value of the land upon which the
almonds are grown"
Senator Lenroot declared the pro-
posed duty, II levied, would cause the
almond growers to ask the difference
between four cents a pound the pres
ent rate, under the Underwood law, and
the new rate proposed in the Fordney-