The New York herald., 1922-07-12
Insurgent Republicans,
I Now Numbering Five,
to Gain Recruits.
BLOC MEETS SETBACK
Loses, 33 to "a, in Effort to
Take Non-Edible Vegetable
Oils Off Free List.
soeeie' Dispatch sO;ran NEW York HERALD.

s,eetoI DiSDntch to.THn New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., July III.
Senator Edge (Rep., n. J.) to-day
Joined the revolt of the Republican
Senators against the unduly high and
unscientific Fordrey- y-McCumber tariff
bill. He announced that he would vote
against the bill unless there was spe-
cif1c provision and assurance that the
duties imposed, which are causing
criticism the country over. would be
reduced later without necessity of
Congressional action.
At the same time It developed that
more Republican Senators will an
nounce their opposition to the bill in
speeches on the floor within the next
few days. The Republicans already
arrayed against the bill are Senators
La Toilette (Wis.). Lenroot (wis.),
Norris (Neb.) and. in sense. Senator
Borah (Idaho), who has been voting
against many Of the high schedules,
although at this time not out in full
opposition.
The revolt Of the Republicans Is due,
according to those who have been fol-
lowing the developments, to, the persist
ent pounding of the bill by an important
element of the Republican press of the
co-ptry, which has taken the position
Aast the Fordney- McCumber tariff
xramers have employed log rolling meth
ocs instead of science in the establish
Hnent OF rates, and that the duties pro-
.'aed have been with a view of bestow-
Ing subsidies upon farmers and manu-
fac.urcrs without regard to the con-
4qrnex who pays the bills.
IF. 1lAi Importance to the addition
az Ssa sr Edge to the group of revolt
Ing asnal.rs was the defeat of the Sem
ate agriculture bloc. headed by Senator
Gooding (Rep., Idaho) in its attempt to
impose a duty on vegetable oils brought
into the United States for the manu-
facture of soap and industrial purposes
The bloc had succeeded, in the Senate
Finance Committee bill, in obtaining a
duty on these vegetable oils when used
for the manufacture of edible products
such as butter and lard substitutes, but
there was a provision in the bill that
allowed the oils to come in free, through
a rebate of the duties, If used for other
purposes.
This free entry Senator Gooding at
tempted to have stricken out in the in
terest of the agricultural bloc. but his
motion was defeated by the vote of 33
to ~. Following this the paragraph
as written by the committee was
adopted without a roll call.
The discussion of the rates on vege-
table oils occupied all day. and when the
vote was taken Senator Simmons (Dem.,
N. CO. did not overlook the opportunity
of calling attention to the fact that the
Democrats were in no way responsible
for delaying the bill He denied that
the Democrats were filibustering. Sena-
tor Edge said:
II feel that I would fail In my duty
If finally supported a measure which,
while 1t unquestionably provides much
needed protection. still might result in
a further diminution Of our trade with
the world, so necessary to the pros
perity of every class of citizenship.
IF the tariff bill. in its final form,"
he continued. fails to provide other
wise than through Congressional action
some method through which individual
schedules can be revised--downward as
well as upward, as circumstances and
investigation should warrant cannot
vote for It,"