The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-01-13
TARIFF HEARINGS
NEARLY FINISHED
Dairy Products, Lumber, Glass,
Cyanides and Potash Dis
Cussed at Length.
CANADIAN LOBBY CHARGED
AIIages $47, 900 Lobby Fund, but It Is
Denied by Western Pine Represent
ative-Senators Will Begin
Redrafting Immediately

WaShington.-Senate tariff makers
Of the so-called permanent tariff bill,
passed by the House last Spring.
Their aim is to have the measure
ready for the Senate by early Febru-
ary but, because of the great task in
volved in passing on the more than
100000 items in the bill, this hope may
not be realized.
The first task before the Finance
Committee Is decision as to the
adoption Of straight-cut American
the substitution of a plan 1imilar to
that outlined by President Harding
in his message to Congress last
month. Most members of the COM
mittee apparently are agreed that
some special arrangement will have to
be made if the measure to be drawn
is to afford real protection to Ameri-
can industry from the cheap-producing
countries in Central Europe.
Hearings on the tariff virtually are
closed though on January 9 Represent
atives of the Southern Tariff Asso-
citation will appear Lumber and daily
products were the principal subjects
discussed, the lumber hearings being
marked by charges by Robert B. Allen
Of Seattle, speaking for the West
Coast Lumber Manufacturers Associ-
alton, that "a Canadian lobby" in
Washington was fostering IAN insid-
ious propaganda" against the pro-
posed duty of 80 cents thousand on
shingles and the provision of the
Fordney bill giving the President au-
thority to impose duty on lumber
if countries now taxing American
lumber imports decline to remove
that tax.
Alleges $47, 900 Lobby Fund
Mr. Allen said he had been in
formed that Canadian shingle makers
had been assessed a total Of SAT 200
to defray expenses of the tariff fight.
He added that he had seen no evil
dence of the use of this money until
he saw the "propaganda' from Wash
ington, which he described as "insid-
ious even as that produced in Ger
many during the war"
The witness charged that much of
this propaganda" apparently had
been put out under the name OF the
Western Pine Manufacturers Associ-
alton. but that this association had
disclaimed any responsibility for it.
Mr.. Allen approved the duty Of so
cents a thousand on shingles. and also
said he favored the provision giving
the President authority to impose /
retaliatory duty on lumber from Can
ada if the Canadian government de-
clines to remove its present duty
against American lumber.
Mr.. Allen supported these provisions,
while they were opposed by Donald B.
Conn of Minneapolis, for the Western
Pine Manufacturers Association; Har-
rison Hatton, for the Northwestern
Lumbermen's Association, and other
witnesses. Mr.. Conn, referring to Mr..
Aliens charges, said he was unaware
that there was Canadian lobby" In
Washington, and that if there was one
81 am it." He added, however. that
the Canadian holdings of the interests
for which he spoke were very small
as compared to their American hold
ings.
Opposition to any tariff of any kind
on lumber was voiced by Harrison
Halton of Minneapolis, speaking for
the Northwestern Lumbermen's Asso-
citation. He said the trend of lumber
prices now was downward and that
anything which might even indirectly
obstruct this recession in prices would
be against sound public policy.
A duty CT 10 cents pound on butter
in place of the proposed cents, with
a corresponding tax on other dairy
products brought into this country, was
urged by R. w. Balderson Of Phila-
delphia, Secretary Of the Interstate
Milk Producers Associa lion, and A.
NJ. Loomis Of Washington, who said
he represented the National Dairy
Union and the National Grange.