The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

} Revolt of western Republican
: against the action OF the Republican
conferees In the Fordney-M cCumbel
profteers' tariff bill has sent the mea
sure back to committee for further
revisal, and Il is now uncertain
whether o rnot IL will again be re
ported before the November election
This show OF violent opposition ts
the bill even in the house of repre-
sentatives, where the ADMINISTRATION
control of members and votes was
thought to be strongest, is undoubted
ly a new and painful evidence of the
unpopularity of both the trainers and
their handiwork.
Agricultural products bore the
brunt of the reductions which the Re
publican conferees made in certain
rates of the bill as 1t left the senate.
The excessive duties on manufactures
notably wooden and cotton fabrics
remain intact, so that the farmer
will have to pay as big price for
his clothing as any one else while at
the same time he has to part with
the high protection" he was prom
ised on his wool and other products
when the bill was passed by the Re-
publican senate.
In addition TO wltndrawing some of
this protection" from the products
Of the farm, the Republican conferees
restored the exorbitant duty on pot
ash which the farmers of the country
require as a fertilizer. Representa-
tive Garner, who made the successful
motion to recommit the bill, declared
that this tariff on potash had been
placed in the bill in order that GER
tain interests in the safe of Utah
may have an opportunity to rob the
farmers at the rate of $50 ton for
the potash they hold" Senator Smoot,
who engineered the high rate on SUI
gar, is also one of the supporters of
the potash tariff.
In Compromising" between the
senate rate of 33 cents secured
pound on raw wool, the Republican
confere2rf agreed" on 81 cents. That
was a Considerable drop in the rate
of protection" given to the growers.
II is announced, however, that the
duties to manufactur-
ers were lowered slightly" in conse-
quence of the reduction in the rate
on raw wool. but that the ad valorem
rates on cloth. blankets and other
articles of clothing remain exactlyI
where they were put by the lobby
lists of the woolen trust.
In this one case of wool, therefore,
the producer of the raw materials is
forced to shoulder all the cost of his
pretense of revising the
bill downward" while the manufac-
turer gets all that he demanded and
the Republican congress gave him in
the first instance.
The rate on sugar was cut from
l.S4 cents, the rate fixed by the SEN
lte, to 1.76 cents pound. Thus, the
-ale growers of Louisiana and the
states where beet sugar is produced
have been deprived of the high PRO
lection" without which, Republican
senator's like Smoot, Utah; Town
send, Michigan; Gooding, Idaho, and
others declared, the American sugar
could not survive.
Western livestock interests which
had hopes that hides would be made
iutiable have been disappointed
again. The senate proposed and
then withdrew protection" on hides.
The Republican conferees did not re-
store it.
Corn lost five cents a bushel in
compared with the SEN
ate rate, which was 20 cents a bush
Ell. This is not regarded as a serious
matter, however, as the imports of
corn are of practically no significance.
The Republican emergency tariff on
corn and wheat and other cereals has
been of no avail in giving the farm
er a better market price for his grain.
In any instance in which manufac-
Lured products have undergone loss
Or diminution of protection" in this
conference there is still
hope for the American manufacturer.
He can appeal to the president, who
has authority under the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber bill. to increase duties over
The levels fixed by congress. This is
q great advantage to the manufactur-
er. who is producing articles that are
in some degree OF competition with
European wares of the same kinds,
Dut II is of no help or consolation to