Evening star., 1922-07-31
FINAL TARIFF VOTE
BY SEPT. Is SEEN
Senator Mclean Says Meas.
ure to Pass Before
Adjournment.
HOUSE MAY CUT DUTIES
Democratic Leaders Think Recess
at Home Will Lead Represent
atives to Reduce Rates.
HOUSE MAY CUT DUTIES

Whether the administration tariff
bill will be enacted before the No
vember elections again has become
the Capitol There is a more or less
general belief now in the Senate that
the measure cannot be brought to
final vote in that body before Sep
tember Is, and there are those who
believe the ironing out of differences
between the Senate and House in
conference will be such a slow and
tedious process that il cannot be
completed before Congress goes home
for the fall campaign.
the belief that the House, its men,
bership having got in direct touch
with the people during its present
recess, will balk at some of what the
, minority have insisted are high duties
in the bill. These leaders think that
ence the House will reserve the
right of separate votes on number
of questions, thus slowing up a final
agreement Republican leaders, how
ever: do not place much. II any. 1a,th
in the beliefs of their deVocratlc
colleagues on this point.
Inquiry Move Obstacle.
for an investigation of charges that
some senators are financially inter-
ested in the wool and other duties
voted into the bill may operate to
delay Senate action. The democrats
say they will press their resolution
discussion of the matter on the floor
appears to be in prospect
While the fight over the wool
schedule is about over. other COM
mittee amendments will cause sharp
controversies. The outstanding sub
iects of dispute remaining are the
proposed duty on hides and the
flexible tariff provisions. After the
2,OS7 committee amendments are dis
posed of the Senate will go back
over the bill, paragraph by paragraph
with rows looked for over duties on
sugar and a number of other COM
modities.
American Valuation Assured.
The promised disagreement between
the House and Senate over the ques-
tion of American valuation is not ex-
pected to materialize, leaders on both
sides of the Senate holding that the
House will yield on this question in
view of the flexible tariff provisions
written into the bill by the Senate
committee in accord with the recon-
mendations of President Harding.
Aside from this question, however.
there will be more than 1000 items
in dispute between the House and
Senate. these including the duties on
raw wool, sugar, hides. steel products,
agricultural products and many other
commodities.
Scientific Tariff Favored.
AS the fight over rates goes forward
in the Senate. sentiment in favor of a
scientific" tariff to be built around
recommendations Of the tariff COM
mission apparently continues to in
crease. Senators Keys, republican.
New Hampshire, and Willis. republi-
can, Ohio. announced their support of
this plan in statements issued through
the American Non-Partisan Scientific
Tariff League.
Announcing that ten international
labor unions and over 800 individual
labor organizations had petitioned
Congress to speed enactment of the
pending tariff measure, Senator Nc
Lean of Connecticut, a republican
member of the finance committee, said
today in a statement that the republl-
can majority in the Senate intended
''to fight the opposition. no matter
how long it takes, because we are
determined to pass the Fordney Nc
Cumber bill before Congress ad-
journs."