The Colorado statesman., 1922-05-06

proceeded to the task of recastIng. 1t
has been reported to the senate and
the tagging debate is on.
In general way 1t may be said
that the customs rates Of the bill are
somewhat higher than those Of the
Payne-Aldrich lew, which was the last
customs measure enacted by a Re
publican congress. The bill. when 1t
goes into effect, will supersede the
Democratic law produced by what Is
known as the Underwood Simmons
bill.
1t is sheer impossibillty, unless
one chose to take up every available
Inch of space Of newspaper issue.
to discuss the various pros and cons OF
this new measure. The thing for men
and women TO do who happen to be
interested In any specific items In the
tariff bill is to send to their individual
representatives In congress and to ask
for copies of the house and SENATE
measures. and In them look up the
particular thing which is Of personal
or professional interest.
There are certain virtually new In
dustries which are given recognition
In the measure. Most of these indus
tries, at least in an active form, were
the creation of the war, and today
seemingly consideration of them is
vital to the industrial independence
of the American people, at least so
says the majority report of the senate
finance committee.
Thncn ind ctrfne fnnIndn nOnI
tar dyes and medicinal products. long
staple cotton, the Wisconsin hemp
Industry, magnesite and potash min
ing industries. walnut. almond and
citric acid industries in the West and
new chemical and optical glassware
manufactures.
American Valuation Rejected.
The senate committee made many
changes In the house bill. The most
marked is that which rejects the pro-
vision for American valuation and
which substitutes plarr of assess
ment on foreign valuation. This
change, If 1t shall be sanctioned by
the senate, will cause long drawn
out controversy between the two
houses when the bill goes to confer
ence. There is no attempt here to
pass judgment on the wisdom or un-
wisdom of either scheme of valua-
tion. American students of economics
must judge for themselves.
1t is admitted that previously in
writing on the subject of the tariff
1t was intimated that the senate might
put the bill through fairly quickly,
because the senators are dead tired
of talking. However, they seem to
have taken a second breath and sec
ond thought in the matter and the
chances are that the debate will be
long and perhaps be of nature to
admit of the use of the old-time ex-
preston "long and furious"
1t is understood that the wool
schedule may cause trouble. In the
Payne-Aldrich days the wool item was
known as Schedule X, and the people
heard and read more about Schedule
X than they did about all the other
schedules in the entire length and
breadth of the customs measure. 1t
was Schedule X which was produc-
tive of both acrimony and humor in
the elder day of Mr.. Payne and Mr..
Aldrich, both of whom have gone to
their reward
New Duty on Yeast Bread.
1t may be of interest to the agrlcul-
turists who have not seen the bill to
know that there is duty put on yenst
bread, the first duty of this kind ever
imposed. This is said to mean that
Canadian baker at Windsor, which is
on the river just across from Detroit,
and a Mexican baker on the border
just across the Rio Grande, will find
their products taxed 10 per cent when
they cross the line into the United
STATES. The house left Tread free,
lust as it was in the Underwood law.
The senate has made the change in
this tariff
The house put duty of GO per cent
on oatmeal. The senate has raised
this duty to 90 per cent. The wheat
rate is cents more n bushel In the
senate bill than in the house bill, the
senate rate being 80 per cent. Under
the present law wheat comes in free.
Long staple cotton. which has al
ways been free of duty. is assessed
at Z cents pound. This is s cents
less than the rate asked for by the
direct representatives of the agricul-
tural interests. Short staple cotton
remains on the free list.
The reason that a tariff debate lasts
so long in the senate is that each
section of the country Is interested in
some particular item In the bill, and
as a result the senators representing
the interested sections desire to speak
at length on those things which con-
Germ their constituents.
Too Scientific for Her.
/ was enrolled in large class In
botany. The instructor was discuss