The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-18
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS
VOTE FOR PROTECTION
TARIFF ON MEATS AND CORN
GET CONSIDERABLE IN
CREASE IN SENATE.
THE FARM BLOC SCORE
Republicans Vote Solidly for Higher
Duty and Democrats Split. Many
Roll Calls Were Demanded as Diff
ferent Items Were Voted On.

NdttlS anu MEATS WHICH llltO tne Tafl1
bill with the approval of the repubIi-.
can agricultural tariff bloc, and rang
ing generally higher than those ID the
house measure, were approved today
by the senate by Overwhelming major
tiles. Not only did the republicans vote
solidly for the first time since the bill
was called up nine weeks ago, but
there was the first real split in the
democratic ranks.
Five roll calls were demanded during
the day and all showed about the same
results. The first was on the rates of
~ cents pound on live cattle weigh
ing less than 1850 pounds and cents
a pound on such cattle weighing more
than that amount The result of the
vote was 48 to Is. Senator La Toilette,
OF Wisconsin,, and Norris, of Nebras-
ka, republicans, who consistently had
opposed duties in the bill, voted with
the solid republican majority, while
hve democrats supported the commit
tee amendment
The second roll call was on the COM
mittee amendment to increase to 3L
cents the 2-cent rate proposed by the
house on fresh beef and meat The
vote was AZ to l8, with six democrats
voting with the solid republican ma
jority.
So Head on Sheep.
3 Without record votes the senate APP
proved rates of 81 a head on sheep and
goats, as compared with / cent pound
in the house BILL and 25z cents q
pound on fresh mutton and goat meat,
as compared with the house rate OF
Ia cents. The committee amendment
to increase the duty on lambs from the
2 cents. in the house bill to 5 cents was
approved on a roll call ~ to IS.
The senate then voted, AZ to l6, to
increase to cents pound the house
rate OF Ia cents ON bacon, hams,
shoulders and other pork prepared or
preserved. Next it approved, 81 to 10,
a rate of cents pound on lard COM
pounds and lard substitutes. The house
rate was 20 per cent ad yalorem on
American valuation. &
Duty on Corn.
An outstanding feature of the day
was the victory Of the republican agri-
cultural tariff bloc in its fight for
duty of 20 cents. a bushel on corn, an
increase OF 5 cents a bushel over the
house rate. The bloc recommended 20
cents to the finance committee major
ity early in the year, but the commit
tee stood pat on the house rate Be
fore the item was reached today, how
ever, the committee reversed itself and
recommended the higher rate. Other
rates approved by the senate included:
Oats, Is cents a bushel, house rate
10 cents; hulled grain, As cents per 100
pounds, house rate, 81 cents; oatmeal,
oiled oats, etc, 90 cents per 100
pounds, house rate, 90 cents; -four, As
cents per 100 pounds, house rate, 80
cents.
Pointing cut that the United States
was the worlds largest corn producer
and shipped this commodity to all
parts of the world Senator Walsh, of
Massachusetts, a democratic member
of the finance committee, declared this
to be a proper duty"
Three Cents on Pecans.
Without a roll call, approved rates
of three cents pound on cotton seed
oil and soya bean oil and four cents
pound on cocoanut oil and peanut oil,
where such oils enter into the manu-
facture of edible commodities, was APP
proved.
The republican agricultural bloc did
not vote as a unit on the proposition
to remove the provision allowing free
entry OF vegetable oils for industrial
purposes, but the detection within its
ranks was mofe than made up by sup
port from the democrats, eight OF
whom voted to eliminate the provision.
They were Ashurst, Broussard, Har-
ris, HeAin, Jones, New Mexico; Ken
drick, Ransdell and Sheppard.
Once the senate got into the vegg%
table oil fight the food gates of or;N-
tory swung wide with the result thai
no amendments were disposed OF until
late in the day. Apparently worn out
almost by the five hours discussion
of this one item the senate disposed
of nearly a score Of rates within an
hour. They included
Pecans unshelled 3 cents pounds
house rate, one cent; shelled, E cents
a pound; house rate cents.
Hay 81 ton, house rate same
Cabbage, s cents a pound; house
rate II cents; onions, 10 cents pound;
house rate 20 cents.
Rates on Rice.
Paddy or rough rice, one cent d
pound; brown rice Ia cents a pound;
milled rice two cents pound; broken
rice and rice meal one-hah of one cent
pound.
While the rice paragraph was be-
fore the senate throughout the day
the debate took a wide range. Senator
La Toilette renewed his attack on the
bill, and particularly on the cotton
schedule, speaking for three hours. He
inveighed against the present system
of tariff building, under which he said
''the tariff grabbers" went before con-
gressional committees, asked for the
rates they wanted and "as rule were
given exactly what they asked for"
Approve Cotton Tariff.
A tariff rate Of cents pound on
long staple cotton was approved by
the senate Al to IA after amendments
by Arizona senator's to make the rate
first IS cents and then 10 cents had
been rejected by overwhelming ma
jOrifies