Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-05-05


has been reported to the senate and
the tagging debate Is on.
In a general way 1t may be said
that the customs rates Of the bill are
somewhat higher than those of the
Payne-Aldrich law. which was the last
customs measure enacted by a Re
publican congress-. The hill, when II
goes into effect, will supersede the
Democratic law produced by what is
known as the Underwood Simmons
bill.
1t is a sheer impossibility. 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
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
These new industries include coat
tar dyes and medicinal products. long
staple corton, the wisconsin hemp
industry, magpesite and potash min
ing Industries, walnut, almond and
citric acid industries in the West and
new chemical and optical glassware
manufacturers
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 a plan of assess
ment on foreign valuation. This
change, If 1t shall be sanctioned by
the senate, will cause a 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 I'M
wisdom Of either scheme Of valua-
ton. American students Of economics
must judge for themselves.
It is admitted that previously in
Writing 7on the subject Of the tariff
1t was minated that the senate might
|-put the bill through fairly quickly,
because, the, senators are dead tired
of talking. However they seem to
have taken second breath and a Sec
ohd 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"
It Is understood that the wool
schedule may. cause trouble. In the
/ Payn64fdffch dHys the wool item was
worcestershire K. and the people
L1l<1kt and read more<about Schedule
K thar they I'D ab6ut~all the other
fuckedVles On tnGA entire length and
breadth of the customs measure. It
way 1geRedeReNK@ which was produc-
tive of both acrimony and humor In
the eidef DAY of Mi. Payne and Mr..
Aldrich, both Of whom have gone to
their reward. . n b. sHls
New puty-on Yeast Bread.
It.xnay be OF interest to the agricul-
turists who have not seen the bnl to
know that there is a duty Rpt on yeast
t~bread, the first duty'Uf this kind ever
Ihposed. This is said to mean that ia
I'm II loer- at Windsor, which Is
| on the fivar just across from Detroit,
land 14ioex baker on ,the border
mt Z Rt6 Grande, will and
/ tfleir pro ducts n zJ8 per cent when
- - : - IA ne intox the United
STATE The S9se iSft bread free,
just as IL was sinS the tIndefavoodS law.
ne senate has made nc shanSe -
The house put, duty of 60 per cent
on oatmeal. The senate has raised
this duty to 80 per cent The wheht
rate is 5 cents more bushel ih the
senate bfA than in the house bill, the
senate rasSxbeing s35Per cent. Under
4 the present law wheat comes In free.
Il Long, staple cottony which has al-
Nays been free o. duty, is asaes#d
| at Z cents a pound. This is 8 Gents
| less than the rate asked for by Che
direct representatives Of the agricsil-
tural interests. Short staple cotton
! remains on the free list. Wk
The reason that tariff debate lasts
so long in the senate is that each
section of. the county - interested in
! some particular Item In the bilb and
as a result the. senator's representing
| the interested sections desire to speak
at length on those things which epn-
Germ their constituents. Iii
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