Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-05-27
SENATE CLASH
OVER SCHEDULES
STEEL PRODUCTS

Washington, May 26-The senate
came today to it's first big fight over
individual schedules in the tariff bill.
Rates recommended by the finance
| committee majority or some steel
products came under fire from both
the republican and democratic sides
! of the chamber, but as rapidly as
votes We're taken the committee was
! sustained.
! Senator CumminS Cf Iowa, one of
, the republican senators who fought
/ the Payne Aldrich bill, opened the
fight on committee duties on steel
/ plates and announced that he would
! have amendments to offer to many
other duties i'll the schedule. Senators
! Underwood Of Alabama, the demo-
! cratic leader and STANLEY of Ken
/ lucky conducted the fight for the
minority.
I The Iowa senator and Senators
! Underwood and Stanley argued that
| the United States could and did pro-
! duce steel cheaper than any other
country in the world, the democratic
| senators institing that in this cir
cumstance tariff DUTIES were un-
necessary. Senator Stanley said the
! United States was selling in the
! markets of the world and that in the
face Of that the United States Steel
Corporation wanted Congress to
guarantee its profits against any
| possible competition from foreign
| lands.
Senator Walsh, democrat, Massa-
chusetts, declared republican sem
ators We're hearing from home and
We're receiving letters and resolutions
| proVin" the people had become aware
that the democratic contention that
the bill would increase prices was
! correct. In this connection, the Mas
sachusetts senator read letter from
julius c. Moss Of Boston, vice presi-
| dent Of the National Association of
Retail Clothiers, stating that as a re-
suit Of the agitation relative to the
| proposed increase in the tariff on
wool prices of cloth had advanced so
cents a yard. Already Mr.. Moss said
the advance in cloth costs meant an
increase Of from 81 to So for each
suit of colthes.
! Rapid progress was made on the
| metal schedule late in the day and
during the night, rates agreed upon
including:
Tin plates, terneplates and tager,
| stin, one cent per pound as compared
with one and one-tenth cents in the
| House bill.
Structural steel advanced beyond
hammering OF rolling 25 per cent ad
| vol q of
| the 80 per cent first proposed by the
| committee.
| Sashes, frames and building forms,
| p per cent ad valorem, instead of
| 10 per cent as first proposed.
| All bearings 50 per cent ad valorem
| as compared to So per cent in the
House bill.
Cast iron pipe, stove plates, etc;
20 per cent ad valorem, as compared
to 10 per cent in the House bill.
Steel tubes, not specially provided
for 80 per cent advalorem, an in
crease of 10 per cent over the House
figure.
Corset clasps and steels, So per
cent ad valorem, as compared to 25
per cent in the House bill.
HOOKS ana eyes 70 per cent ad
valorem, an increase of 10 per cent
over the House figure.
Snap fasteners and clasps from So
to so per cent ad valorem in place of
the House rate of forty per cent.
Metal trouser buttons and other
buttons of metal 20 per cent ad va
loren in place of the House rate Of
ten per cent.
Pins, hair, safety, hat. bonnet and
shawl, 35 per cent ad -valorem, an
increase Of Z per cent over the House