Evening star., 1922-08-10
FLEXIBLE TARIFF
PLAN IS MODIFIED
Senate Committee Wants to
Curtail Presidents Pow
ers Over Rates.

Broad powers over tariff duties
originally proposed for the President
would be curtailed under a substi-
tute for the so-called flexible tariff
provisions OF the pending bill recon-
mended to the Senate today by the
nnahce committee majority.
Ihe principal notifications proposed
YOU'D prevent a transfer from the
the Tree list to the dutiable list and
would prohibit the raising of duties
bill.
Leather on Free List.
The Senate yesterday voted back
to the free list hides, boots and
shoes and leather. The Senate ma
mittee had placed a duty on these
articles. The action of the Senate,
however. concurs in the action taken
oy the House more than a year ago.
only one roll call WAS taken on
hides. The result was SO to 26 against
the proposed duties of cents
pound on green hides and 4 cents a
pound on dried hides.
The Senate voted on this question
as follows:
For duty on hides: Republicans
Errs1m; Errs1 cood,ns Cameron; capper: Curtis
cormick. McNary. Nicholson, Nor
beck, Oddie. Phipps. Shortridge.
Smoot, Stanfield, Sterling and War
rem. 19. Democrats-Ashurst. Brous-
sard. Fletcher. Jones OF New Mexico.
kendrick. Ransdell and Sheppard.
Against a duty on hides: Repub-
licans-Ball. Borah. Brandegee. CAL
der. Colt. Cummins, Dillingham;.
Edge. Frelinghuysen. Hale, Keyes.
Lenroot, Lodge, Moses. New. New
berry. Pepper. Rawson; Spencer, ps
and Wills-23.
Democrats-Dial, Gerry, Glass. Harris.
Heflin, Myers, Overman. Pomerene.
Reed. Simmons. Smith. Stanley. Tram
nell Underwood, Walsh of Massachu-
setts. and Walsh OF Montana-1s.
Marked Lines Disappear.
Most OF the more marked lines which
have developed in the Senate during the
tariff fight disappeared on this vote
but about the only surprise was that a
majority of the republicans voted
against making hides dutiable. Not
only was there split among the ma
jority leadership on the question, but
also in the finance committee majority
and even in the republicans agricultural
tariff bloc, which. through its Chairman.
Senator Gooding of Idaho. had asked
for cents on green hides and on dried
hides
Only two members Of the finance COM
mittee majority-Curtis and Smoot-
supported the duties, while four MEM
bers-Calder. Dillingham;, Frelinghuysen
and Sutherla nd-voted against them.
Chairman McCumber and Senator Wat
son of Indiana. the other two members
present, were paired and unable to vote.
Five members of the tariff bloc broke
hallnf-SnpnCpr
New. Keys and Townsend.
With hides sent back to the free
list, Senator Smoot for the committee
moved that the Senate disagree to the
amendment proposing a rate OF IL
cents a pair and per cent ad valorem
on boots and shoes and varying rates
on band. rough and sole leather. belt
ing and harness leather, and various
other kind of this product. This mo-
ton prevailed without roll call, and
as substitute the Senate approved
the House provision proposing duty
of 20 per cent ad valorem on chamois
skins. pianoforte, pianoforte action.
plaver-piano action leather. enameled
upholstery leather and glove leather.
finished in the white or in the crust
Duty on Bags Reduced.
without roll calls the Senate then
cut from 40 to 80 per cent the pro
posed duty on bags. baskets. belts.
Iewel boxes. portfolios and othtr
boxes and cases wholly or in cher
value Of leather. On such articles
permanently fitted and furnished for
travelling. bottle. drinking. dining or
luncheon, sewing. manicure or sim'-
lar sets the duty was made 45 per
cent ad valorem in place Of the SO per
cent originally proposed.
The fight over the duties on leather
gloves carried the Senate into Its hrst
night session in several weeks ana
resulted in the approval. of a minimum
of so per cent and maximum OF ~
ner cent except on gloves made from
the hides of cattle. These were placed
on the free list because OF the re-
moval of the duty on hides. as were
harness saddles and saddlery. on
which the committee had proposed
duty of 20 per cent.
on gloves made of horsehide ana
nipskin rate of % per cent ad
valorem was approved after Senator
Reed. democrat. Missouri had object
ed to high tariff rates on such gloves.
which. he said. were worn largely by
farmers and workers