The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
TARIFF BILL is
0. XII BY Senate
Measure Goes to Conference
After Four Months of
Fighting.
70 BATTLE ANOTHER MONTH
There Is Hope for Enactment Before
Election-Bill Also Passed by
Senate is Designed to Yield
S4o0,ooOOO0 Revenue.

Washington, Aug. 2l.-After four
months Of debate the senate passed
the McCumber tariff bin designed to
yield an annual revenue of $lOO,OOO-
900. This is $5OOOOOOO greater lhan
customs duties ever produced.
The vote on the passage of the bill
was As to %. Senator Borah (ldahO)
was the only Republican voting in the
negative, although it was announced
that Senators La Toilette (Wis) and
Norris (Neb), who are out Of the city,
would have voted similarly if they had
been present.
Among Republicans who voted for
the bill with some reluctance Senators
Lenroot (Wis.) and Jones (Wash.)
served notice that they might vote
against the conference report unless
many reductions in duties are made.
Three Democrats, Senators Ransdell
and Broussard Ua) and kendrick
Wyo), voted for the bill.
La Toilette Off Conferee List.
Senators McCumbW IN. D., Smoot
(Uti ~, and Mclean (Conm), Repub-
Leans, and Simmons IN. c., and Jones
IN. NJ, Democrats, were appointed as
cOnferees for the senate in adjusting
the differences between the senate bill
and the Fordney bill as passed by the
house.
In selecting the conferees the two
ranking Republicans on the finance
committee Senators McCumber and
Smoot, were selected and Senator Nc
Lean, who is fifth in rank, chosen in
stead Of Senator La Toilette, who
ranks third. Senator Dillingham;
VtD, fourth in rank, did not desire to
serve.
The bill was sent to conference
by the house today. A special rule
will be used to expedite action If
objections to unanimous consent are
made. The course of procedure was
decided upon at conference of Re
publican members OF the house ways
and means committee Saturday
Fight on Valuation Plan
Representative Fordney CMich),
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee who returned to Washington
during the day. declared he had not
changed his determination to continue
his fight for the adoption of the Amcri-
can valuation plan as provided in the
house bill He said he would carry
the issue to the house If the Conferees
refused to accept American valuation,
and he believes the house will uphold
his position.
He indicated that the will Of the
house will govern his course, and If
Il majority Of the house favors the
acceptance OF the foreign valuation
basis, ms provided in the senate BILL he
will drop his battle. 1t is considered
likely that the valuation issue will be
settled before the conferees attempt
to decide on rates Of duty.
Conferees to Take a Month.
Mr.. Fordney predicted that the CON
ferees would complete their work in Il
month and that the bin would be on
lilt 0lUANlt b''N9 b'l'I' inc 'ltNtlOll
There are many who doubt this and
believe final enactment will be delayed
until November or December.
Debate on the bill was begun in the
senate ON April 20 and has continued
with few Interruptions throughout the
four months since that date. Hearings
were commenced by the house ways
and means committee ON January 6,
1921, and the bin was passed by the
house in July, 1921 1t was reported
to the senate from the finance com
mittee on April II.
The duties in the senate bill are
higher in many instances than in the
house bill. Particularly Is this true
In the case of duties on farm prod
ucts, which were boosted by the SEN
ute considerably above the Payne
Aldrich law level, which was the stand
ard followed by the house committee,
While the senate committee in
creased duties on many manufactured
articles the senate itself reduced a
good many Of them. AS general
proposition, the manufacturing in
dustrlcs are not so well pleased with
the bin as are the agricultural inter
ests. In some cases, notably In dyes,
the senate rates are far in excess of
the house rates. The general average
OF protection accorded Is greater than
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