The New York herald., 1922-08-13
MORE RATES INCREASED
Calder Makes Plea for Meas
urc, Saying It Will Aid New
York Industry.
sseciai Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
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S3ecidi Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington. ID. G.. Aug. IL. J
With it's essential features disposed
of the Senate entered into a unanimous
consent agreement to-day for final
vote of the Fordney McCumber tariff
bill next Saturday. August 10.
Passage is certain. of course, since
the Senate Finance Committee is in
complete control. 1t will be the end of
long and bitter fight. during thirteen
months Of which the Senate has been
struggling with the bill--four months
in open debate on the Senate floor.
The, unanimous consent agreement
provides that all the Finance Commit
Tee amendments to the bill will be
roted on, whether debated or not be-
ginning at A o'clock next Tuesday
afternoon, August Is. Then at 10
o'clock on Thursday night the voting
will be started on all individual amend
ments-as distinguished from commit
tee amendments. That will end the
consideration Of the measure by the
Senate sitting as a committee of the
whole.
Bill to Go to Conferences.
Friday and Saturday the Senate
proper viii consider the bill. the agree
rrent providing that the voting begins
at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The
passage of tho bill is expected to be a
matter more or less routine This for
10 conference committee to reconcile
tho differences with the House.
The unanimous consent agreement was
arrived at after series OF conferences
between Republican and Democratic
leaders lasting all day. 1t was made
possible by the speedy action during the
week on the highly controversial
features of the BILL such as the amend
ment giving the President broad powers
Il, Ak tariff rates without reference 70
Congress. and by setting hours fo-
voting and limiting speeches
While the leaders were coming TO
terms on the voting agreement the Sem
ate was going through the sundries
schedule with hop. skip and jump, sup
porting for the most part the Finance
Committee rates. The items covered a
wide range. everything from asbestos to
toys. human hair to roller skates and
firecrackers to diamonds. On general
principles the rate for dice and poker
chips was advanced from 40 to so per
cent. ad valorem. while the rate for
roller skates was cut from 80 to 20 per
cent. ad valorem.
The debate to-day. continuing under
he unanimous consent agreement Of a
week ago. was limited to fifteen minutes
FOR each speech. but under the new
agreement the length of speeches will
be limited 10 ten minutes
The expectation Is that the sundries
schedule will be completed on Monday
which will hnsf, up the subject of rates.
The free list will come next. but dis
cussior Of that will be brief. The ad-
ministratve features OF the bill. devised
by the Treasury Department to assist
in its enforcement, will not be fought
by the Democrats.
Calder Defends Tarin.
The Senate met an hour earlier than
usual to-day 10 allow Senator Calder
GRep., New York; TO deliver a long
prepared address In defense OF the
tariff bill. Senator Calder emphasized
the Importance OF New York CITY and
New York state as a manufacturinr
center insisting that interests OF the
people OF New York In the tariff was
vital.
New Yorls's interests MS a. port"
he said. great as they are are mino-
compared with its interests as a fac.
tory. n there must be choice be-
tween fostering favorng and benefiting
New York as a factory or New York
as a port the less must yield to the
greater. for New York is the greatest
manufacturing city OF the world"
Senator Calder cited many instances
which he held up az samples of cut
throat foreign competition, declaring
that II New York industric- are to
flourish they must have the protection
afforded by the Fordney- -McCumber
bill
1--WE or the Republican majority see
tho issue clearly" he said. 1T is a
struggle between Europe and America
for supremacy In the American market.
80, Mr.. President. New York city,
the greatest Industrial center in the
world. and New York State ono OF the
largest agricultural States In the
Union, Will support Congress and this
tariff bill TO safeguard the American
market from foreign exploitation. TO
protect labor from cheap foreign COM
petition and to insure prosperity. Then
WHOM our house Ia In order we can
effectively assume our rightful place
in the reconstruction OF Europe.
THE proof OF the unanimous, amand
Of the American people for n protective
tariff is the confession Of the Democrats
that they dare no longer block this bill
In the Senate. They have argued their
case TO death and surrender, knowing
that defeat faces them for their op.
posilion Republican protective
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