Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-09
SENATE VOTES INCREASE
OF TARIFF ON SUGAR
New Rate More Than Cent a
Pound Above Underwood
Schedule.
I'EnTILIzEn COMPANY SCORED
VIrR tompnny's Alleged
contract for Potash. Excluding
American Pr"huct. IN Favor nf For
cIEn Articlei Attacked In Scnntc.
my Associated rrcss.l


WASlIlNGTON. Aug. s.-The SEN
ate approved today an Increase Of
three -t"rths of :; cent n pound in the
tArin on sugar. rejected "A plan for a
government bounty OF so.so0.0oO for
domestic potash producers and re
sclnd"d it's former action in voting
an inp"st OF cents pound on
white arsenic. potash and white ar
scnic were placed on the FREQ list.
Tho sugar rate Of % cents Il pound
Was compromise between the 20
cent duty urged by Louisiana cane
ana western beet sugar producers,
and the cents propos.d hy tho Hou1e
and approved by TIA" Finance Com
mit,"c majority. II IL thr"[.cnths of
cent above tho tarin IN the .Ais,inx
emergency act ana los cents above
that la tn" Underwood act.
Sm"nt Offers Compromise.
Tho compromisc was offered by
Senator SWOut. Of Utah ranking Re
publican on IN" Finance Committee.
aud was accepted by the same vot.
dat the Senate rejected tho % cents
duty. 81 10 30.
Tit. vote against the bounty on
potash was - I" 80. With twelve
Republicans opposing aud three
Democrats supporting The Rcpuh-
IaNhth N'l' i'''dl. NbI'l' 'ilHH'llH
Edge. Jones. of Washtngton: Lem
root. McCormick. Odd.c. St"rliur.
Townsend, Wndswor,h and Wills.
The Democrats were Jones. OF Sew
Mexico; Kendrlck and Kanshcli.
strike out Potash Tnrin.
Before considering the bounty. tn.
senate voted sc TO 10 strike out
tho provision by which 81 tarin dury
would have been imposed on pot
ash for ave years :tc Ia" same rates
that IL was proposed TO pay tho
bounty. 2i-2 cents "a pound FOR TIA"
FIRST two years. = cents for thc third
year, il-2 cents FOR the fourth wear.
and con, for tn" NTH year. soma.
tor Shor;ridr" Republican. CallfOr-
MIA, nlouc voted against eliminating
tho duty. explaining thai ne thought
tho Industry should I've fostorcd by
"a tariff and not hy "a Federal bounty.
scores SirEinIn-t nr"iinn Deal"
senator Suoot told the senate du--
ing discussion az tho ,arin today
mat e. -. Crcnshaw. OF HichmonI.
Va, vice president OF the Virginia
Carolina chemical Company. has
made deal whereby thlrty-toIr
American manufacturers u :ertil!-
zcr had signed contracts with N"
German and French concerns for
their entire supply 81 potash TO tho
exclusion ~ American producers.
Senator Reed. Democrat. Missouri
declared that TO him Il was utterly
tntul"rahi"," that American manu-
fhctIr"rS would be permitted to
sign contracts WIN foreign concerns
would even have "a tendency 10 cN-
cludc American products from tho
American market.
'"rha, - trust practice In SIS worse
form and | think tina, any American
manufacturer who would do I, ought
10 be sent 20 Jan for a good long
term because he not only Is sup
pressing competition, but IS doing
81 IN tho interest Of foreign pro-
duccrs as against American pro
duc"rs."
Copies NJ tho contracts referred 10
h% Senator Smoot were placed in
IN" record by that Senator. He snii
th"y were sigrod rs the American
Agricultural Chemical Company and
other American firms.