The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-08-17
SENATE VOTES
FREE HIDES
Springs Surprise by Rejecting
Rates Proposed by Finance
Committee Majority.

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again By placing hides on the free lis
after rejecting the rates of two cent,
. pound on green hides and foul
cents On dry hides Tie vote was g
70 - senator Lodge. Of Massachu
setts. was among twenty-three Repub
ilcans who deserted the committee
Republicans who have been follow.
lng senator LenrOot. OF Wisconsin. In
his fighi to bring down the rates In
the Ford McCumber Tariff Bin were
Joined in the fight for free hides by
group FROM Eastern States For
the most part. Senator'S from agrlcul-
turai States sustained the committee.
Opponents Of a duty on hides sought
20 show that the farmer had nothing
20 gain BY a tariff on this product.
They said thai whatever increase In
the selling price Of hides would re-
suit from the rate proposed by the
committee would be lost in Increases
In the cost OF shoes
The rolicall on the committee
amendment was as follows:
FOR THE DuTY-26
Republicsns--is
Bursum Nicholson
Cameron NOrbeck
CApper Oddie
Curtis Phipps
Ernst shortridge
Gooding Smoot
HArreld Stanhed
I.add Steriind
Mccormick Warren
pemocrats-T
Ashursf Kendrick
Brousaard Ransdell
Fletcher Sheppard
Jones fNew
Mexico
AGAINST THE DuTY-so
Republleans-23
Ban Lodge
Borah Moses
Brandegee New
Calder Newberry
colt Pepper
cummins kawson
Dillingham; spencer
Edge Sutherland
Treiinghuysen Townsend
Hale Wadsw0rth
Keyes Willis
L9nroot
Demoerats-is
Dial Reed
Gerry smith
Glass simmons
Harris Stani-y
Hefln Tram lel
Meyers pnaerIood
OyermEn Walsh tMass)
Pomerene Walsh (Mont)
Rejection OF the duty on hides was
followed by a general revision down
ward OF rates on leather articles. The
rate on satchels bags and similar arti-
cles was cut from 40 to 80 per cent
adyalorem and fancy sultcases, In
Guiding specially decorated manlcur-
Ing and shaving sets. from 90 10 3
per cent ad yalorem.
The schedule was virtually rewritten
In the Senate after Senator Walsh, of
Massachusetts, for the Democrats, and
Senator LenrOot. Of Wisconsin, for
the minority Republicans, undertook
to rout the committee. For aobut six
hours they engaged those who held
that duty on hides was beneficial To-
the farmers in caustic debate.
AIR. Lenroot charged that the duty
on hides was another product OF log
rolling and trading. which. he said. had
produced many unwarranted features
In the Tarlff Bill The Senator aimed
his attack particularly at the Repub-
lican tariff bloc. Of which Senator
Gooding. OF Idaho. is chairman.
when We look at the Imports OF
boots and shoes and then examine the
exports OF boots and shoes there can
be but one conclusion" said Mr.. Len
root, "and that is that per cent
ad vaiorem duty was put on as bait
10 get votes for the tarig on hides.
our exports OF boots and shoes ex-
ceed S25.Oc0.Oo0. as against a little
more than $4,000 in imports, and
yet this committee has proposed u
per cent ad yalorem upon shoes"
Only two members Of the Finance
Committee majority-Cnrtls and
Smoot supported the duties, while
four members-calder. Dillingham;,
Frelinghuysen and Souiherlsnd-voted
against them. Chairman McCumber
and senator Watson, OF Indiana. the
ether two members present were
paired and unable TO vote.