Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-20

Washington, Aug. 19.-Wlth only
one republican, Senator Borah of Ida
no, voting against the measure, the ad-
ministration tariff bill was passed late
Saturday by the senate after four
months of debate The bill, known of
ficially as 1.-The tariff act of 1922. y
now goes to conference.
Three democrats-Boussard. Ken
drick and Ransdall-voted for the
measure.
1t was stated that had Senators La
Toilette and Norris been present, they
would have voted against the measure
while the other II republican absen-
tees would have voted for it.
Senator's Lenroot. and Jones OF
Washington, republicans, announced
that they supported the bill because OF
the provisions giving the president
rates and in the hope that the senate
and house conferees would reduce
rates which they considered excessive.
Senator Lenroot said that if this were
not done he would vote against the con-
ference report.
Immediately after the passage of the
bill. Senator Cummins of Iowa, presi-
dent pro tempore, announced the ap-
pointment of the senate conferees:
Chairman McCumber, and Senators
Smoot of Utah. and Mclean OF Con-
neticut. republicans, and Simmons. OF
North Carolina and Jones of New Mex
leo. democrats.
Senator Mclean is the fourth rank
ing republican on the finance commit
tee and was named in Place OF Sen
ator LaFollette, who, under the usual
rule, would have drawn the assign
.nent, but utsrsalatiesGas.i&-opposed to the Dill.
Goes To House Monday
The measure will be returned to
the house Monday with a formal re-
quest for conference. Republicans
of the house ways and means commit
tee at a meeting Saturday decided to
have the measure sent to conference
under special rule, instead of to the
ways and means committee for pre-
liminary consideration, course that
was suggested some time ago. Amerl-
can valuation will be the biggest is
sue in conference but the general be-
lief at the capitol is that the house
will Weld on this, accepting the sen
ate flexible tariff plan as a sub
stitute.
Chairman Fordney said Saturday he
would hold out for American valuation,
asking instructions from the house.
Under this plan the house would decide
the issue by direct vote and the con
ferees would then proceed with their
work of adjusting the 1000 odd points
in dispute between the two houses;
Mr.. Fordney thought the work could
be completed within a month and tue
same view was entertained by senate
leaders.
There still was gossip at the capitol
that the bill might get into deadlock
in conference and there die, but ma
iority leaders declared the cOnferees
would report the measure out and that
it probably would be ready for the
president next month.
The general judgment Of leaders,
however. is that it will be rewritten
in conference. If SO it will be the
third rewriting since it passed the
house on July Il, 1921.
Final action on the bill by the SEN
ate was witnessed by crowded galleries
and many members of the house VINO
found places on the senate floor.
Senate Gets Noisy
With the approach of 4 p. M, when
debate and amendments automatically
were cut off under special agree
ment. half a dozen senators we're on
their feet at one time, clamoring Tor
recognition to offer proposed changes.
AS rapidly as these were presented,
they were voted down by swelling
chorIses of noes" Each chorus was
greeted with general laughter from
floor and galleries and it was with
difficulty that the senate was brought
to order for the final and decisive roll
call
This measure. the first republican
protective tariff to be written in IL
years, became an even greater storm
center in the senate than did the
Payne Aldrich bill of 1909. From the
start, democrats assaulted it in full
force as even higher than the 1909 law
and as the debate developed, opposition
to individual sections began to find
expression on the republican side.
Soon after senate consideration be-
gan on April 20, the finance committee
majority which had labored with the
legislation for eight months began to
rewrite many of the rates. Occasion
ally the senate added to their work
by direct vote with a result that as
passed, the bill differed widely from
that reported to the senate last April
IL.
Chairman McCumber of the finance
committee, who piloted the measure
through the senate. in q formal state
ment Saturdaf night reviewing it's
provisions. said it was estimated that
it would yield more than $40O,O00,O 600 |
in revenue during the first year it was
in operation. This is half million
more than has been yielded BY any
tariff in the history of the country. |
THE application of the rates in this |
act to the imports that will come in !
during the first II months of its life,"
said Senator McCumber, lis estimated |
to show lower average equivalent |
ad valoreI e,,aa rate on duty ,c,;t1 than under
Comparing the bill as it goes into