Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-11-03
REPUBLICAN, EVIDENCE.
THE TARIFF.

ScnatorBOrah udano): Il would
unhcSitatinSly vote to postpone
consideration OF the bill and TO take
care Of the >ituatio. so far us | think
II needs to be taken care OF, by a
Simple addition to the emergency
tariff law. ] do not know where
VIC could get any facts a> to the cost
OF production abroad. | have not
been advised of such facts. do not
sec how il is possible to secure them
The facts that would be available
today would be utterly swept away
tomorrow by the conditions through
| out the world. do not believe il
would be possible to make 4 tariff
law OF permanent worth under such
conditions. l frankly confess that
! do not know what the difference
is in the cost at home and abroad.
and | am in exactly the same boat
as every other Senator in this Cham
Der SO far rs being able to determine
the question. There are no facts
presented and there are no facts to
present. Congressional Record:
May - 1929
Senator McCumbcr tN. Oak .)"Wc
have often been advised and the adj
wise is we'll founded that of all
times in our history this is the very
worst time i'll which to formulate
and put into effect a new tariff
! measure. Congressional Record:
May 20 1929 McCumbcr WAS de
fcatcd for denomination.
Senator Townsend tMich III We
arc TO maintain the protective tariff
in this country we must adopt and
conform to some scientific rule and
not leave the fixing of tariff rates
entirely TO guess work. This is the
worst time which could possibly
have been elected for Congress to
attempt TO lcgiSlatc intcIligcntly on
the tariff but it seems necessary TO
irglSlatr. This ought to be the last
tariff revision ever attempted by
Congress. Congressional Record:
August II 1929
The Democrats had created a
scientific tariff commission which
was entirely ignored by the Rcpub-
Leans and the tariff bill framed and
passed according TO the demands
of centralized wealth of the coun-
! try.
Senator Nelson tNIinn): In MANY
paragraphs of this bill the rates cX-
coed that degree of protection (ncc-
cSSary to cover the difference in
cost Of production at home and
abroad) and to mind profits have
been included. | have voted for
many schedules h'crc that felt en-
tirely unjustitied; hoping against
hope that there would be a lnodifi-
cation; but every once in a while
it seems that the Finance Commit
tee meet al they come in here with
their program for an increase or n
change. They get a new light as
result Of new hearings. | never in
all my life saw such Il swarm of
men as were around the Finance
Committee while they had this bill
before them. Day after day they
! came here with their handbags.
They Swarmcd in the corridors and
the bill indicates that most Of them
got their work in well.
1t is evident to me that the Scna-
tor from North Dakota tMcCumbcr)
in his zeal to put such an immense
tariff on these agricultural products
higher than we have ever before
had; higher than there was any ne
ceSSity for-llaS done so simply to
oil the protection machine for the
wooden schedule and some other
schedules in the bill. am not as
great an expert as the Senator from
Utah (Smoot is; cannot 20 into
such minutiae or particulars; but
on the whole it strikes me that the
wool schedule, from first to last,
is the most vicious schedule in this
entire bill. Congressional Record;
July % 1922.
Senator Cappcr (kanS.) Many of
our agricultural products are on an
export basis and the tariff will not
help the producers of these pro-
ducts except under exceptional con-
ditions and on special grades. If in
addition to this; the power of for
cign countries to buy the products
of our farms is Limited by tariff
which prevents our people from
Luying on fair competitive basis
the manufactured articles Of ihc
hiGhly industrial countries of
Europe the plight of agriculture
will be even worse than it is at
present. ....-.. A..
Senator Smool Utah) II Iris
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