Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-05-17

tend to make certain that any, revenue
revision measure passed Will be unac-
ceptable to the President. The theory
| of the anti-administration strategy APP
pears to be that the Republican party
| will be weakened if it fails to bring
| about some cut in the present schedule
The latest proposal sponsored by Sen
ator ShipStead. of Minnesota, is evident
ly designed only as an embarrassment.
A rider to the tax reduction bill pro-
products may attract. considerable Dem.
! ocratic and Progressive support. but 1t
would not be approved by President
sidered in any such piecemeal fashion.
| The structure of tariff LEGISLATION is too
complicated and interdependent for any
such procedure to be followed. Many
members of Congress know this. but
| they are more intent upon making po-
Considered in the light of traditional
Democratic policy on tariff matters.
there ought to be no support from the
ward In this instance the Shipstead
plan affords the Democrats the best
opportunity they have yet seen to pre-
| greSsives. more particularly in the Sem
ate, have not been inclined to support a
tax cut. Their view is that any sur
plus which may result from the exist
ing revenue laws should be applied to
the debts. They may. however. be
swung over to the Democratic theory of
| tax revision. declared unSound by the
Treasury. in order to gain increased du-
ties for agriculture. But, with the
House safely Republican. it is not to
be expected that the tariff will be re-
vised as an incident to tax reduction.
Mr.. HARRISON. Mr.. President, of
course there is no agreement between
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr.
Shipstead) and the Democrats with
reference to the amendment which he
has offered; and l rise to express my
appreciation of the statement given
to the press on yesterday by the sem
iOr Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
SimmOns), the ranking Democrat on
the Finance Committee, with reference
to his views touching that amendment.
l concede to no Senator here great
er enthusiasm for the early consider
alton of tariff reform or tariff re-
vision legislation. | wish that the
House of Representatives during the
present session had given consider
alton to the Unfortunately high tariff
duties on many articles, and, possibly,
to the too low duties upon certain
other articles, and had passed tariff
revision measure so that the Senate
might have considered it; but, of
course, under the Constitution, the
Senate is not permitted to originate
tariff legislation. 1 wish that we
might consider the tariff question in
the Senate as rider upon some bill.
but not bill of the Importance of
the internal revenue tax reduction
measure. That bill, Mr.. President,
being House bill No. 1, is too impOr-
tant; it means too much to the Amer
lean taxpayer for us to attempt tariff
revision upon it. We know that the
Executive would veto any legislation
which might be engrafted upon the
tax reduction bill that might not meet
his views. So it seems to me the wise
thing to do, when the Senate Finance
Committee shall report the revenue
bill, will be to eliminate tariff con-
siderations from it, and confine the
discussion to the rates that are in the
bill and to its administrative features,
so that when the bill shall finally be
put into the form in which it will go
to the President, he will have to write
his veto or approval upon that propo-
sition alone.
Mr.. SHIPSTEAD. Mr.. President, I
wish to express my appreciation to
the Senator from Mississippi for his
eloquence as a spokesman for the
White House. l congratulate him
Mr. Shipstead's amendment to House
bill No. 1, submitted by him on the
10th instant, was also, on his request,
ordered to be printed in the Record,
and it is as follows:
Amendment intended to be proposed by
Mr. Shipstead to the bill Oh. r. ~ to
reduce and equalize taxation. provide
revenue. and for other purposes. viz:
On page 225. after line 10. insert the
following new title:
TITLE VIII.-THE TARIFF
Sec. sol. Amendments to Tariff Act
of 1922
(a) Paragraphs IS: 7O7: 7Os: 709. 10;
~ of the tariff act of 1922 are amend
ed to read. respectively. as follows:
a not
"Par. 7O7. Milk. fresh. 61a cents per
gallon; sour milk and b9ttermilk.
gallon: PROVIDED. That fresh or sour
milk containing more than per cent
of butterfat shall be dutiable as cream
ana cream containing more IndH 40 per
cent of butterfat shall be dutiable as
butter.
"Par. 7OS. Milk. condensed or evapor-
ated: In Theoretically sealed containers.
unsweetened. cents per pound. sweet
ened. u cents per pound; all others.
cents per pound; whOle-milk powder. 9
cents per pound; cream powder. 10 cents
per pound; and SKINNED milk powder:
4 cents per pound; matted milk. and
compounds or mixtures of or Substi-
tutes for milk or cream. 40 per cent ad
valorem.
par. 7O9. Butter. 16 cents per pound;