Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
MANGANESE VOTED
PUT ON FREE LIST
Republican Action Regarded
as Victory for Steel
Industry.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate finance committee Re-
publicans today voted to S to place
manganese on the free list.
The vote was taken upon reconsider
alton of the present tariff of / cent a
pound which the House bill did not
change. The action was regarded as a
victory for the steel industry which has
sought removal of the duty.
Committee Republicans previously
had voted 2 to 4 to retain the duty. but
to base 1t on manganese ore containing
more than 10 per cent metallic man
ganeSe instead OF 80 per cent under
present aw. thus giving the domestic
ore producers greater protection.
Duty on Hides.
After obtaining the desired addi-
Honsl information on the views Of or
ganized producers. th- committeeman
have decided to support the House ac-
ton in placing duty Of 10 per cent
on imported hides and 20 per cent on
shoes, both Of which are now admitted
without imposts.
They agreed, however. on number
Of changes in the House rates on vari-
OuS bypCb 4Cdb1lCI, hlSO tkbC IECC
list at present, raising some and reduc-
ing others. The upward revisions in
cluded proposals to place q rate OF IA
per cent on feathers to be used for
harness or saddlery. and Is per cent on
sole and betting leather, instead Of 1914
per cent as voted by the House, to-
gether with 171a instead Of IS per cent
on side, upper, patent and calf or kip
skin feathers for footwear.
Reductions Made.
The House rate of IS per cent on
leather obtained from animals not OF
the bovine species. on the other hand.
would be reduced to 171a per cent. and
that Of 80 per cent on ornamental
leather to 20 per cent. Another reduc-
ton was voted on mems leather gloves
of $3.50. The $3.50 rate approved by
the House on women's leather gloves
was retained, and so was its 20 per cent
rate on leather for upholstery. collars.
bags. cases, gloves, garments ano
straps.
with that problem out of the way:
the committeeman took cognizance OF
the smuggling problem and decided 10
transfer rough and uncut diamonds
from the dutiable to the free Inst: Inc
House voted q duty Of 10 per cent on
such stones. and 20 per cent on cut
diamonds and pearls. which the Sen
ators reduced by half.
There was no indication what the
committeeman would decide with re-
spect to sugar, the tariff on which Is
raised by the House bill from 1.76 cents
to 2.4O cents pound on Cuban raws..
A total Of $50 kilograms from varl-
Gus sugar interests reached Chairman
Smoot's ONCE during yesterday. Tney
were unanimous in supporting the HOUSE
duty.
wheelef's Criticism.
Democratic criticism Of the bill con-
tinued. Senator Wheeler OF Montana
Issuing a statement through the Demo-
cratic national committee in which ne
declared the ''glaring immortality OF the
Hawley bill is that 1t has abandoned
protection as the basic theory OF tarin
making and substituted q pernicious
and destructive system OF price insur-
ance"
wheeler cited a tariff commission
study which he said showed that the
House duties on IL articles would ap.
proximate or exceed the total value OF
1923 imports of those commodities. .
'It is impossible to take q candid
view Of the Hawley bill and OF the work
OF the Senate finance committee, so
far as It has been revealed" ne saio,>
"and not reach the conclusion that
deadly blow is aimed directly 1t the
consumers, including the farmers"