Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28
HOUSE VOTE READY
NNEW TARIFF BILL
Measure Increases Rates
Over Wide Range and Cuts
Down Free List.
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after o'clock to resume its formal leg
islative status and vote again upon the
scores Of changes 1t has decided upon
Under such procedure, however, ell
amendments agreed upon by the com
nittee of the whole" are almost in
variably grouped and adopted all to-
gether.
Only one opportunity was offered to
Representative Garner of Texas, the
Democratic leader, in the plan of pro-
cedure ruling today to express his
partys disapproval of the measure
through a motion for reconmittal of
the bill to its trainers, the ways and
means committee, with instructions to
change it. For this attack he had Sc
lected chiefly the administrative provi-
sions which increase the power Of the
executive branch of the Government to
alter tariff rates.
Would Establish Board.
His motion, carefully drafted in ad-
vance with a view to attracting the
strongest possible support from Repub-
Ican as we'll as Democratic ranks
would call for repeal of the flexible pro-
", visions allowing the President to change
duties and would set up in place of the
present Tariff Commission @ fact-find-
ing board responsible only to Congress
The committee also would be instruct
ed under the motion to eliminate the
provision taking away from the customs
courts and giving to the Secretary of
the Treasury power to review vaiua-
lions in appeals from appraisements
ana to ADJUST rates in all schedules
so that the duties shall not exceed
the actual difference between cost of
production in the United States and
abroad"
While he held little hope that a ma
1orlty would be found for his motion,
Mr.. Garner expressed confidence that
the Senate, which will rewrite the meas
ure after the contemplated Summer
recess, would deal with the flexible pro-
visions in such way as to restore to
congress exclusively the power to
change rates. which it delegated to the
President in the Fordney- Cumber act
Of 1922.
In an atmosphere electrified with
charges Of trading" partisan debate
ana resurrected campaign arguments,
the House approved another score of
committee amendments to the tariff bill
vote.
The session, lasting more than six
hours. was the Stormiest of any. since
the Republtcan-framed measure was
taken up three weeks ago, and out of
IL emerged an amendment, approved BY
a vote Of 1876 to 80, placing q duty Of
10 per cent on hides, rates ranging from
l21a to 80 per cent on leather, and a
levy OF 20 per cent On boots and shoes.
- All OF these commodities have been on
the free list for years and were retained
IN that category in the present bill as
flrSt reported. Urgent demands for du-
Ties, however, led to reconsideration and
the committee conceded to members
shoe proposals would provide an In
ana New England shoe manufacturing
States.
Reject Hudspeth Plan.
An attempt by Representative Hud-
spetn, Democrat, Texas, to make the
hide duty 20 per cent was rejected by a
vote of 100 to So.
OF the other amendments approved.
the ways and means committee was VIC
torlous IN every instance and not one
change was effected by any member out
side the committee group.
The most important amendments
adopted besides the hide, leather and
hide, leather and shoe amendment
crease in the duty on daxseed from Sc
. TO 63 cents bushel; rate Of $40 ton
on broom corn, rice straw and fiber.
now on the free list; an increase of 40
cents a pound in the rates of $2.1O on
,unstemmed and $2.75 on stemmed wrap
per tobacco, and boost of one-quarter
OF a cent in the bill rate of 13s cents a
pound on onions.
By changing the tobacco rates, the
committee changed the only schedule in
the present law which the bill as first
reported left undisturbed.
Party lines split In the voting on the
from the cattle-raising and New York
Democrats and Republicans from cattle,
leather and shoe districts joining in the
Affirmative, and a large block of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans from scattered
sections combining in the negative.
Representative Ramseyer of Iowa, a
means committee, created stir In
charging that the farm group had
brought some of this trouble on them
: selves by trading"
You may be able to trade steers
he shouted, but when you come to
trading tariff rates with New Eng
: land Yankee, that's something else!''
Ramseyer had challenged the argu-
ment that the duties on leather and
shoes were merely to compensate for
the probable increase in cost for the
raw material and said the trouble with
the shoe industry was that it was over
built.
Charges Farmers Dickered.
Representative CroW'ther of New York
another Republican on the committee
who offered the amendment. asked the
Iowan If he thought it was fair OF
honest" to say that there had been
trading on the proposition.
There has been some dickering
among the farmers" Ramseyer replied
you"
Crowther argued that the duties on
all three articles represented mo more
than gesture as far as protection was
concerned"
I'VE had to make start somewhere y
he added, and was joined in this state
nlent by Representative Connery
Democrat, Massachusetts,.
Representatives Treadway, Andrew
Edith Nourse Rogers and Underhill, Re-
publicans, Massachusetts; Cooper, Re-
publican, Ohio; Schafer, Republican
Wisconsin, and others spoke in favor
Of the amendment, while the brunt Of
the opposition was borne by Represent
atives Rainey of Illinois, and Collier
Mississippi Democrats. In urging hi!
amendment Hudspeth declared, "Yol
have got to elect Democrats west OF thu
Mississippi and when you do 1t yol
have got to protect their products
Representative Estep of Pennsylvania
q Republican member of the committee
that framed the bill, opposed TIL
amendment raising the rates on tobac
co, declaring it would help only abou
a 100000 pound production in Floridi
to the detriment Of $4,000, 000-poun'
output in Pennsylvania, 100000 00-poun'
production in Wisconsin and 10000,
900 output in Ohio.
Representative Fort. Republican, NeN
Jersey, supported the tobacco amend