Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18
SUGAR SCHEDULE
AGAIN POSTPONED
Tobacco Is Taken Up in Its
Place by Tariff
Drafters.
Nv ths Associated prAss.

BY the Associated Press.
Consideration of the sugar schedule
of the tariff bill was postponed again
today and tobacco taken MP in its place.
Senator Borsh of Idaho, a leader Of
the Republican independents, requested
that the controversial sugar section 20
over until his group was ready to pro-
coed and, Chairman Smoot of the
finance committee agreed.
Senator Dill, Democrat, Washington,
objected to deferrfng the sugar items
unless there was an agreement on a
specific date for its consideration.
Borah, however, said he could not agree
to date until he had conferred with
moSSbers of his group.
The Borah proposal won favor with
all fact1onal leaders as a time wing
proposition. 1t is the belief Of those
in charge of the bill that if this high
point of controversy is deferred until
the close of debate, faster time will be
made
A number of Senators today still
were discussing the possibility of an
adjournment of the special session ut
the end of this week. Leaders believe
that by then most of the bill could be
increase in the sugar duty.
The Western Republican Indepen-
dents and the new group of Hoover
regulars however, still are opposed to
adjournment pending disposition of the
measure.
Finally Reach Sugar Schedule.
The sugar schedule, viewed for months
with premonitions of prolonged and
heated debate, was finally reached as
weary legislators entered the last FORT
night of the special session.
At the heart of the dispute lay the
question of whether there Is iustihcs-
ton for increasing the present irnpost
on sugar imports from Cuba.
The figure is now i.76 cents q pound
and in comparison the House approved
a rate of 2.40 cents and the Senate
finance committee one of 2.20 cents.
Under the provisions of the Cuban
American reciprocal trade treaty. sugar
imports are given a reduction of 20 per
cent in the rate imposed upon similar
imports from other countries. The
world rate is now 2.20 cents, as OPP
posed to a rate of cents by the House
and Senate committee recommendation
that it be fixed at 2.75 cents.
The effects of the world rate, how
ever. is negligible, as Cuba and the
Philippines supply the United States
with by far the greater proportion of
its imported sugar, and all imports
from the Pacific dependency are sd
mitted duty free. The Senate, more
over has gone on record against rails
ing a tariff barrier against Philippine
products.
Chairman Smoot of the finance COM
mittee, himself representing a big beet
sugar producing State. Utah. stood at
the head of the Republican group
sponsoring a world rate of 2.75 and a
Cuban rate of go cents.
Democrats Fight Increase.
The Democrats were almost solidly
opposed to increasing the present levies.
The two Senators from Louisiana, Rams
dell and Broussard, however. allied
themselves with those seeking increased
duties, and went beyond the Republican
group in asking that the rates accepted
by the House be incorporated in the
Senate bill. Louisiana is the countrys
principal cane-sngar producing State.
The independent Republicans were
divided in their attitude toward the
controversy. Borah of Idaho and
Brookhart of Iowa were inclined to
favor the bounty principle ss a means
of encouraging domestic production. al
though the former had not committed
himself definitely.
Some members of the independent
group were said to oppose both the
bounty system and an increased duty.
In desperate effort to dispose Of
the tariff bill in the remaining two
weeks of the special session. the Senate
is TO meet nightly this week. Some
members believe that by adding O
three-hour evening session to the &C.
cuStomed daily session of seven and
one-half hours the bill can be sent tn
committee before the regular session of
Congress begins.