The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
BORAH HAS
DATAFOR
FIGHT

= After giving tentative ap-
proval to the House rates on
hides, leather and shoes, the
Republican members of the
Senate Finance Committee
today faced a decision on the
highly controve rsial sugar
schedule.
The Republican tariff makers were
In a dilemma, as whatever rate they
approve will be fought by a Demo
cratic-Insurgent coalition In the
Senate. There appeared strong
probability that the Republicans
would vote flat 50 rate as applied
to Cuban irrports. This will be dis.
pleasing to the Senate insurgents,
who. likely will support a bounty
for sugar producers and to the
Democrats, who seem to favor a
reduction even in the present Cuoan
rate Of s1.76 per hundred pounds.
BOrah c IS Data
Senator Borah (R9 of Idaho, pre-
dieting the rejection of any sugar
IdLS dUONe LlldL SAAoNAhS law
obtained a mass of data from tariff
experts, supporting a plan for pay
ing a bounty to sugar producers
while levying a tariff on sugar i'm.
ports solely for. revenue. He an.
nounced his proposed tariff would
be considerably less than the
plan, he added. would save the
81 e1S0
100000 year.
Regardless of what tariff the
Re. blicans recommend, it appeared
entirely likely that the Senate itself
will reject any increase in the exist.
poll of the Senators in Washington
indicated that no two Of them en-
tirely agree on rate. Unless
material change of sentiment occurs
before the Senate acts upon the
bill itself. it seemed improbable that
any proposal for a change would
command the necessary majority
vote. The ultimate rate then would
be q com. romise between the $1.76
in the present law and the $2.49
appro ID by the House.
Complete Sundry Schedule
Before reaching the sugar SEIZED
ule the Republican tariff makers
must complete the "sundries" SEIZED.
ule. The high spot il this schedule
was the 10 per cent ad Ealorem rate
placed upon hide. by the House,
after the item had been carried on
the free list for a century.
The Senate Republicans approved
this rate and a sliding scale OF
duties for leather articles, up to 20
per cent for upholstery, glove, foot.
ball, basketball, soccer ball and
medicine ball leather. The House
rate Of 80 per cent ad valorem on
embossed and printed feathers was
also approved.
The most important change by
the Senate Republicans in this
schedule was to revise the para
graph containing the "b aske
clause" with 10 per cent ad
valorem rate on leather importa-
tions for shoes and footwear. This
was changed so that an importer
would be unable to evade the higher
specific duties by bringing in shoe
leather under the basket clause"
Approve Shoe Tariff
A reduction from IS to 20 per
cent ad valorem in the tariff on
leather boots and shoes, originally
slashed by the House, was ap-
proved. The higher rate was re-
tanned on shoes and boots made out
of wool, cotton. rayon. silk or their
substitutes. The House had ap'
proved this rate, too.
The purpose of the House, to pro-
tect farmers in marketing hides and
to aid the tanning industry at the
expense of boot and shoe manufac'
turers, was endorsed by the Senate
Republicans. In reducing the tariff
on shoes and boots, they intended
to- prevent any increase in the price
of shoes. while at the same time
raising the price of hides and
tanned leather.
AS one Republican explained it,
'"The farmers have given away their
hides and the tanning industry is
bankrupt while the shoe manufac-
turers have been making fortunes.
We are going to use the tariff to
redistribute prosperity among the
three separate industries"