Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
OBJECTIONS ALTER
TARIFF. SENTIMENT
Storm of Protests Cause
Senate ReviserS to Seek
Middle Ground.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Indications were multiplying today
that administration forces in the SEN
ate would steer for middle course in
| tariH revision, while interest continued
to grow in the numerous foreign pro-
tests against various rate increases
voted by the House
As interpreted in many quarters. the
administration groups preference Is ex-
pected 10 follow line somewhere be-
tween the extremes represented in the
sweeping revision of rates written into
the House bill and the Republican in
| dependents desire to confine upward
changes to farm and related products
while reducing present dities on some
industrial commodities.
Edge Advocates Cut.
So far, that view has been expressed
| publicly in greatest detail by Senator
Edge. Republican, New Jersey, who is
convinced that there is justification for
cutting down the House bill" and even
the present law in some industrial
| schedules, but that others should be
/ increased.
The New Jersey Senator declared on
| the other hand every resistance will
be made to the apparent determination
OF some So-called agricultural repre-
Sentatives to cut down industrial rates
without regard to facts or conditions
existing in the trade"
Massey Protests Verbally.
Discussion of the foreign protests,
meanwhile, brought out indications that
the administration was a little more
concerned over that from Canada, one
of the, United States largest customers,
than over those from other nations.
The Canadian protest, which is under
stood to be directed chiefly against the
House rates on shingles, lumber and
feeder cattle, has been outlined to Sec
rotary Stimson by Minister Massey in
! the form of conversation, it became
! known late yesterday.
Australians tariff policy affecting the
United States was made the subject
of a statement by Chairman Smoot of
the Senate finance committee, which
is winding up its hearings on the House
bill preparatory to starting the rewrit-
ing of the measure for submission to
the Senate.
Declaring that in the 1926 and 1928
Australian tariff acts "the American
rate was raised, but the British rate
was not increased" he cited galvanized
iron as an instance. The American
rate rising from $7.20 a ton prior to
1925 to Sl440 a ton at present, while
imports from the United Kingdom con-
tinued to be admitted under a S4.80
rate. This, he said, practically guar
anteed a monopoly of the import trade
in galvanized iron to Great Britain.
Retaliatory Rumor Denied.
In a direct reference to the foreign
protests, he suggested that "the amount
OF United States capital invested in
helping the wheels of the production
machinery of the countries from which
the protests were received, to operate
and to pay wages TO foreign cheap
labor, would throw an interesting light
on the protesting story"
United States capital has been trans
ferred to foreign countries in many
cases in order to make use of their
cheap labor" he said Prom what 1
can learn, many of the protests have
been inspired by such sources and
should be judged parallel with the
United States importer
A rumor that limitations had been
made of a retaliatory tariff on wheat
by Great Britain as sequel to in
creased American taxes on imports was
denied in official quarters.