Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28
House Expected to Pass
First Import Legislation in
Seven Years Today; Sugar
Charges Get Big Boost.
SWEEPING CHANGES
IN OPERATION PROVIDED
Farm Products to Have Greater
Protection in Schedules Seen as
Having Worldwide Effect.
Measure Objectionable in Some
Respects to President.
By the Associated Press.
Substantial increases in import

BY the Associated Press.
Substantial increases in import
duties on thousands of commodi-
ties of the farm and factory are
provided for in the new tariff bill
which before nightfall is expected
to be passed by the House and
sent to the Senate.
The measure, the first tariff
legislation in seven years, also
recommends sweeping changes in
administrative provisions of the
law and a reorganization of the
tariff commission under system
designed to speed up it's work.
Every man, woman and child in the
country and nearly every foreign ma
tion In the world is affected by the
measure in the seven-year-old Republic
can protective tariff structure.
Perhaps the most far-reaching change
Is the advance of sixty-four hundredths
of a cent in the effective duty on sugar,
raising the present duty of 1.76 cents a
pound on Cuban raw sugar to 2.40
cents.
Other rate advances designed to aid
the farmer and manufacturer affect
SuCIi CUUlinOulticS dS WOOl, CdtGlc, Od1Iy
products. meats, grains, textiles, glass,
paper, furniture and clothing of all
descriptions.
Important commodities long allowed
free entry into the United States are
made dutiable, including hides, leather,
boots and shoes, cement, common build
ing brick, shingles, cedar, maple and
birch lumber.
The measure also sets up an entirely
49, ~1s.1~ 70
tHfefB4of artificial silk under the official
name Of 'rayon." These goods are pro-
tected in existing law under the silk
schedule.
Bearing on Family Budget.
From a public standpoint the in
creases in the sugar rate and the boost
ing of the duty on raw wool from 81 to
"a cents a pound are regarded as more
important than the others. The duties
placed on shoes and raises in rates on
hundreds of other farm and factory
products also will have bearing on
family budgets unless producers absorb
the higher imposts instead OF passing
them on to the consumer.
While the measure is understood to
be Objectionable in some respects to
President Hoover. it meets his request
for a reorganization of the tariff COM
mission by providing authority for him
to terminate the terms OF once OF the
present six commissioners at his viii by
the simple process of sending the names
of their successors to the Senate Tor ltS
advice and consent.
The recreated commission would be
composed of seven members instead OF
six and the President would be per-
mitted to ignore political Affiliations IN
making his appointments. Under exist
ing law not more than three commits
sioners may be of the same political
party.
Salaries Are Raised.
Salaries Of the commissioners would
be raised from $500 to $4,000 and
their terms would be for years instead
of IL as at present
To speed up the commissions work In
determining Justification for State
changes the bill proposes that 1t may
competition between domestic and for
eign articles in the principal markets
of the United States instead OF differ
ences in cost of production as provided
in the present law. Experience has
proved that foreign production costs
virtually are unobtainable.
The President in exercising his power
under the flexible clause, which author
ICES him to raise or lower rates as much
as so per cent, would be allowed, II he
deemed 1t necessary, to base rates or
the American selling price or to re-
classify articles in order to effect rate
changes.
In addition the Executive would bt
authorized to investigate methods fol
basing import duties on some form OF
domestic valuation instead of foreign
valuation as at present and report It
Congress.
Debate Near End.
Only three hours were left today TO
consideration of amendments to the bill
under the special rule governing thi
phase of the debate. which fixed th'
time limit at 3 pm. and passage befor'
5 o'clock was regarded as practically
certainty, the intervening time being re
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