Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
CONFEREES REACH
EARTHENWARE LIST
Chemical, Oil and Paints
Schedules Completed in
Tedious Progress.

Striving to clean up their task Of
adjusting the 1858 differences between
the Senate and House over the tariff
bill by May / at the latest, the con-
greSsional conferees yesterday COM
pleted action on the chemical, oil and
paints schedules and made start on
the earthenware and glassware sections.
expressed satisfaction with the progress
being made, but the Democrats COM
planned that too much time was being
spent on secondary details.
Although many of the amendments
agreed upon thus far have been clerical
majority involved rates in these con-
tests the Senate group prevailed in most
of the arguments and generally the
lower Senate rates were accepted.
The earthenware and glassware Sec
ton embraces the controversy over a
cement duty on which the two houses
are divided.
The Senate bill carries a duty of 6
: cents a 100 pounds with provision
to allow free entry to cement used In
public construction. The proposed rate
is 8 cents 100 with no exceptions.
The cement levy has been discussed
by the confereeS, but final action will
be deferred until the House itself has
had an opportunity to vote upon it.
Texans AsSaiI Watson.
The two Texas Senators-Sheppard
and Connally-Democra last night
charged that Senator Watson had at
tackled the Democrats who voted against
the Senate tariff bill in an effort to
divert the attention Of the public from
the iniquities" of the measure. .-..
Connally predicted that Senator Wat
son and Senator Grurfdy, Republican
Pennsylvania, will black jack the
debenture" and that they twill turn on
! the gas on the flexible tariff"
Sheppard said he was not disturbed
by the Republican attack and charged
that Senator Watsons statement as to
| his votes lis incomplete and mislead-
ing in that 1t does not give the number
of increases voted against and the
number of decreases I voted for"
The charges Of the Senators we're
made in statements issued through the
Democratic national committee, along
with one from Representative Garner
Of Texas, q Democratic conferee on the
tariff bill.
Garner said that If the course adopted
by the Republican confereeS on the
measure In placing duty Of 1l2 cents
q pound on sodium chlorate Is to be
pursued throughout the consideration
of the bill In conference, "the farmer
will fare even worse than was tndi-
Gated In the bill passed by the Senate"
Sodium .ChIorate Efforts.
The Texan said Representative Haw-
ley, Republican, Oregon, succeeded in
getting the Senate Republicans to re-
cede from placing sodium chlorate,
which Is used by farmers to kill weeds
and other noxiouS wild growths, on the
free list on the ground that there Is
only one factory in this country, an
English concern.
IF the 1k cents q pound tax re-
mains in. the BILL" Garner said, the
American farmer will be penaliZed for
waging warfare against an enemy that
Is ever present and for whose conquest
he is at least entitled to the co-opera-
ton Of his Government"
:. In his statement Connally said Wat
son demanded that q Seantor who
votes for an increased rate, however
meritoriouS, must sell his soul to the
tariff masters and to the Grundies, If
he dares demand that the Republican
party redeem its platform pledge to
equalize the tariff"
1.-THE doctrine of Senator Watson"
he continued, "is that to Republican
campaign contributors belong the spoils.
1t Is doctrine Of base barter and bar
gain"