Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
TARIFF PASSAGE
EXPECTED MONDAY
FIexibiIity Provision and Res
toration of Debenture May
Bring New Fight.
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was lost BY a vote of IS to 80. Sen
ator Thomas finally succeeded. how
ever, In having an amendment written
into the bill instructing the Tariff Com
mission to investigate and report to
Congress on costs of oil to refiners on
the Atlantic seaboard. He would have
them report both on costs OF oil from
domestic fields and the costs OF oil de-
livered from Lake Maracaibo. Venezuela
Senator Thomas. making his plea Tor
q duty on oil, declared that new In
formation had reached him yesterday
to the effect that the Royal Dutch Shell
Co. was advertising an issue of $4,000
900 to the people of the United States,
the money to be used to work oil wells
in other lands. He said the profits OF
this concern amounted to $40,o00,000 in
1928.
Declares Oil Industry Killed.
Yesterday the Senate sent the oil
industry of America to its DEATH" Sem
ator Thomas declared, referring to the
defeat Of the oil tariff proposed then
by Senator Pine of Oklahoma.
Senator Pat Harrison, at the close
of the consideration of amendments TO
the bill last night, sought to obtain
unanimous consent to limit debate on
the bill when the Senate meets at IL
o'clock tomorrow. He asked first that
each Senator the limited to half an
hour. Objection was made by Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin, Republican
Progressive. The Mississippi Senator,
warning the Senate that unless some
agreement was entered into to limit
debate, the Senate might not be able to
reach 4 vote for another week, sought
to have Senator's limited to an hour
each. But that too, was objected to,
as we'll rs a ffnal plea to nix q time
to vote on the bill. objection being made
in each case by Senator La Toilette.
The bill as finally written by the
Senate carries many increases on agri-
cultural products. 1t also provides for
increased duties on sugar and for duties
on lumber and cement. both Of which
are nov on the free list. These last
duties were written into the bill by a
new combination of Senators which
routed IN recent weeks the old Repub-
lican Progressive Democratic coalition.
Republican Leader Watson has prom
ised the Senate . weeks holiday after
1t has passed the tariff bill and sent
the measure TO conference. Senator
Watson last night expressed the view
Of the regular Republican faction In
the Senate regarding the rewritten
tariff bill. He said:
1.-The bill as completed tonight is q
much better bill than seemed possible
a month ago. The recent change IN
the Senate situation, with the break
up of the early political alliance, has
resulted In giving industries that have
needed It much better protection thar
seemed probable. The farmers have
been given ample tariff protection"
CApper Favors Bill
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. Q
spokesman for the farm bloc Of the
Senate, said:
THE senate has greatly improved
the bill, although many tmperfectionl
still exist. The agricultural rates viii
help the farmer as much a. he car
be helped by tariff, and the law ought
to 90 . long way toward placing the
farmer on an equality with industry
Some Of the industrial rates are toc
FiSI1. but they have been reduced
greatly by the Senate as compared Will
the House bin. The bill is not perfect
by any means, but appears to be the
best that could be obtained under the
circumstances"
Senator Pat Harrison Of Mississippi
gave the Democratic view Of the bill
he cnaracDer11eo IL as the most 1nde-
fensible measure that had ever passed
He said he would vote against the bill
because It places too heavy burdens on
the consumer. He said:
Within the last few days, through
inexcusable log rolling and trading tao
tics, billions of dollars in increased
costs to the American consumer has
been added. Sugar, lumber, cement
plate glass and innumerable other ar
ticles and things necessary to life have
been given excessive rates. This actor
makes the bill unacceptable to many
and for myself I shall vote against it.