Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-01
INSURGENTS BEAT
| REGULARS ON OIL
ST Barrel Duty Proposal De-
feated After Hot Senate
Fight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Democratic independent Re-
publican coalition was still master OF
the tariff situation today as the Senate
devoted its attention to a proposal that
a duty be fixed upon long staple cotton
now on the free list.
With some help from administration
Republicans to offset the detection OF
Democratic members, the coalition has
now maintained its numerical supe-
riority through two crucial roll calls and
in the face of the determined efforts of
its opponents to break its grip long
enough to place a tariff on lumber and
oil.
The second of these tests came late
last night on a proposal that crude oil
be made dutiable at 81 a barrel and
petroleum products, including gasoline,
at so per cent ad valorem, BY vote
of SO to 81, the proposal was defeated
and oil retained upon the free list.
Sugar "Trade" Charged.
The roll call came as the climax OF
drastic session in which there were
charges of vote trading on sugar and
oil, allegations that the American In
dependent Petroleum Producers Asso-
citation had attempted to foster such
an exchange, and had ''even" been
willing to trade the President of the
United States on this deal"
The amendment voted upon, as in
troduced by Senator Thomas, Democrat,
Oklahoma, would have placed a tax on
foreign crude oil of 81 barrel and on
gasoline and other by-products Of pc
troleum of so per cent ad valorem based
on American valuation.
Just prior to the final vote, the Sen
ate rejected 81 to a rider by Senator
Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, which
would have terminated the tariff on
January /, 1884, and made it inopera-
tive meanwhile if the price of crude oil
at the point of production in either Ok
lahoma or Texas exceeded $1.75 bar
rel. Pittman proposed this as a guard
against overproduction, which he said
he feared would result from 2 tariff,
Another rider by the Nevada Senator
to make the proposed duty on by
products ineffective during the four
year period If the retail price of gaso-
line went above ID cents a gallon at
New York City. exclusive of purchasers
tax. was rejected without a record vote.
Cries of vote trading" on sugar and
oil resounded throughout the chamber
at the second night session on the
f1dWIey-SIllOOb Olll DIS OGtldgOI IOld1nC
Republican, Wisconsin, charged the
American Independent Petroleum Pro-
ducerS' Association with attempting to
influence Senators to trade on the two
propositions and with being "even will
ing to trade the President of the United
States in on this deal"
Blaine, member of the Senate lob
by committee which earlier in the day
questioned Writ Franklin, president OF
the association, regarding activities on
behalf of an oil tariff, asserted the
methods employed by the independent
producers for tariff were "nefarious
and damnable."
Blaine said the association sought
out the business relationships of Sena-
tors and il it found any owned stock
IN an independent oil company he was
asked to use his influence to obtain
an oil tariff"
AS Blaine continued his assault on
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