The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
U.S.. SENATORS TO
FORCE TARIFF Law
Presidents and Leaders Aim
to Have Bill Ready for
Conference Soon
DENIS. NOT SATISFIED
Attempt Will Be Made to In
crease Schedule on Sugar
Other Changes


the tariff bill within two weeks Will
be the goal of the senate when 1t
convenes tomorrow with the tex
tile schedules open to revision.
With President Hoover and SEN
ate Republican leaders whole
heartedly in accord that there
must be a measure whipped into
final shape as speedily as possible
in the interest of business and ag-
ricultural stability, nothing will be
allowed to interfere with plans for
combining action to the Hawley-
Smott bill until it is passed
Night sessions are a possibility
this week if the pace is not quick,
ened, and they are almost a GER
Iainty for mex, week.
This week is expected to see the
bill returned to the senate from the
committee of the whole. Then,
many of the old contests on major
levies will be renewed with indi-
vidual senators seeking to over
turn previous votes on such items
as sugar, hides, shoes, leather, shin
giles. lumber, logs, brick and &C.
ment.
Attempts also will be made to
place an import tax on crude oil
and petroleum products, now on the
free list.
Week end tariff statements had
to do with several of these pros
pective controversies, sugar and
oil particularly.
Stephen H. Love, president OF
the United States Beet Sugar as
ISOLATION. asserted unless Il higher
sugar tariff is enacted 40 beet ST.
gar factories, or nearly half of
those in the United States, would
find it impossible to continue op-
erations this year.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Okla
home, said in statement that the
proposed tariff of 81 barrel on
crude oil and so per cent ad val
orem on refined by-products would
save the small wells of the nation
and 100000 barrels of oil per day
for the domestic consumers.
An explanation of the attack on
the bill by the coalitior of Dem D.
Gratis and Republican independents
was furnished by Senator Barley.
Democrat, Kentucky, who said
"over charging" of the American
people in order to recover losses
incurred in selling American-made
products abroad at a loss was ore
of the reasons for lowering of many
existing industrial tariffs.
"One OF the most amazing phases
of the whole tariff fight" Barley
added, "has been the demand of
certain industries for large increas-
es in tariff rates to protect them
and their employees against foreign
trade; while at the same time they
are sending their products to the
rest of the world and underssllin,
the product in those countries and
underselling their own products in
the American market.
Zone of the greatest of these Of
tenders has been the steel industry.
increases in almost every item of
the metals schedule were demand
ed and in many cases, granted hv
the house bill and the senate COM
mittee. The claims set forth in
justification of these increases vas
that steel and IRON products made
IN other countries were being
brought into America and sold for
less than the domestic product. The
American people will be suroriSed
to learn that the very steel COM
panies which have been dema 1diug
this increase and favoritism at the
hands of congress ship their own
products to other countries and
sell them at prices far below those
charged 10 the American people e
senator George, Democrat, Geor-
gla, plans to offer several amend
ments to the wool and rayon
schedules this week to lower rates.
one will provide for slashing the
Dill rate on woods not finer than
A to "a cents pound, the exist
ing rate. Another would lower the
Dill duty on rayon filaments and
yarns from a minimum specific of
40 cents to 38 cents a pound. Dem
ocrats from southern rayon states
Joined the Republicans recentlv in
raising this levy.
Ii successful in these attemrts.
the Georgia senator expects to pro-
pose further downward reyisions
10 bring the rates on manufacture
ers In line with the other cuts.