New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
BINGHAM INVOLVED
 IN TARIFF DEBATE
Draws Fire From Coalition for
 Attack on Reduction

Washington, Feb. S - Senator Bingham was q leader lu heated debate evoked yesterday in the sen- ate because of the recent perform ances of the coalition in cutting tariff duties below the rates carried in the present law.
 The Connecticut senator styled the actions @s being without justi- fication Of righteousness" and as constituting q practice, which were Il allowed 10 become general would so upset business that the present panic would look like prosperity"
 He also challenged the practice on another basis contcnding that if rates are to be lowered, advance notice should bc given 10 those in- tercsted. so they can be in Wash inSton and present opinions. if they desire, as to why the proposed cuts arc inadvisahlc. He maintained that inc present tariff revision carried with it no warning Of the proposed cut in rates.
 "ll is my idea of franl,ncss." he declared, that If NC are going 10 take away part Of tho foundation on NhlCh $ man has built up his hu4i- ! nH@S lt Is only fair to him to give him due notice that it IS proposed 10 Go that and 10 give him q chance to be heard"
 The senator received ample atten- ton in the coaIitiou's rebuua1 and support from the republican lines. The opposition asked the senator if the rates were sacred or if manu- lecturers have q vested right in them so that changes can not be made without consultation with those affected.
 Senator Harrison Of Mississippi voiced the opposition's view contend ing that the cuts were Justified and will not harm business. He said that if q commodity shows large | exports and practically no imports, ,hcrc is ground for concluding that tho tariff duty can justly be reduced.
 Democrats Coached. He Says
 The democrats, said Mr. Bingham.
 'arc coached by the experts of the tariff commission who continually feed into their cars arguments which they use before us" He added he did not object to this but he did obpject to proposals for reductions below the existing law simply be- cause an expert of the tariff com- 1 mission tells a senator that there are ] ,,,. ri 1i n, T rate, when such proposals should have been made last summer during the finance committee hearings.
 'I believe" said the Connecticut senator, that the rates of l922. where there has been no showing made before the committee that tEcrc Was q great necessity for their reduction. should certainly bc main taincd, or increased where the evil dcncc is that they should bc in creased. As l said before. do not believe we have any mandate for general lowering of the 1922 rates.
 Calls Coalition Incon sistcnt "Many members Of the coalition have stated on the floor that it was only intended that agricultural rates
 and q few others affecting indus : tries which are suffering greatly should be considered. Now accorl- i ing to the senator from Virginia l tSWanson). in his eloquent periods and with his plausible arguments. it appears that any one of the 2l 900 items might be lowered on the floor of the senate by some senator get tins up and saying, Experts have bocn large, imports have been nil. the business is prosperous: there fore, in the interest of the great consuming public in the interest of the millions of consumers, the rate should be lowered
 Yet no notice has been given: the industry is not represented on the floor or even in the galleries; not one of the democratic members i'll the finance committee in the hearings brought out the fact that tho particular rate should be low cred; the industry never had any chance 10 present it's argument"