Evening star., 1930-06-13
Singing Attack by ConnalIy,
Robinson of Arkansas and
Simmons in Closing Debate
Fails to Beat Measure.
HOOVER is EXPECTED
TO SIGN ON RECEIPT
House Votes Tomorrow on Confer
ence Agreements Adjusting Diff
ferences Between Houses, With
Approval of Schedules in Short
Order Expected.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate today passed the
tariff bill by adopting the confer
ence reports.
The vote on adoption was "A
to ~.
The vote assured final congress
sional approval of the tariff
measure.
The House will vote tomorrow
on the conference agreement
adjusting differences between the
two branches, and affirmative
action in a few hours is expected.
President Hoover probably will
receive the year-and-a-half
Hawley-Smoot bill next week.
Republican leaders have predicted
he would sign it. He will study
its provisions before acting.
Five Democrats voted for the meas
ure
The roll call follows:
For:
Republicans-Allen, Baird, Bingham,
Capper, Couzens. Dale, Deneen, Fess,
Gillett, Glenn, Goldsborough, Greene,
Grundy. Hale, Hastings, Hatfield, He
bert. johnson, Jones, Kean. keyeS, NC
Culloch, McNary. Metcalf Oddie, Pat
terson, Phipps, Reed, Robinson of In
diana. Robson of Kentucky, Shortridge,
Smoot, Steiwer. Sullivan. Thomas Of
Idaho. Townsend, Vandenberg, Wal
colt and Waterman-39.
Democrats:
Broussard, Ransdell, Fletcher, Tram
nell and Hendricks.
Total, "A.
Against: Republicans-Blaine, Borah,
Brookhart. Frazier, Howell, La Toilette,
Norbeck, Norris, Pine and Schall-11.
Democrats-Ashurst, Barkley, Black,
Bratton, Brock, Caraway, Connally,
Copeland. Dill. George, Glass, Harris,
Harrison, HaWes, Hayden, Hef1in, Nc
Kellar, Overman. Pittman, Robinson of
Arkansas, Sheppard, Simmons, Stephens,
Swanson, Thomas of Oklahoma, Tyd-
ings. Wagner, Walsh of Massachusetts,
Walsh of Montana, and Wheeler-30
Farmer abor-Shipstead-l.
Total 40.
OF those not voting the following
pairs were announced:
For-Republicans: Cutting, Goft,
Gould. Moses and Watson.
Acainst-Republican Nye. Demo-
Gratis: Steck. BIease. King and Smith.
This accounted for every one of the
96 Senators.
COnnalIy Opens Fight.
Opening the last three hours of de-
bate before the final vote, at 2 pm,
Senator Connally Democrat Texas, said
the farmer was not helped by the legis-
lation and he could hope for little re-
lief except through the export debenture
plan. which was stricken out of the bill
by the conferees.
The American farmer" he said. sis
the most popular individual-at election
time, but after that he loses his popu-
larity except for orations in his behalf"
Connally said the bill increases the
cost to the people at home and increases
the number of their enemies abroad"
Asserting the world is in rebellion
against these taxes of Congress" Sem
ator Simmons. Democrat, North Caro-
lima, contended foreign countries would
mo longer give us their trade
No Help for Agriculture.
ct do not see how this bill can possibly
help agriculture, the most depressed of
all industries" he continued. The
little help held out for agriculture, will
be many times Offset by the increased
burdens levied on it by the excessive
industrial rates"
Senator Robinson. the Democratic
leader. asserted "as feature Of the ad-
ministration's farm relief program the
bill is an abortion"
1T perpetuates and intenSifleS in
equalities and determinations between
agriculture and other industries" he
said. For this reason it violates the
platforms of both political parties"
Winding up the contest for the Re
publican proponents, Senator watson,
the majority leader, said:
If this bill is passed this Nation will
be on the upgrade financially, economl-
caliy and commercially within 80 days,
and within a year we shall have re-
gained the peak of prosperity and the
position We lost last october"
He assailed Henry Ford and Alfred
?. Sloan, president OF General Motors,
for their opposition to the measure. say
ing they both produced automobiles
abroad and want free trade In those
articles in order that they may COM
pete in our market where they pay oU
per cent more wages"
Final Bill Is Compromise.
The bill as it stood at the final roll
call was not the measure which passed
either House or Senate, but was COM
promise between the two, reached By
conferees of the two houses. as was the
case in virtually all the 20 tariff bills
that preceded it.
Supplanting the Republican Fordney-
McCumber act of 1922, the measure
would raise an estimated revenue Of
$500 900 900, or $107 .000,0 900 more than
the existing law based on 1928 importa-
tions.
OF 3,218 named commodities and bas-
ket clauses comprising the measure,
changes are made in 1922, or about 81
per cent of the total. There are SS7 IN
creases in rates and 235 decreases, IS
items transferred from the dutiable to
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Milligan Victory Upheld.