Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
CEMENT AND SUGAR.
MOTIONS Rejected.
Coalition Beaten, At to SO,
on Nye's Request to
Reconsider.
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the Senate finance committee in charg
of the tariff bill, objected to the reques
of Senator Harrison and insisted upoI
the proposed amendments being takei
up in regular order.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Demo
crat, sponsor for the amendment to lev,
duty on oil, and Senator Harrison en-
gagged In O sharp debate. Senator Thorn
as strongly resented suggestions that n
| had engaged in vote trading and de
Tended his right to support . duty OF
OIL He called attention to the fact tina
| Senator Harrison had voted for q dut
on long staple cotton.
This aroused the Mississippi Senator
IT have gone the limit, said Senator
Harrison, mot to criticize my Demo
cratic colleagues who have not seen a:
| I have In connection with some of thu
duties in this tariff bill. But a PAM
of deep sorrow for the Democratic party
| is at times in my heart. Things havl
happened here regarding individual
Senators the sooner forgotten the bet
ter. If you search the records OF the
Senate, you will fail to find such In
stances of Senators having changed
their votes overnight on certain SEIZED.
ules and rates. We Democrats criticized
| individual Senators of the majority
party because in framing the tariff bill
! to report to the Senate they wrote rates
| to care for the interests in their tndi-
vidual States, forgetful OF the whole Ma.
ton. The manner in which this bill
was constructed reflects no credit or
diScredit due them Is infinitesimal tC
the discredit for the manner in which
| the tariff bill is now being written"
Referring to the coalition, Senator
Harrison said that it had had complete
control and had written rates for thu
| benefit of agriculture and in the IN
tereSt of equalizing tariff benefits.
But what's happened?" demanded
Senatohr Harrison. Something which
never before has happened. When the
bill came into the Senate from the
committee Of the whole new combine
ton voted increases on certain items
do not know II individual Senators
got together and agreed to trade votes
But say to those Senators who voted
one way in the committe of the whole
and another way in the Senate, they vii
have to defend their positions before
the country. The people can analyZC
the situation just as well as we car
here"
Defends Vote on Cotton.
in favor of the duty on long staple cot
ton. He said that the cotton people O
the South had received no consideration
in this tariff bill. He added that grea
industry In his State, the lumber In
dustry, had appealed to him strongl!
to vote In favor Of duty on lumber
yet he had voted against it. He sale
that gas had been discovered in MiSSis
sippi and that prediction was made OF
would be foud there, too. Nevertheless
he said, he had voted against the dut!
on oil.
son, that every Democrat had stooC
by his vote in committee Of the whole
Yet we have found individual Senator
change their votes in the Senate. tn
American people will be taxed billions
Of dollars because of the action on thi
bill by this new combination"
There was still some doubt today
| whether the amendments to impose
duties on lumber and oil would carry
Both were beaten when the tariff bil
was in committee Of the whole. Tit
administration has been reported op
posed to both these proposed amend
ments. The proposed duty on lumber
! would still further strain relations be-
tween this country and Canada and thu
oil duty Is regarded as unjuStified II
many quarters.
New Machine Shows Strength.
The new combination In the Senate
however, has within the last 10 days re-
peatediy shown its strength and wha
viii happen in regard to lumber and OF
Is still undetermined.
When sugar, the big fighting item II
the tariff bill, originally came up for {
vote In the Senate weeks ago the coali
ton adopted the Harrison anendmen
to retain the sugar duty of the existing
| law. It won by o vote Of 90 to 80. Tha
was when the coalition was in gooC
working order and had absolute contro
Of the situation apparently. Last week
however, the new combination adopted
the Smoot amendment increasing thu
duty on sugar to cents on Cuban Sli
gar and 21k cents on all other sugar
This Smoot amendment was carried b.
a vote Of Al to 80.
COnferees May Raise Duties.
The action In the Senate today wind
up the fight on sugar and cement unit
the bill goes to conference. Tn
House, however, has increased the dut,
on both sugar and cement even highe
than the Senate has done. It is ap
parent, therefore, that there must b.
increases on both sugar and cemen
when the bill comes out Of conference.
Yesterday the coalition was defeateC
when the Senate voted to increase tn
duties on window and plate glass AM
hardwood flooring. But the coalition
lists won victories when amendments {,
increase the duties on pig iron, alumni
UNI and hollow drilled steel were de
! feated.
Senator Blaine, Progressive Repub
lican Of Wisconsin, q member of tn
coalition and also a member Of tn
Senate lobby committee, has demandeC
that Heber j. Grant of Salt LAX,
City, head Of the Mormon Church, b.
called for questioning with respect Il
his activities at the Capitol on the da,
the Senate voted to increase the suga
tariff. Senator Smoot Of Utah, reply
ing to Senator Blaine, declared tina
Grant was in Washington for a 30,
Scout meeting here and that he hal
no connection with the tariff contro
versy.
The Senate, after it disposed Of tn
vote on cement, took up an amendmen
increasing the duty on spring clothe
pins from 10 to 20 cents. The vote OF
this amendment was o tie, 40 to 20
Vice President Curtis broke the tie
voting AYE" and the amendment wa
adopted. Yesterday the Vice Presiden
also was called upon to break a I'll
during the consideration Of the tarif
bill.
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