The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
FARM RELIEF
FIGHT DELAYS
TAX MEASURE
Norris Launches Battle for
Export Debenture as
Rider on Bill.
PLEA FOR PRODUCER
Watson Estimates Foes of
Proposal Have Enough
Votes to Beat II.
BY MARSHALL MCNEIL
Times stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May "a. The
senate today wandered of into a
farm relief controversy. another
Understanding interlude in the tax
bill debate.
Senator George w. Norris CRep..
Neb) opened the fight for farm
relief with his Amendment to attach
the export debenture as a rider to
the tax bill.
Il have tried my best to cooper
ate with those in charge of this bill
to obtain fair and speedy termina-
ton Of our consideration" Norris
said. L am offering the export de-
benture amendment in the same
form to which the senate agreed
when it was offered as an amend
ment to the 1880 tariff act. The OBJ
ject of the amendment is to give to
the farmers Of the United States
the benefit of protective tariff.
Lose in Customs Revenues
ut seems to me that since those
who produce the food and feed Of
the nation should be protected as
we'll as the manufacturer, no sena-
tor ought vote against this amend
ment."
This puts the farmer in the
same basket as the manufacturer,
Norris continued, and gives him
equality under the tariff.
I can't see why we should force
the farmer to buy on this side of
the tariff wall and sell on the other.
AS matter of common Justice,
we owe 1t to those who do our work
that they should not become peas
ants and slaves. They will not sub
NIT forever
Senator Smith w. Brookhart
rep. la estimated that the ex-
port debenture would lose 500 ,00O.-
600 in customs revenues. He and
Norris agreed that the amount
would have to be made up some
where else, and Norris suggested
raising the income tax rates in the
higher brackets as provided in
amendments TO the bill already de-
ACaSCu OAlCC ny Tic oeldle.
Watson Predicts Defeat
Senate Majority Leader James E.
Watson said that opponents of the
export debenture had sufficient SEN
ate votes to defeat the Norris
amendment.
Watson expects the Democrats to
split about even on the vote and
the Republicans to be against the
amendment almost two to one.
President Hoover opposes the export
debenture.
Later. Senator Hiram Bling
ham rep, Conn.,, plans to bring
up his beer amendment as a sub
stitute for the excise taxes. Then
the senate will proceed to the spe-
cial excuses themselves.
These begin with the highly con-
troversial levy on automobiles, Wig
orously fought by the Michigan SEN
ators, Couzens and Vandenberg.
The tariff fight lulled today, after
the sudden break Monday night
which permitted the last two of the
four import duties to be voted into
the s1,030,000,0OO revenue bill.
Approve Lumber Tariff
Senator Willard Tydings Dem,
Md started his tariff filibuster by
Offering the first four of his 504
tariff amendments to the Hawley-
Smoot act. But his efforts petered
out and there was doubt whether
Tydings would renew it.
Tydings got record votes on three
Of his amendments, and withdrew
fourth. whereupon the senate pro-
ceeded at once to approve the lum-
Der tariff, SO to "a. This was
wide margin. considering, the earlier
statements of senate leaders that
the lumber impost was the weakest
Of the four.
The copper tariff. carrying COM
pensatory duties on many copper
manufactures, then went in, 70 to Is.