Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-05-26 | Page 5 | Amendments to Tariff Measure Passed in House

AMENDMENTS Mf T TO TOI I TARIff MEASURE j P PASSED A It IN H HOUSE I By D. D HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff Writer WASi WASHINGTON May 25 5 AP Ar- Ar P- P n batch or of amendments to tho tariff bill vero were approved today toy by house but not until after a a. 5 serious rl uS breach In Republican Cranks had bad threatened to disrupt tho the plans of tho ways and means commutes tee majority to amend tho sugar ugar schedule committee Tito which h has priority prior prior- fly ity under tho the rules to offer amendments amend amend- ments precipitated tho controversy to In n proposing to strike out tho in increase in- in crease ren 6 to slightly over two cents a n. gallon tho rato rate on blacks blackstrap trap molasses mo nio lasses JaSse fo for u uz uso in the the- manufacture o io of industrial alcohol and to restore t the tho a. a existing existing- duty of or sixth ono of or a cent a a. gallon Representative William E E. IL Hull Republican Illinois proposed an amendment to tho committee amendment nt raising the duty to S 8 Scents cents cents a n. gallon and won out by the tho close cIoe vote Veto of at to 30 His lUs victory vic vic- tory y wa was was' only onty a a. a temporary one committee amendment amend amend- ment ent later prevailed instead by a voto of to WINS WINS' SUPPORT Hull huh was supported by c cans from the corn gro growing states states including n Representative pres Ramse er eror of or f Io Iowa member a-member of or the committee commit commit- tee tee teo which framed the bill who contended the'S theS cent S rate rate would op pen open n ii a market mark t for tor bushels bush j els of corn a n. year as a a. substitute for Cor blackstrap in the tile manufacture of ot Industrial alcohol Opponents led by other committee commit commit- tee too Republicans and a group of ot Michigan rU representatives es argued d that tha t the higher duty would Increase th the price of ot alcohol more than 20 cents a gallon gatlon and result in no bene fit to the corn farmer because manufacturers man man- could not afford aford to make mak th the present price of corn rn Blackstrap a a. waste product of sugar tugar comes omes principally from Cuba the committee amend amend- m ment nl Representative Timberlake of Colorado saM said It was the opinion q c the of-the the committee that tho the littlemore little littlemore more than 2 cents it originally had proposed would serve only to in- in cr cr ase tho the price of or alcohol and be bo of or- orno no benefit to tho the farmer He Head ad JM that Henry Ford had had claimed it iio ld add a year ear to hl his production costs cost Blackstrap is used In- In the In the manufacture re of or lacquer 11 Representative Cole Republican Iowa advocate ocate of ot the 8 S cent proposal proposal pro pro- al inquired it if suc such an increase aso was too much for tor Mr Ford rord to pay par MICHENER CLASH During the the- discussion lon ta tatie he Mich ner Republican Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan declared he thought Hulls Hull's purpose was not tG help hep the farmer to op open oper if the distilleries o of ot th the country now noV closed down Hull denied the he charge harge a and d Michener 1 said if 1 ho hD had made a mistake h ha he y S lT f An n. n attempt by Representative n 1 La L Guardia Republican New York to fo 1 change the committee amendment amend amend- ment M ht Jo to reduce the proposed increase Increase In in- crease duty on sugar on-sugar sugar was bl blocked by-a by point of ot order the chair chair- sus 1 chairman Hawley in il- his contention tHat the proposal wa was not not- germane to the the- committee e proposal pro pro- S Earlier In in th the day La Guardia In Ino o 5 a 1 committee amendment Increasing Increasing- by three cents the two cents a pound duty on figs ap ap- ap pealed p le to those dissatisfied i d with th the thO su sugar r dut duty and other rates to te Join him fn In an effort t to amend th the I sugar ugar schedule by forcing the readI read- read I ot of the entire bill bUI he hg duty dut amendment along with mth another raising luising the rate on lw preserved r d figs to 40 per cent ent from l 3 36 wa approved Others adopted would S Increase the bill rate of 45 per r cent ent to 60 O per cent on unbleached spun n silk DECREASE ON VELVET s Decrease e rease the propos proposed rat rates 8 of ot 70 10 0 and 75 76 per cent to 60 per cent on Uk velvet ribbons Restore tore the tho prot protection to too ray rayon m S manufacturers accorded b by exIstS exist exIst- S I ing g law lav and which hl h the pe pending bill had reduced S. S Representative of ot nu- nu JV I s who ho h headed the the- tee that revised the silk schedule d declared lared tho the committee started out tm tomake ke sharp cuts In rayon rates rales 1 found prices were generally on th the decline and thought should not nt be be subjected to tod d r reductions ns In duties f Th The average protection n In the res t la law was around per cl cent nt on rayon ray products rn he said v p pending bill blU would woul l have redu reduced this to per cent The The- Amendment he explained merely Drought brought the rayon duties back t b. b pr lev evel l ii IIo said the to 10 rates es is as s amended would o benefit chiefly the small smaIl manufactures i f I