Show OUSE PASSES TARIFF BILL 60 6 L i MANY fA FACTORY mRY fARM RATES HAnS UP 4 m Senate Finance tee Plans Extensive Hearings SUGAR DUTY HIGH Thousands of Commodities ties Are Affected WASHINGTON May 28 AP AP- AP The house today passed palled the tariff bill and sent It to the senate The vote yote on final passage was wu to Providing Increases in Import levies eyles on hundreds of agricultural and manufactured commodities and for a no reorganization of the tariff commission the bill was referred to the senate finance committee which plans to hold extensive hearings be before before before be- be fore reporting It 14 to the senate With loaders leaders talking of ot an summer all-summer re recess re- re cess It appears doubtful whether the bill will be taken up In Jn the senate enate for several months montha A Democratic move to force Ke- Ke publicans to amend the tho tariff bill to provide for abolishment of oC the tariff commission and repeal of ot the flexible provision pro of ot the tariff law was defeated In the house hOUle EVERYONE AFFECTED AFFECTED Every ery man woman and child In Inthe Inthe inthe the country and nearly eyer every foreign foreign for for- eign nation In the tho world wend Is ia affected by tho the changes proposed Ed by the measure in the year seven n Republican Republican Re Re- publican protective tariff structure Perhaps tho the most change chano is the advance of ot four sixty hundredths of ot a a. cent In the ef effective tf of- duty on su sugar ar raising th the present duty of cents a pound poundon on Cuban ra raw sugar to 40 cents Other rate advances ances designed ned to Continued on page 8 T MANY FACTORY FARM FARMR RATES TES UP VOTE Continued from Irom Page 1 1 I. aid tile the farm farmer r an and manufacturer ct affect such commodities as is wool cattle catu d dairy r vr products 1 meats gra grains text textiles ies glass paper furniture a and d clothing bf ot all descriptions descriptions' Important e. e commodities long a allowed al lowed free e ent Into the United States are made dutiable including g hides leathery leather hoots and an shoes ce cement Cement Ce- Ce ment common commo building brick shingles shingles shin gle cedar and oth others rs NEW RAYON RATES RATES' The measure measure also aiso sets sets sets' up up-an up an en entirely en en- en new rate schedule to er embrace i brace manufactures s of ot l t silk under un under un- un ndel n- n the official rayon der del the al name of ot These goods are ale are pr protected t In th the existing l law w under the silk schedule From a a public st standpoint the increases in In increases creases s f in irs 1 the sugar rate and the boosting of bt the duty oh on v fra v ra wool from 31 31 to 34 cents cents' a pound pOUn l are e re regarded regarded regarded re- re as a's mor more Important th than n the oth others rs The The duties placed on shoes and nd raises if In grates rates on hundreds eds of other farm and products I also will have havo a be bearing on r family bud budgets budgets' ets' ets unless producers producers' absorb t th the 1 Ji higher imposts instead t ad of ot pasting past pass ing them Ing-them them them on to the consumer While th the me measure sure is understood to be ho o objectionable in some Eom respects to President Hoover it m meets ets his request for Ol OL- OLa a reorganization bf of r the tariff commission by providing au authority authority au- au for hIni to terminate th terms of office at if th the present nt six commissioners commis at his his- will by the simple simpi P process C S f. f sending g the names of or then their Is successors sors to the tue senate senate for for Its and consent The The There re recreated commission would be c composed mp s d p members member Instead in instead In- In n- n stead of ot six and the would president be permitted to ignore political af af af- In fri m making making- his his' his appoint appoint appoint- ments Under existing l law lv v not more mor than three three commissioners may be beof beof beof of the t e same political party part s' s Salaries laries of the commissioners would be raised from to 12 and their terms would be for seven seven years instead of ot twelve as at present To speed peed up the commissions commission s work in determining justification for rate changes the tle bill proposes that that that-it it nia may consider in conditions conditions' of ot competition between domestic and f foreign articles s In the principal markets of ot the United States Instead of or differences difference in cost of f pro production a as provided provided in ded n In Inthe the present law Experience c has j ro foreign production tion costs virtually are unobtainable Th The president In exercising his power under tinder the flexible clause which auth authorizes him to raise or or lower Jower rates as as much nUci as as 50 per percent cent ent would be be- allowed it if he deemed It necessary to base rates r on the American selling price prica or to reclassify re- re cla classify articles In order to effect rate changes In addition th the executive would be authorized to for basing import duus duties oil s' s ot some form form- of d domestic Valuation Instead Instead In In- In stead of f foreign valuation as a at present and report report to congress ss I IMPORTANT CHANGES Here Her are some som more important rates changes in n the bill Commodity I Bill Rater Rate Present Rate Sugar cents a pound cents Wool Wool 34 cents a pound 31 cents flutter Butter 14 cents a pound 12 cents White potatoes 75 cents pounds pounds 50 cents cents' Live cattle under lbs BOOr 2 cents a pound 1 under 1050 lbs Ibs Live cattle ove OO Ib lbs 2 2 cents a pound 2 over 1050 tbs Lbs Hides J 10 ad valorem Fre Free Leather 12 to 30 0 Free Roots Boots and Shoes 20 Free Wrapper tobacco a a pOUnd a Wrapper s a pound a pound Mill Milk 5 cents a gallon cents Cream 43 cents a g galion lIon 20 cents ent's Fresh beef an veal al G 6 cents a pound 3 cents Sheep lambs Iambs and goats a head Lard 3 cents a pound 1 cent Eggs Eggs' 10 cents B 8 cents bushel buhel Corn j 25 cents a 15 15 cents Milled rice 2 cents cent a pound 2 cents X 1 cents pound 1 cent cent Grapefruit r 2 1 a Flaxseed 63 cents a bushel f 53 cents Tomatoes J c 3 cents ts a a pound cent Brick a thousand Free Cement t 8 Scents cents pounds Free 25 0 Free Free Cedar umbel lumber 1 25 Free Maple bIrch lumber 15 15 Free Cabinet Cabnet Furniture 40 f Linen Handkerchiefs 50 45 Bro Broom m Corn a ton ton Free Wood alcohol a gallon 12 cents Linseed ed oil cents a pound 33 cents Electric light bulbs 30 20 Granite for buildings 60 50 Glass table tabie and ki kit articles 60 55 Surgical r ments 1 70 70 45 ChIldrens ChIldren's books 15 0 25 25 0 Carillons Carillons' 20 Sponges 25 15 Pencils 50 cents gross and 35 45 cents and 35 0 1 |