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Show PRESIDENT HAROlii SIGNS TARIFF BILL NEW SCHEDULE WENT INNTO EFFECT EF-FECT AT MIDNIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 21 Hope Thfct Measure Will Be Success ful Expressed by President Hard Ino; Congressmen Witness the Signing Washington. President Harding on Thursday signed tho tariff bill ot 1022. Tho bill was signed shortly attor 11 o'clock In the president's offlco In the )rcsp.nco of Chairman McCumber ot iho senato finance committoe. Chair, man Fordnoy of tho house ways and means commlttoo, a number bt house mombors and othoi. Remrrklng that tho measure had eon "long In tho making," Prostdeni Jardlng, utter helad aTlxed his signature sig-nature with a pon present sr1 to him by Mr. Fordnoy, who said ho Intended to keep It us a souvenir, said "that it wo succeitd aa I hope wo will succood .n mnklng effective tho elastic provl. slons ot thiB bill this will provo the great contribution toward progress In tariff maktng In a century." Ono of thoBo who witnessed tho signing was Harry Parkor, nogro mossengor tor the house ways and means commlttoo for tho past S3 years. Parker was introduced to tho prosldcnt with tho remark from Chairman Chair-man Fordnoy that ho had witnosscd tho signing of the DIngoy, Payno-Al-dried and Undorwood tariff bills. In addition to Senator McCumber and Representative Fordnoy, those who witnessed the signing of tho bill Included Representative Hawley, Oregon, Ore-gon, TImborlako, Colorado, Hnrdley, Washington, Watson, Pensylvanla, Young, North Dakota, Green, Iowa and Ropubllcan mombors ot tho ways and moans committee Treasury officials In discussing tho now act said that although no reorganization reor-ganization ot tho customs service would be required, the starts of tho customs offices In a number ot the lurger ports of entry would have to be oxpanded to bandlo tho lncroasod volumo of work. |
