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Show COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCHEDULE "B" Washington, Jan. 8. The second lap of tho tariff revision hearings bo-foro bo-foro tho house ways and means committee com-mittee was' reached today when tho committee took up schedule "II" earths, earthenware and glassware Thero Is no Democratic bill serving serv-ing ns a basis for this schedule as In the case of the chemical schedulo and th0 arguments todny were aimed directly at any changes In tho present pres-ent earthen nnd glassware schedulo of the l'ayne-Aldrlch law. The schedule reopened allegations of a so called glass trust. It has been represented tq the cdinmlttco that the American production of plnte glass Is about 50,000,000 squaro feet annually, produced by only 12 manufacturers. Advocates of tariff reduction contend con-tend the duties could ho cut one-half without Injuring the American manufacturer. manu-facturer. Democratic Leader Underwood Indicated In-dicated today that tho house ways and means committee would stand for retaining tho tariff of 55 and CO per cent on pottery. He announced that testimony had satisfied tho committee com-mittee of highly competitive conditions condi-tions of the Industry In Kurope. William Burgess of Trenton, N. J. discussing the pottery Industry before be-fore the committee, said th0 nveragu profit because of a principal labor cost, wob less than 0 per cent Ho Insisted that there wob no combination combina-tion In tho Industry nnd thnt pottery peculiarly needed protection. He testified tes-tified that labor In American pottery plants cost 2tl per cent more in Austria. |
