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Show FARM BLOC LOSES FIGHT Members Fail to Make Dutiable Imported Vegetable Vege-table Oils APHINGTON July 12. The Republican Re-publican agricultural-tariff bloc got another setback Tuesday In th senate sen-ate losing. 33 to 24 its fight to make dutiable imported vegetable olli, used ill the manufacture of non-edlble pro-duel- The senate then, without x rollcall. approved rates of three cents a pound on cottonseed oil and soya bean oil and four cent a pound on comarrut oil and peanut .oil. where Buch oils enter into the manufacture of edible commodities The bloc did riot vote as a unit on the proposition to remove the provision provi-sion allowing free entry of vegetable oils for industrial purposes, but the defection within Its ranks waa more than made up by support from the ' Democrats, eight of them voting to eliminate the provision. They were Ash u rat, Rrnussard. Harris. Heflln. Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick RaneddU and Sheppard, EDGE STARTS OPPOSITION. Before th senate got down to consideration con-sideration of the tariff bill, Senaror Edge, Republican New Jcrnov served notice that unless th- flexible tariff provision was retained in the. bill he would not vote for it. He declared he was far from satisfied with tho measure In Its present form and could not support It if the schedules as ap- nro erl hv innmesM were In remain In force until another tariff revision was undertaken bj congress Senator Edge stressed that he ' wanted authority given for a down-wrd down-wrd o S3 well as an upward revision of the rates declaring he was interested interest-ed in the development of the country's export trade, believing that only by such development could there be a full measure of prosperltv In the j United States He also reiterated his belief that tariffs should be built scientifically with an impartial commission com-mission to gnther the ;acts on which congres-s acted Ml OH ORATORY. Once the senate got into the vegetable vege-table oil fight the flood-gates of oratory ora-tory nwung wide with a result that no amendments were disposed of until un-til late in the day Apparently worn out almost by the five-hour diseusVon of this one item tho senate disposed of nearly a score of rates within an hour. The Included: Beans, green or dried 2 cents a pound, house rate I ls-i tents, in brine, prepared or pre- served. 2 cents, hcuse rate 2 cents. ' peas, green or dried, 1 cent a pound. I house rate cent, split 1 cents. hous rate 1 cent: pecans, unsheiled. 3 cents a pound, house rate 1 cent, shelled 6 cents a pound, house rate 2 cents. Hop extract, $2 40 a pound, house rate $1 50; lupulln. 75 cents, house rate same committee withdrawing I's original amendment for a rate of $3. Hay, $4 a ton. house rate same, the committee withdrawing Its recommendation recom-mendation to make the rat-s $3, 9traw $1 50 a ton, house rate tv, broom corn, free list, house rate J2 a ton. Mushroom, 45 per cent ad valorem, a reduction of 10 per cent in the original orig-inal committee rate, nouse rate 33 1-t per cent on American valuation Garden Gar-den seed, beets (except spgar, c-nta a pound, house rate l cent cabbage, S cents a pound, house rata 12 cents onions. 10 cents a povind. house rate 20 cents. Curry and currey powder, free list, house rate cents a pound. RECONSIDERS ION. The Benavte reconsidered it action in approving a rate of C S cents per 100 pounds on Trlsh pdt&tbes as against the houst rate of 42 rents, but after Senator Valh. Democrat, Massachusetts, had -n.rie -, n-in on rthe rate it again was approved Sen-j ator Walsh eaid the rtutv proposed . as "exorbitant, indefenelbla and criminal almost." adding 'hat if reflected re-flected in the price of potatoes over the country it would increase the cost of that commodity to consume-a. by il 0.000 000 The fight over vegetable oils was confined largely to i e Republican side with Senator Gooding of Idaho, -hatrman of the Republican tariff bloc, lea-ling the fight to stnko out the proviso for free u.ls for industrial indus-trial purposes r,r,d Senntirs McOuni-ber. McOuni-ber. Republican. North Dakota, in charge of the bill; Wadswurth. Republican Re-publican N York ;rd Freliltfjhuy-sen. Freliltfjhuy-sen. New Je-sry defending the decision. deci-sion. On tne Hemoci a'.lc side, Sena-i ior Pomerene, Ohio and King of Utah, oppose 1 nn duty on vegetable oils. DEFINFS A TRlNl. Senator Oooding told the si-nat'' that the soap manufacturers of the country, no he defined as a trust" were not entitled to any special consideration con-sideration and nhou'.d pay a duty on the oll3. He predicted that the day wou d corse when :h farmer would be in a position to get u.tl treatment treat-ment In the matter of a tiriff. Sen fori Wad6Worth. McCumber: and P'rei nghufen. SUOporilit'K the comiu ttee p; position, expressed the belief 'hat if cheap vegetable oils from the Orient used ner; for Industrial Indus-trial purposes were shut out and IUIV-U Ul-ITlll III'" UI J It marKet they would lispiace American Ameri-can fats and oils for which there nas been a yroet demand In Europe. Senator Pomerene said .1" was unable un-able to understand why th peop'u should hive a free oils for -maps and not free oiU for 'he edlolos into Which eRetable ilj entered. |
