| Show L LISt Of TARiff I ISen I Sen Senate te Finance Committee p Adds to List of Questions Proposed dbY by Lafollette for if Submission to Manufacturers MADE IN METAL RATES I ab ommittee Still Working on 1 Wool and Silk Schedules Income Tax as Adopted by byI I House Likely to toBe Be Approved r r. r V ASHINGTON May itay 22 Sen cc WI s Seny Sen- Sen en VV y ator to foiled failed today to et at up up his liis resolution for publication f f the list of questions to be bo asked f manufacturers presented by Son- Son tor Lafollette as tho Senate went p Jinto executive session before the the- tar- tar Jiff Hf was reached Early in the day dayi daya i a finance committee majority met and ind d framed an amendment to the tue resolution proposing a longer list of i questions in which some of Senator queries were included The questions will relate to production ion tion io raw mat material and n costs hero arid and abroad proportion proportion proportion tion of tariff f duties which cover coer T l production cost differences hero and abroad and tho the proportion which to a n. n manu manufacturers manufacturer's profit and nd other tariff riff problems Senator I Simmons said stid there would be about t twenty five questions in all but he ho hewin win will withhold the list until he be is certain certain tam tain tho the Republican leaders intend Ko to bring the matter up again again vice Vica President Marshall called on thenan the tue nan e c committee chairman Ir an today a and d tf TV him burn the tariff and 1 Its ts i prospects prospect's In the Senate Th The Tha vI co pres- pres ident said he did not discuss rates or Schedules and Chairman Simmons stated that the conference was Voas Informal and md had to d do with the handling of ot the but bill when It reached tho the Senate floor Trade In la n Tunk Threatened t t Discussion of ot the tariff tarla on raw ra or i ivory proposed In the Underwood bill before the Johnson subcommittee disclosed an unus unusual 1 situation Representatives of the cotton exporters In protesting Against tho the proposed e 20 O per cent dut duty Lon Ion on tusks declared it would break breal up their lr harl barter r trade In cotton with African Atri- Atri C can n tusk dealers For the they have ha been shipping thousands of dollars dollars' t. t worth orth of cotton to these African traders trad- trad ers and bringing back in payment hor Ivory tusks s which they the In turn lurn ld i-ld sold to piano manufacturers it was claimed Hiat Hlat with a duty ut on hor Ivory Italian cotton traders tradel's would get this I Amendment ment of or the bill In regard to the importation fon of oC feathers of oC birds 3 leo also was considered h by Senator Johnon John- John Bon's Bons on s subcommittee t importers asked ed for a A. further exception in the tho prohibition tion uon ag against Importation b hy by allowing the th Importation th or of tho tim C feathers of oC game and nd pest birds They Thoy also hat tho prohibition bo be postponed until the J e President should 1 proclaim that England Germany German nn and France rance likewise Il ld d forbidden Importation Hon to those v. v If Representatives of oC the AS A'S Association for or the tho Protection of or DI Birds r 8 opposed both oth amendment reward Howe Hoc For For- sli state tato ornithologist of or Massachusetts etts declared that the importation of Kanio arie anlO and pest birds would m mean inan an the letting etting in probably of nil all birds of or plum plum- j go with the exception of tho humming bird ird Ird Other bird lovers els pointed to the attempt to eradicate pela- pela Continued l on Pa Page e 3 3 Column olumn 1 1 I REVISES LIST OF y R UE I n Se Senate en Finance Committee i 0 Adds t to o Those Pro Proposed ed edI b by Y Lafollette to i Continued from Page Pae 1 1 I F 4 c e sealing b by International agreement as a 8 warning against on nn attempt to 10 protect birds b by International agree agree- nL Senator Stones Stone's subcommittee had before bere be- be t fore re it reports of or silk and ond woolen manufacturers manufacturers man man- man man-I protesting n against the Und Un- Un d r schedules Tho subcommittee expects to finish tho the silk on and l wool ool schedules ules next next week Metal Schedule Revised The metal schedule Is 18 read ready for Cor re- re port to the Senate committee and it Is 15 paid in man many of ot tho items reductions from tho Underwood rates ratos have been ben l r made t s J Senator Williams's subcommittee still stillI Is s considering tho the antidumping clause I i which provides pro for an extra dut duty not notI notIs notto Is to exceed 16 per c cent nt on Imports sold I here h bero re at nt less than tho the foreign price The K criticism of ot the provision lon Is that It itI omits the treo freo list articles from this I penalty penalty dut duty ont and tho Is Inti in inclining In- In ti clining to tho the opinion that the clause should be amended to Include ItI it I No amendment to tho Income tat tax section sec see tion of ot the L Underwood tariff bill IB is I 4 likely to be proposed b by tho the Senate finance committee or Democratic caucus cau- cau cus CU according to an announcement by leaders who have consideration of oC that o part of ot the bill in hand Tho The committee room occupied by Senators Williams ly and Gore who have chargo charge 01 ot the Income tax section Is la piled high with protests and su suggestions from sources but tho the measure measure Is s beloved be- be loved to havo have peen been well handled Intha in intha th tha House And tho the objections made to It it In Its original form torm are thought to cave O be been on sufficiently met by amendments amend amend- r ments before the bill passed the House Among the loudest protests coming no now bare j thosa from mutual Insurance companies com com- corn corn- pastes conducted for tor profit but the House amended the tho original bill bUl as re relating relating re- re lating to In insurance urance companies and Int Insurance In- In t urance policies and the the senators on the finance finane committed committee after a A. study of ot otI I the bill believe that it it is sound Complaints from railroads and other holding companies that the law w will tax them twice on dividends paid IJ are re reported reported reported re- re ported to have havo he been m held un unsound by bJ the committee |
