WOOL TARIFF.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 31 July 1922, Page 5

WOOL TARIFF.

THE AMERiv-.N BILL.

"PROTECTION t;,-,.tfE MAD." BY CJIBLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT (Received July 31, 8.5 a.m ) WASHINGTON, July 29 _ An intimation that the Republican insurgents will abandon the fight against the Tariff Bill was given in hte benate when Senator Lenroot announced that he would seek a test vote on the wool schedule and, if defeated would allow the remainder of the rates to pass without delay. Senator Nelson (Republican) then made a bitter speech against the high tariff, declaring that the wool schedule was being dictated by Senators from the wool States, and that agricultural produce rates were purposely made nigh to blind the farmers to the rates provided on manufactured products benator Nelson termed the wool tariffprotection gone mad," and declared that the wool schedule was the keyst;oue of a hard and fast compact formed by interested parties for the purpose of forcing the Fordney-McCumber Bill through Congress. # An uproar followed' the introduction in the Senate by Senator Caraway (Democrat) of a resolution directing that the Senate Judicial Committee in vestigate the reports that certain Sentors Avere financially interested in the tariff schedules, which they were openly supporting. k Senators Bursum and Gooding admitted that they had wool holdings, but denied that there was anything wrong in their voting for protective duties. They pointed out that they were better able to judge the needs of wool growers, being such themselves Senator Ward called the measure a damn fool resolution," and Senator Wadsworth objected to consideration being given it, but the Democrats declare that they will continue their efrorts to pass it.