The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-25
Dem 0 Gratis VOTE
AMENDMENTS
DOWN
MAJORITY PRESENTS SOLID PHA-
LANx AGAINST ENEMY-LIT-
TIE PROGRESS MADE.
WEEKS WANTS fOSS CALLED
Massachusetts, Senator Would Have
Renegade Democrat" Governor of
Bay State Enveign Against New
Tariff Bill.

washington. July. 25.-Republican
Senators continued to offer amend.
ments to nearly every paragraph of
the Underwood-Simm tariff bill
when its reading was resumed yester-
day, and Democrats, in solid phalanx,
voted them down.
AS result of prolonged discussion
on rate after rate, little progress was
made during the two hours considera-
tion after general debate had proceed
ed throughout the afternoon, Senators
Works of California and Weeks of
Massachusetts criticizing the bill.
When adjournment came the Senate
had barely made an impression on the
chemical schedule the first schedule in
the bill
When Senator Smoot sought to re-
store amber gum to the free list, strik-
ing out the proposed duty of 81 per
pound, Senator Stone wanted to know
why the government should not get
revenue from pipe stems made from
amber as we'll as from tobacco.
Senator Lodge protested against the
proposed duty offs cents pound on
camphor, and declared he would de-
mand record vote later on an amend
ment to place it on the free list.
Senator Weeks said the Democratic
party had promised ito correct all Of
tine existing conditions, with the end
in view of bettering all mankind"
That party" said Senator weeks
rs to reduce the cost of living,
strangie the thusts, make the
rich poorer and poor richer. Thei
plan to do this is by new tarif bill
but the people will find that to chang
conditions the way now suggested wi
result in injury to all classes OF cit
zens, who will at the first opportunit
proceed to depose those who have bee
humbugging them, and will restore t
power the party which has, on tn
whole, managed the country's affair
with intelligence and honesty"
Statements by Secretary Redhelt
and the House Democratic leader, I'm
derwood, that the government would
investigate any manufacturer who clos
ed down his shop because of the tariff
bill were denounced by the Senator as
an attempt to intimidate the manag
ers of American industries.
Reference was made to the report or
: the Taylor shop management system
by a committee of the House Of Rep
IreSentatives in 1911, upon which sery
ed Secretaries Reosssld and Wilson.
THAT report" Senator Weeks said,
submitted to the House by these new
Cabinet members March 9, 1919, stated
conditions vary in different shops and
system which would be effective in
one might not be so effective in an
other
Yet the Secretary of the Commerce
attempts to bulldoze the American
manufacturers by putting into opera
ton condition which little over a
year ago he declared could not be
made uniform. If it is impossible for
a government shop to determine what
is efficient management how can the
government determine whether a priv
ate concern can conduct itself with
profitable results?"
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I suggest" said Mr.. Weeks, that
the Secretary of Commerce call upon
Gov Foss of Massachusetts, who has
publicly announced, since the pending
bill has been reported in the Senate,
that he will be compelled to trasfer
his industry into Canada in order to
meet the new trade conditions"