The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-27
CLOTURE RULE
I Be APPLIED
IN TARIFF
CAUCUS
SENATORS DETERMINED TO FIN
l.H CONSIDERATION OF THE
MEASURE NEXT WEEK.
WOULD Arm WILSON
With big STICK
Senator Smith, Of Georgia Urges Adop'
ton of Amendment That Would Give
President Power to Enforce Counter
vaiIins Rates.
WOULD Arm WILSON
With big STICK
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, June T.-Senate Denio
Gratis put the cloture rule to long TAR
if speeches in the tariff caucus To-Day |
The leaders are determined to finish
consideration next week. Resolutions
were adopted to limit debate ON eacn
item and deny any Senator the right
to speak more than once on any SUD-
ject.
The countervailing duty on wheat
and -four recommended by the Finance
committee, was finally approved by
the caucus. Eight senator's voted
against it, Fletcher, Lea, MARITIME
o'Gorman, Reed, Salisbury, Sheppard
and Vardaman.
Urgent desire to arm the President
with a tariff "big stick" one of strong
er and greater proportions than pro
vided in the amendment suggested by
the Finance Committee majority, de-
veloped Yesterday in the Democratic
caucus of the Senate on the tarln
bill.
Discussion of the proposed counter
vaiIing duty on wheat and -four, which
the committee recommended, led to a
general debate on retaliatory and coun-
tervailing tariff rates, and Senator
Hoke Smith of Georgia urgently pro-
posed the adoption of an amendment
that would give the President power
to enforce countervailing tariff rates
on all commodities Of commerce
against any nation refusing to deal
with the United States on a recipro-
cal tariff basis.
The amendment proposed would, in
many respects, take the place OF the
maximum and minimum clauses of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, but Senator
Smith advocated provision that woulC
be broader than that; one that woulo
give the President the authority at any
time to interpose, against any natlor
which might discriminate against the
products of the United States, the same
tariff rates exacted on American goods
sucb a clause in the tariff bill, it wai
argued, would place the United States
in a position to defend the countr!
against any unreciprocal action or at
tempt to shut off its foreign trade.
Discussion of the proposal was spirit
ed strong opposition developing a
once. Among the Senators who at
tackled the idea were O'Gorman, Rec
and MARITIME. Debate was waxin
warm when the caucus was forced U
recess for the afternoon session OF tn
Senate, and it was resumed last nigh
The amendment recommended by tn
committee Is not a countervalhn
nroposition in the strict sense, provit
ing only that the President should prt
claim certain fixed rates against fol
eign nations on a limited number Q
specified commodities in cases OF di'
crimination against this country Thi
Senator Smith and others did not r.
gard as comprehensive enough.
After the battle over free sugar an
free wool had been won yesterday D
the administration forces, Senators ol
posed to the schedules renewed the
activities for an amendment whic
would extend the time when the sugs
and wool schedules are to become e
fective after the passage of the ac
Senator Ransdell has an amendment
extend the date of the sugar schedu
until Feb. /, 1914. permitting sug'
planters and refiners to get rid of tn
wears crop without the burden of Il
decreased tariff. This has been 7