Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-27
Forces Lined Up Ready to
Make Strong Fight !.
Against Measure.
DESIGNATED AS
"EMBARGO BILL
Senator Hitchcock Leading Demo-
cratic Opposition in Senate to
House ealAsays Purpose is to
Erect Barriers and Not to Raise
Revenue and That Measure is
"Gold Brick" For Farmers.
BY Associated Press.

and democratic laaders in the senate
elashed today over the house emer-
gency> tariff bill. Characterizine the
measure as an embargo bill and n
Shocking proposition" to restrict
American commerce. Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska acting democratic
leader, proposed that the biil. instead
of being rafcrred as a tariff measure
to the finance committee. be sent to
that the republicans proposed to
rush thru tne measure practically
without consid ration.
Acting Chairman Macomber. Of
tbc finance committee, Senator
Smoot, of Ctaa and ot,,er republican
feeders. denied that the legislation
contemplated embargoes Senator
Aacolnher pfonaised fair and ade-
arata cons.dcra ion" of the bin next
month, and stated that in It's present
form he would rot support 1t under
any consideration"
Suicidal Says Hitchcock.
~
policy was Suicidal"
its purpose is to erect tariff bar
rier% and not to raise revenue" he
said AT this time, OF all others, the
country ought not to raise tariff bar
rfers against any nation in the world.
We ara a creditor nation and must
have martret for our surplus. What
we need above all else Is to do .bs,si-
ness withhother nations, not to raise
iariff barriers to prevent other ma
tons from paving part of their debts
with their products"
Senator Macomher. contending that
the bill did not propose an embargo
on wheat. said thaE.its actual pro-
lection AGAINST Canadian wheat
when the difference in exchange was
considered, was but 31s cents per
bushel.
Gold Brick For Farmers.
This idea OF protecting the wheat
grower by a tariff" Senator HitcN
cock replied, lis either delusion
and a snare or conf1dence--a. gold
brick game. What the American
wheat growers want is credit and
vide unfettered trnde./IIe is not GO
ing to be deludcd bv this gold-brick
that is offered him..
Senator Hitchcock said Canada
was one of America S best customers.
buying twice IS much as it sold the
United States.
Republican proponents of the
measure have rallied their forces for
a vote to send the bill to the finance
committee, where they plan to hasten
action and bring the fight to the
senate floor by foregoing formal
hearings.
long debate is in prospect. with
indications that the democrats will
3e found in a much more solid line
up than was the case in the house.
Smoot hccuses Hitchcock.
Senator Macomber replied that
nearly thee entire Canadian wheat
surplus was coming to this country
at the same time we are trying to
find a market for ours
I'VE must close the top cf the bar
rel" he added, while we are drawing
off our surplus from the bottom
Senator Smoot declared the meas
ure was revenue one, pure and
simple" The proposed tariff of Is
cents pound on wool would NOT bar
wool imports.
Senator Harrison. democrat, OF
Mississippi, cpother opponent of the
bill, interrupted With questions bring
ing out that woul rates We're higher
than those of the Payne Aldrich law.
Senator Smoot said he questioned
W no 1o{l ;{@1
ing lin good faith in moving refer
ence of the bill to the commerce COM
mittee. Senator Snoot said there
We're 20,000,000 pounds of wool en-
route to America.
Says Shecpmen Are Ruined.
There won't be an American sheep
sheared for two or three\years unless
enormous import is checked" he de-
clared. No measure can save half
of the sheepmen; they're ruined to-
day."
Senator Gerry, of Rhode Island, a
democratic member Of the finance
committee, declared the tariff legis-
lation was unsound fundamentally.
cutting off International barter and
purchase Of American products.
parliamentary obstruction was re-
newed by Senator Harrison, who de-
clared that he would include any
thing in the bill which would defeat
it,"
Efforts Of republican leaders to
end today what they described as a
democratic filibuster against the
tariff measure We're unavailing.