Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-03
WON'T SET DATE FOR
TARIFF BILL VOTE
Measure Has Precedence Over
All Business, However, With
Slim Chance.
BY Associated pr.s- 70 Every Evening

BY A,-oofated Pr~ss 70 Every Evening
washington, Feb s.-The Fordney
Emergency Tariff Bill. surviving a day
NJ political jockeying yesterday. stili
was lingering before the Senate today
although It's chances ~ ever coming -
a Anal vote had been reduced 70 IN
certainty nv the overwhelming defeat
OF the cloture resolution.
Subsequent attempts n set a date for
final vote were fruitless and today
the bill had precedence over all busi-
ne.. except during the morning hour"
session from u 70 2 O'Clock.
washington. Feb. 3-shoving aside
all pending legislation. including a
dozen big appropriation bills. the Sen
ate voted yesterday 20 continue con
sider.tion ot the Fordney Emergency
Tariff bill The gates were opened
wide for a food OF oratory when n
petition for the use of cloture in the
| tariff debate was voted down, 35 20 80,
rausterfng far less than the necessary
/ two-fhirds majority.
| In a session marked hy political jock
| eying. debate consisted OF short bat
heated speeches. Attempts were made
/ hv each side to lead the other into pitt
! falls Republican leaders sought 20
| avoid cioture, but the Democrats chai-
/ Ienged that il De brought in and then
/ rnarshaled their forces, defeating il
! promptly. Minority members then
/ sought a unanimous consent agree
nent fixing a date for 3 vote on the
tariff. onl-- 20 have one Of their own
ranks enter objection
AS il now stands. the emergency tar
( n
| business except during the morning
hour" Of sessions from Il 20 o'clock.
/ There were hints thrown out. however,
that the end vas not yet and that de-
mand for displacement Of the tariff
bill by appropriation measures might
come at any time or that an attemr;
to obtain a vote on the bill might oe
made. Both Senators Penrose, OF Penn
sylvania. and McCumber. OF North Da-
kota. Republicans. have made it clear
that a vote must be had on the lesis-
lstion. which they contend Will save
the farmers of the country from bank
ruptcy
After the vote on cloture Mr.. Pen
rose took up claims that the Tariff
bill would mean the failure Of appro-
priation bills at this session. He
voiced the opinion that we shall have
better appropriation bills II some u
them do fail" Delayed consideration
he declared, meant more complete con
slderation and more thorough invest+
Sation into the business methods oi
expenditures BY governmental depart
ments. TIe believed something would
be saved thereby. and added:
II consider the principle involved il
getting the emergency tariff Legislation
10 a vote more important than any
thing else.
Washington. Feb. 5 Asking restoTa-
ton of the Payne Aldrich tarin rates
on silk. manufacturers OF that cloth
told the House WAYS and Means Com
naittee today that they were alarmed
AT the increasing abiaty of the Japa-
nese to copy rare patterns which hat
enabled them to make heavy inroad'
on American trade.
Before the war. the manufacturer
said. the Japanese were handicapped by
n lack Of style information and th'
| character Of goods consumed in the
American market. This handicap, how
ever. witnesses declared, is rapidly dis
| appearing and under the stimulus q
/ greater exports sales Japanese weaver
have expanded theh industry 70 sucl
an extent that American dealers in sill
| ecav 4,,str,tctiou OF their business