The Prescott daily news., 1921-02-02
TARIFF HAS
 ROUGH SHEDDING
Senator Harrison Balks Attempt to Railroad the Measure Taxes Every Family $5O- McCumber Defends Bill.

Washington, Feb 1.-Wtih Senator McCumber, Republican, North Da- kota, as it's only consistent defender in the debate, the Fordney emergen- cy tariff bill went through another series of hard knocks in the Senate today opponents of the measure ac- cepting every opportunity to attack | it.
 Whether the bill will be sidetracked or consideration continued under linn itation of debate will be decided to- morrow when the Penrose resolution for cloture comes to a vote. The most ardent supporters of cloture and the bill admitted tonight that defeat of the resolution to limit future speeches on the bill was inevitable. They con- ceded that opponents of cloture would control from eight to 10 votes more than would be necessary to defeat the resolution
 Prospects of cloture, however, caused a deluge of amendments, es- pecially after Vice President Marshall had ruled that all amendments must be submitted and read before the vote on cloture, set for l o'clock. Every senator who wanted changes in the bill therefore began loading it down and demanding that they be read
 Then there was the declaration of Senator Townsend. Republican, Mich igan, that he proposed to call up the postoffice appropriation bill for con- sideration immediately after the clo- i ture vote. He criticized the Senate for wasting time, when important legislation was pending, and chal- lenged opponents of the Fordney measure to continue flibustering against Legitimate legislation and take the consequence"
 MT. Townsend's statements precipi- tated a heated debate in which half score of senators participated. It was the first day in which the bill actually was to the fore in all discus sion and it's enemies picked flaws in every item. Although Senator Thom- as, Democrat, Colorado, delivered a lengthy speech against it, the full force of the attack developed after ward and continued until the Senate recessed
 Senator Harrison, Democrat Mis- sissippi, entered the fray and an swered the Townsend challenge with the accusation that the Republican leadership was attempting ito gag and hamstring the minority and throw the burdens of the bill on the people without full and free dis cussion." He said the Republicans with the exception of MT. McCumber, had not spoken a word in behalf of the bill and that the North Dakota senator had discussed only the wheat rates.
 Senate statisticians also got into the discussion. Senators Simmons of North Carolina and Walsh of Massa chusetts, both Democrats, produced figures to show the effect of the bill on living costs if it became a law. Mr. Walsh based his calculations on the population of his state and de clared passage of the measure meant an additional tax of $50 per family, or approximately $35,000,000 on the people of Massachusetts, during the measures life of 10 months. He said it would add approximately $1.16 to the budget of each family of six for every week. The items he mentioned on which the cost would be increased included wheat, beans, sugar, meat, butter, milk, cheese, rice, potatoes and onions.