The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
.ENROSE PRESENTS
 ICL0TURE PLAN 0N TARIFF MEASURE
1stition Bears Names of 31
 Republicans and Will Be N Voted on "Wednesday at I p. m.
Rx Aasooiated Pross

aH aHWashington, January s1.--Senate repub- ~ an leaders. in accordance with their N ogramme for procedure with the Ford- Wy emergency tariff bill. today asked N SIlanimous consent for vote February s6 and, upon objection. presented their $Iltition for c.oture or limitation of .le- ##;Jte.
 Senator Pomerene, democrat. Ohio, ob- N icted to the proposal for a vote Feb Hilary Is after an address in which he ##E8snounced the bill as taxing about Everything that goes on the breakfast ' ble of the working man.
 {; The cloture petition, presented by Sen x ;or Penrose of Pennsylvania, ill charge N! the bill, bore names of 34 repubicaI; H!snators, and will be voted on at l iiclock Wednesday,. It requires two- s.iirds vote for adoption. and it's defeat Has conceded tonight by both republicans #nd democrats.
 < In presenting the cloture plan, the first iiine an attempt has been made to in Hibke 1t since the Senate controversy over Isle Versailles treaty. Senator Penrose Hid he had exhausted every reasonable Ssfort to get an agreement for voting
 Ne did not indicate what would be done sith the bill in event of defeat of the
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 Va kotA and Borah of Idaho. republicaIs, #arvad notice they would attempt to hoiu ile bill before the Senate and make every iffort to get vote before the session lnds. The notices of these two senators We're regarded as likely to change for
 tying aside the bill in event of the, fall re of the cloture. It was sai1 that, ifi- jtead of sidetracking the bill formally, {; probably would De laid; aside ter'- lSorsrily from day to day to give con alteration to the sessions appropriation lills Private predictions were general
 owever, that there was little prospect
 t enactment of the measure.
 I UNDERWOOD SCORES PLAN
 I Senator simmons of North Carolina, hniof democrat of the finance commit .ee, announced his support of the pro
 osal to vote February Is, and Senator
 underwood of Alabama, minority leauer. Iffefed no ohjection- The latter, how Iyer, denounced vigorously the proposal Tor oloture, declaring it contemplased rgag9ing and throttiing the Senate. rhe minority leader added that duties ,roposed in tke Fordney bill were pre- aibitiveY and declared they would make |the toiling masses carry the great IT, kancial burden for the relief of special 
 Tt 16 the lnsts ttmes SAlu MT. Cnutr- wood that the republican leadershH Ias faced the country with the direct proposal to erect tariff wall. not for revenue, but to establish an embargo m |iine of peace
 The sugar tariff, Senator Underwood lsserted, would cost consumers about (4oo. oo00tO and would increase retail ,rices to 12 or 1s cents pound Similar ,redictions also were made by Senator 3inmons.
 It is Legislation for the sugar trust. he Wooien combine and other nionop"- iss. Senator Underwood declared, the mxrnera being mentioned incidentally
 s',rraee the snake to it's hole. he added. m Ycu find legislation for the auear fyiat and other combinations,
 D(itioh pm wool which were considered |od3x by the House ways and means :eur1nittee framing permanent tariff iee- shati6n, also caused lively Senate till. SSnakox Berah said it was mystery a1v it could help wool growers When .vo years supply of wool now are or. ind Senator Shoot, republican. ptah. sa9ever. contended that passage of the " would raiss the prics of raw wool