Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-14
BEGIN TO AMEND
II TARIFF MEASURE
Senators, Opening Up Bill, Ten
tatively Agree to Increase
Duty on.Wheat
REA APPEALS FOR CARRIERS
BY the Associated Press

Washington. Jan. 14.-Dccision to
open up the House emergency tariff bill
TO amendment was made today by the
Senate finance committee by vote of
10 to 4.
In beginning consideration of amend
nents. members said that il was agreed
tentatively to increase the duty on
wheat from thirty cents. provided by
the House bill. to forty cents bushel.
ten cents less than urged by Senator
McCumber.
Members of the federal tariff com
mission were called into conference by
the Senate committee during an cx-
ecutive session.
Rea Appeals for Railroads
A delegation of railroad executives
appealed to the House commerce com
mittec today for legislation to permit
the treasury to make partial payments
under the transportation uc of amounts
due the roads for losses sustain ID
during the first six months after gov
ernmcnt operation ended
Samuel Rca. president OF tn" Penn
sylvania Railroad. said the financial
condition of most railroads was de
plorablc as they are short of cash
and unable to pay current bills.
DE Witt Cuylcr, chairman of the as
sociation Of railway executives. said
that with vast amounts coming to
them from the government under tn"
guarantee provisions the railroads wer"
unable to borrow and could not pay
dividends. The partial payments
sought, he said. "woud restore credit.
The executives protested against the
;,,tn tnt pf
transportation act which prevented
payments after September | under the
guarantee clause pending final ac-
counting
Plumb Sees "Mongrel Combination"
Glenn Plumb. another of the tri.
partite plan for railroad operation. told
a Senate COmmittc that the Fr"llng-
huysen bill for Interstate Commerce
Commission regulation Of railroad sup
ply contracts was "a mongrel cOmbina-
ton" of competitive and rCgulative
theories of railroad operation. lie
added that it was drawn by Alfred L.
Thom, counsel for the Association OF
Railway Executives. and other railroad
representatives and would not reach
tire wells which the Clayton net. was
designed to meet. lie attacked tn"
alleged practice of railroads of "tarm
work saying il cost in outside shops
three times the average prices in the
roads own shops.
Former Governor Frank r. Willis, of
Ohio. took his seat in the Senate today
as the successor of President elect
Harding. who resigned for the remain
der of his term expiring March /.
Another new Republican senator,
former Governor Gooding. of Idaho,
will take his oath tomorrow. to ti'l the
unexpired term of Senator NuGent,
Democrat. who resigned after his ap-
pointment to the Federal Trade Com
mission. Both Senators Willis and
Gooding have been elected for full six
year terms after March /. Their i'm e
mediate service will increase tn" pres
ent Republican majority in the Senate
from two to fOu.. with the RCpub leans
haying fifty and the Democrats forty
six.
Willis Greeted Warmly
Senator Willis was greeted warmly
by both Republicans and Democrats.
He was escorted to the Vice President =
desk BY Senator POmPrcnc, and assigned
a seat in the rear row.
The new senator gave out state
ment in which he commended Senator
Harding decision for a simpl" in
augural.
E'The financial burdens q our nation
are staggering" he said Economy in
public expenditure is aS essential aS
thrift in private life. The example >ot
by our distinguished President -"rct in
making possible an transformations ccrc-
mony is in keeping with thc American
spirit and in harmony with the dictates
of an economy which all preach. but
too few practice. believe il is an
omen of the policies under which the
nation will be conducted during the
next four years.