Evening star., 1921-05-11
TARIFF BILL TODAY
! In HOMESTRETcH
Passage Is Expected After
Ien-Minute Speeches by
- Members of Senate.
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10th debate limited to ten-minute
periods. the emergency tariff measure
sHung into the homestretch in the
senate today. Passage of the meas
ure' before adjournment was regard
eH as certain. proponents counting
upon six to eight democratic votes
in addition to almost solid support
from republican members.
Debate yesterday was featured by
a double attack from the minority
side, with Senators Reed of Missouri
and Walsh of Massachusetts, sharing
the floor during most of the session
More than a score of amendments
awaited action today. and. following
be sent to conference for the pur-
pose of ironing out the differences
which have arisen since it passed out
Of the House.
Called Glass Legislation.
.Characterizing the bill as class
legislation. and predicting That IL
WI not aid the farmers of the coun-
try as it is intended to do. senator
Walsh yesterday gave particular at
tention to the tariff schedules that
Mace high duties upon foodstuns
which the American people must
have.
Senator Walsh expressed his sym
pathy with the agricultural class.
which has been hard hit by the gen.
ersl sharp decline in prices.
But the claim that the aEricultur-
lists alone have suffered from iail-
continued. Every class in the coun,
try has been a victim OF sudden ana
heavy losses in abnormal war IN
comes. caused by the reaction which
was inevitable. following the un-
natural and exorbitant prices that
merchandise during the war
.Good Job for Trusts"
Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri.
told the Senate that while the tar1n
measure was described as farmers
emergency bill. il was loaded with
ample provisions for the great or.
ganizations we commonly call trusts.
building this tariff wall" he added.
.-rhey have built il horse-high. bull
strong and hos-tight.
But they who press this measure
know that we as nation cannot smut
others out without shutting ourselves
In We build a great merchant ma
riue and say we will trade with the
world; then we build tariff wall
about us and say we VIII not tFaoe
with anybody.
elimination against Canada resulting
from the bill. Mr.. Reed declared it to
be a neaP-crime to cut of the Cana
dian trade. He dwelt upon the simi.
larity Of peoples north and south OF
the border limo. and added:
Those people and the conditions
under which they live are SO much
like ourselves that wish they were
part of the United States although l
never hope to see them so.
ut is high time to emerge from
emergency and get back to nor
Edge Of New Jersey. addressing the
Senate yesterday on the tariff bill.
Senator Edge, who is one OF the
four republicans who voted against
this bill in the last Congress- an
nounced he would vote for the pres
but because he believes il contains
enough good. more than to counter
balance the policy and features l be-
lisve to be bad +
The main point which appealed to
Senator Edge was the anti dumping
proposal Of traditional high tariff
policy Senator Edge announced that
his views were unchanged in oppo-
eijon.
n stand frm for the protection Of
American industry, American agricul-
tufe and American labor" said Sen
ator Edge. but I earnestly hope I
may not be confronted later with a
measure of the old Chinese wall ma
ture. Readjustmenfs on. every con-
ceivabie line have been necessitafed
by the world war. and tarin princi-
pies, tariff qualities and tarif legis-
lation are foremost among the fea-
Tariff legislation must be framed to
mAet actual existing conditions