Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-08
SM00T AYERS
DID NOT TRY
SUGAR BR|bE
Reads Letter Tending
to Prove Contention
Made in Senate Talk.
Upper House Goes on
Time Schedule That
Cuts Down Argument

Washington. Aug. Z. Denying
charges that he proposed curtailment
of the Cuban sugar crop to 2,J0O.OoC
tons this year in rturn for a reduced
tariff on sugar, Senator Smoot. re
publican, Utah, read Monday to the
senate a statement from the president
Of Cuba that no proposal for a limita-
ton Of the crop had come from Ameri-
can government officials.
An agreement under which amend
ments to the more important sections
Of the tariff bill are to be disposed Of
before the close of the week was in
effect Monday when the senate settled
down to its job again. Although it
had been found impossible in the
struggle last week to formulate a sue
cessful program for fixing a definite
date for disposing Of the bill itself, the
agreement finally evolved Saturday, it
was hoped. would expedite matters so
a final vote could be had before Sep
TENDER !.
Finish Sugar Today
The agreement L get the most i'm
portant items still in dispute cleaned
up this week, so far as amendments
are concerned, came during debate on
the sugar schedule. 1t will serve to
curtain SldIBiN hiS'bSSlpA VII many
points and was worked out by several
hours Of conference between majority
and minority representatives. AS the
senate program now stands. the sugar
schedule is to be disposed Of by Tues
day and before adjourpment that day
q lote will also be taken on amend
ments TO paragraphs dealing with pot
ash and white arsenic.
On. "wednesday the leather schedule
boots, shoes ard hides. will 60 through
the mill. and on Friday will come action
on sections proposing a flexible tariff
adjustment and also on scientific
tariff proposals.
Saturday will see remaining amend
mcnts taken up in order but beginning
on that day senators will be limited to
Is minutes discussions of any amend
ment and TO 30 minutes on the bill it
self. Senators will work on a time
limit during the entire debate this
week. being restricted to an hour on
any Of the amendments included under
the schedules named in the agreement
Cummins UphoIds Smo0t
Senator Harrison asked unanimous
consent to call up the resolution, but
Senator Smoot objected and then Sen
ator Nicholson, republican, Colorado
maze a nlOIlOD IndL tue sugar ScOPuule
be laid aside until there had becn an
investigation. A point of order by
Senator Smoot that this motion was
cut of order was upheld by Senator
Cummins. republican, Iowa, who was
presiding.
Senator Nicholson declared that
very serious charges" had been made
in articles read to the senate Saturday
hy Senator Harrison and that he felt
the senate should not proceed with the
consideration of the sugar schedule I'M
til there had been an investigation.
Senator Smoot said he wanted the
senate and the country to know that
this propaganda that has been spread
from one end Of the country to the
other is a continuation Of the fight
against domestic sugar producers by
the sugar refiners.
"They have made up their minds"
he added, never to be content until
they destroy the sugar producers in the
United States. If they succeed the
American people will pay dearly