Arizona republican., 1922-06-10
SENATE DECIDES To.
TEMPORARILY CEASE.
NIGHT TARIFF WORK
Future Sessions Depend On
How Closely Senators
Apply Themselves To
Consider Action of Tariff
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WASHINGTON, June 9-The sem
ate abandoned tonight. temporarily at
least, the night sessions for consid-
Grafton of the tariff bill.
Senator McCumber, Republican, OF
North Dakota, in charge of the BILL
passed the word around late in the
afternoon that he would move to re-
cess at s pm.
whether day sessions alone are
to be the rule for the future will de-
pend, Senator McCumber said, upon
how closely the senate applies itself
to a consideration of the tariff. Com
mittee amendments in only three par
agraphs in the bill were disposed OF
today.
Committee amendments disposed
OF today had to do with duties on ta-
BILE. butcher and other knives and
scissors and shears. Before the sem
ate got down to the amendments,
there was a lively row between Sem
ator Simmons and Gooding of Idaho.
chairman of the Republican agricul-
tural tariff bloc, about duties on agri-
cultural products.
Senator Simmons charged and Sen.
ator Gooding denied that there had
been an agreement by which agri-
cultural products were given produce
ton in returns for the support of the
friends of agriculture for high duties
on manufactured products. Exchanges
between the senators became heated,
the Idaho senator declaring that 1t
..was not true" that members of the
bloc had entered into any agreement
and Senator Simmons retorting that
"a denial does not prove anything
Later there was another controversy
between the majority and minority
when Senator Harrison, Democrat OF
Mississippi, sought to have the sem
ate reconsider its vote of last night
removing cash registers from the
free list.
Senator Norris, Republican of Me-
braska, remarked that it appeared the
senate should reconsider the vote to
make crsh registers dutiabie and
Senator Harrison so moved. After his
point of order against the motion had
been overruled, Senator McCumber
moved to lay the motion on the table
and this motion was carried, 81 to 20.
Senators Norris and Lafollette. Re-
publicar. Wisconsin. voting with the
Democrats in opposition TO it.
The committee amendments taken
up today led to fights between Sena-
tors Jones, Democrat of New Mex
ico. opposing the duties proposed, and
Senators Mclean, Republican, Con-
necticutt, and McCumber, conduct
ing the fight for them.
Rates approved for table. butcher.
carving and large assortment OF
other sorts of knives ranged from 2
cents each and 45 per cent adyalorem
to 20 cents each and As per cent ad-
valorem.
On tobacco, tannery and knife
blades used in power or hand ma
chimes the committee reduced its
original rate from As per cent ad
valorem to 20 per cent. On scissors
and shears the rates approved ranged
from cents each and 45 cents ad
valorem to 20 cents each and Is per
cent ad valorem.
There was long controversy be-
tween Senator Jones and Senator
McCumber as to whether prices of
these commodities in Germany We're
increasing or decreasing. Senator
Jones presenting letters to show that
they were going up and Senator Nc
Cumber presenting figures to show
that the reverse was true.
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A billion $40 gold pieces, II laid flat
would form a line or 1000 miles long.
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