Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-13
DANGER Turks
IN the TARIFF
Bill AS DRAWN
SENATOR AYERS
Simmons Leads the General
Assault on the Measure:
Charges of FiIibuster
From Majority Side.
WOOD ALCOHOL LEVY
STARTS A WARM ROW
Editorials From Republican
NeWSpap ers CritiCising
the Taxes Are Read Dur
ing Senate Debate.
tBy The Associated Press }

Washington, May 12.--Republi-
can and democratic leaders in the
senate got into another row today
over the tariff, the controversy
centering around the attacks of re-
publican newspapers on the meas
ure and on the duty of 10 cents a
gallon proposed on wood alcohol
by the finance committee. There
were charges of a filibuster from
the majority side and flat denials
from the democratic side with
counter charges that the members
OF the committee were refusing to
give the senate information about
the rates on which it could act in
telligently.
Editorials Presented.
Editorials were presented by
Senator Simmons of North Caro-
lima. the democratic leader in the
fight, who concluded general as
sault on the bill with the predic-
tion that If it were passed in it's
present form 1t would lead the
business of this country into a
debacle from which it would take
us quarter of a century to rescue
it, and the dire consequences of
which to the American people can
not be measured in words or fig
ures."
Senator McCumber, republican,
North Dakota, in charge of the
bill, countered with a charge that
the editorials were a part of
propaganda and the assertion
that the prediction of Senator Sim
mons as to the result of the pass
age Of the bill was not zone half
as startling as would be the dire
results" If the Underwood tariff
law remained in effect for another
year. He added that the republi-
cans were going to put "protec-
tive tariff bill" on the statute books
and would take the consequences"
"Combination" Alleged.
Asserting that there was com
bination" on the republican side to
put the bill through without "even
considering the schedules" Sena-
tor Hitchcock. democrat, Nebraska,
said that If there were no republic
can senators who would stand up
and fight this bill as did Senators
Dolliver, Beveridge and others
when the Payne-Aldrich measure
was up, the democrats would make
the fight and would continue to
make it until the bill was passed,
Senator Borah. republican,
Idaho, remarked that if the demo-
Gratis would present reasonable
rates in substitution for the COM
mittee rates, you will get some
votes on this side" He added.
however, that those on the repub-
lican side would not vote for free
trade
Eavors Postponement.
Declaring there was no informa-
tion on which to base tariff at,
this time, Senator Borah said he
would vote unhesitatingly to post
pone consideration of the bill add
ing that he would support an
to the emergency tariff
law to take care of the situation
until world conditions had become
more settled and there was infor-
matibn on which to act.
Senator Hitchcock insisted that
he committee had failed to give
ylle EGIldlt llilOl lIlitloti dpout Ni'N
'ates and, in reply to charges OF
democratic delay, he demanded to
1now what excuse the finance COM
nittee could give for keeping the
Dill in committee from last July 22
o April 10. He said the time was
lot taken up with hearings, but
argely with "secret meetings Of the
'epublican members of the com
Charges a Filibuster.
Senator Smoot, of Utah, ranking
epublican on the finance commit
ee, charged there was filibus- |
er on the chemical schedule and |
defended the committee rate OF
en- cents a gallon on wood alcohol, !
which was approved, saying that |
was building up a wood al
ohol industry and impos>i u tax |
f $500 gallon on it. Senator |
read a tariff commis- !
ion statement that the wood alco- |
Iol industry in the United States |
vas one of the largest in the world |
nd insisted that the commodity |
hould be on the free list as in the |
and Underwood |
avs.
In presenting, the metropolitan
ewspaper editorials to the senate,
enator simmons said he did so
ecause he wanted the newspapers
{ the country and the people of |
he country ito begin studying this
uestion."
This is a measure in the inter-
st of the profiteers, and in the in
crest of the monopolies in this
ountry," he declared. 1T over
1oks the rights of the people and
) not framed on any principle that
) demanded by the usages in the