South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-25
SENATE OPENS
TARIFF FIGHT
IN HOT DEBATE
General Attack on Whole
Measure Is Opened by Sen.
King of Utah.
ATTACKS BLOCS' POWER
Sen. Smoot Opens Admins
tration Fight by Strong
Defense of Measure.

WASHINGTON. Apru 24.-Thers
v am old fashioned tariff debate
-lo1day fra the senate. Il marked
zine real beginning of the weeks and
perhaps months Of battling over the
administration measure. which the
finance committee reported two
weeks ago.
The discussion was opened by Sen
SmOot. republican. Idaho. with a de-
tailed explanation OF the elastic
tariff proposals written into the bill
at the suggestion OF Pres't Hardins
and g. included an attack on those
proposals by Sen. Jones, democrat
1ew Mexico. and the opening Of a
general assault On the whole meas
are by Sen. King, democrat, Utah.
Characterizing the measure as
"m0re iniqutous" than the Payne
Aldrich and Dingley measures. Sen.
King charged that it was a bill "to
increase the price Of everything the
people buy" and was framed I'm tho
interests OF the dye trust. the steel
trust. the chemical trusts. the WOOL
en- mill trusts. some Of the cotton
trusts and the multitude of great
organizations that IN the past have
preyed upon the people and that in
the future wiz continue their policy
of exploitation.
Condemns MCCumber SpeaCh
Sen. King declared that the ad-
dress of Chairman McCUmber OF the
senate finance committee I'm callinS
up the measure last week, was IAN
appeal 10 the predectory interests
Of the United States to be merciful
10 the poor consumer" and said that
when the nation was at war and
the very fate of civilization seemed
o. be at staSe, some OF the same
7uer that dictated schedules in this
bill were robbing the American
people and the American govern
l~eut.
chairman McCumber later denied
that his address was an appeal"
Tie said that in discussing condi-
lions i'm the world and in this count
~. ne thought the time oppOrtune TO
call attention OF manufacturers. re-
taEers and factory laborers that the
American public could consume only
as much as Il could purchase and
that II production was 10 be in
creased, prices would have 10 be
brought down 20 within the reach
of the consumers poCketbook
Hits Bloc. Power
Reading from an announcement.
Of the Southern Tariff association.
shat it had laid its appeal for higher
rates than contained in the senate
Oil before the tariff bloc. Sen.
King demanded 20 know what had
become Of the able senators who
constituted the finance committee
end who are supposed 10 write tar
n bills"
"The tariff bloc is supreme no
added. "and I suppose the manu-
facturers bloc and the tariff bloc
squeezed the finance committee as a
strong man squeezes clay IN his
hands. or sought 10 do so"
Referring to American valuation
Sen. king warned that the senate
would Ice in session many weeks II
not many months before an Ameri-
can valuation plan is written into
this bill"
Tn his prepared address explain
ink the elastic tariff proposals.,
sen. Smoot declared they not onry
offered q solution Of the particular
tariff problem now before congress,
but also suggested a practical basis
for continuing scientific adjustment
or the tariff in the future.