The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-06-29
DEFEAT PLAN TO
TAKE UP BONUS
Senate Adopts Motion to Consld-
er Soldiers Bill After Tariff
Is Passed. ;.
DISCUSSION ON DUTY RATES
Reduction on Iron and Steel Chains
Recommended by Finance Com
mittee--clair' New Rates
Too High.

Washington.-Re Refusing to give i'm
mediate consideration to the soldiers
bonus bill the Senate resumed discus
sion of the tariff measure. New re-
ductions in duties on claims made
of iron and steel were proposed by
the Finance Committee when the SEN
ate went back to the tariff bill after
devoting four days to the naval ap-
preparation bill. Previously the FL
nance Committee in reporting the
McCumber bill had approved most of
the House rates on chains, represent
ing large increases over the duties
of the Underwood Act and of the for
mer Payne-Aldrich law. The commit
tee recommended that the duties be
cut to approximately the level Of the
Payne-Aldrich law. No action was
taken on the proposed changes.
The Senate y G vote of 81 to %
tabled a motion by Senator Walsh of
Massachusetts, Democrat. to take up
the bonus bill. The motion to table
was made by Senator Watson of In
diana, Republican. Senator Walsh in
offering his motion declared that it was
his purpose to force a record vote to
determine just who favored the SOL
diers' bonus bill.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota,
chairman of the Finance Committee,
replying to Senator Walsh declared
that while he had favored going ahead
with the bonus bill, he preferred to
have, the majority party members act
together as much S possible and the
action of the Republican conference
pledging the passage of the bonus bill
following action on the tariff was sat
isfactory to him.
With two exceptions the Republi-
cans stood by the conference agree
ment to defer action on the bonus.
Senators La Toilette of Wisconsin and
Norris of Nebrasll were the only
Republicans to vote with the Demo-
Gratis in favor of immediate action.
Eight Democrats voted with the Re-
publicans against taking up he bonus.
Following the tabling of the Walsh
motion, Senator Watson moved that
the soldiers bonus bill be made a
special order for consideration imme-
diately following the passage of the
tariff bill. This motion caused sew
eral hours discussion, but was finally
adopted by vote of So TO s. The
motion was amended so that 1t does
not preclude a mo-. IN to consider the
! bonus bill at an early date.
Several Democrats, including Sena-
tors Robinson of Arkansas, Heffin of
Alamaba and Ashurst of Arizona, Sc
verely scored i''e Republicans for de-
laying action on the bonus Senator
La Toilette accused his party COL
leagues of "shilly-shallying" on the
bonus.
During the debate Senator Jones of
Washington, chairman of the Commit
tee on Commerce, which is in charge
of ship subsidy legislation, amour. ced
that he would not seek to put this
legislation ahead the soldiers '.onus
this would be done, further delaying
action on the bonu measure.
Not less than tL-ae-fourths of one
inch in diameter-seven eighths of /
per cent per pounf instead of / ce, :.
as in the ordney and McCumber bills.
Less than three-fourths and not less
than three-eighths of one inch in d.
ameter, h cents per Lound, instead
of II cent, as in the Fordney and Nc
Cumber bills.
Sproeket and machine chains-35
per cent ad valorem instead of so per
cent as in the McCumber bill and 80
per cent as in the Fordney bill.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
Democrat, declared that even the new
rates were too high. He said that Inn
ports had been negligible, and thar
this was another case of protecting
against Germany without due cause.
He described the German competition
as myth. and said the high rates
were in the interest of few manu-
facturers.