The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-27
SENATE COMES ID FIRST STRUGGLE ON
 TARIFF SCHEDULES
Underwood and Stanley Lead Fight Against BiIl--Cum- mins May Vote With
 the Minority
6 By Associated Press

Washington. May 26. = The Senate came today to It's first hig fight over individual schedules in the tariff bill.
 Rates recommended by the finance committee majority of some steel products came under fire from both the republican and democratic sides of the chamber, but as rapidly as votes were taken the committee was sustained.
 Senator Cummins of Iowa. one of the republican senators who fought the Payne-Aldrich bill, opened the fight on committee duties on steel plates and announced that he would have amendments to offer to many other duties In the schedule. Senator Underwood of Alabama. the demo- cratic leader, and Stanley of Ken lucky. conducted the fight for the minority.
 Asserting that for years the United States Steel corporation had fixed the price on substantially all commodities It produced or in which 1t dealt. Senator Cummins said the intimacy in the industry was so close that something besides competition would have to be depended upon to fix reasonable rates.
 T do not want to go to the point to which we are being forced; that of the government fixing prices,'' said Senator Cummins. "Therefore. l am In favor of adjusting the sched- ules to permit fair competition from abroad, but do not know that will be effective"
 Produce Cheap Steel
 The Iowa senator and Senators Underwood and Stanley argued that the United States did produce steel cheaper than any other country in the world. the democratic senators insisting that in this circumstance tariff duties were Unnecessary. Senator Stanley said the United States vas selling in the markets ef fhs world and that in the face of that the United States Steel corporation wanted Congress to guarantee it's profits against any possible eompe- tition from foreign lands.
 Senator Underwood characterized the rates on steel plates as a shame and fraud on the American people," He urged that Congress let the steel industry stand as 1t was a giant In the world of industry and not wet nurse it like baby In crib"
 In the course of his address Senator Cummins disclosed that he was one or the leaders on the majority side who sought to prevent a general re- 'ioioH ol tHe tarlIl al tnlS time. He said that this was not the time for such legislation because chaotic con- ditions in the world made it im- possible to obtain accurate informa- tion on which to act
 Vote Own Sentiments
 The Iowa senator went on to say, however, that since his counsel did. not prevail he wanted to support the finance committeee in its revision wherever possible, but that when he believed the rates proposed were too high he intended to vote his own sentiments.
 Senator McCumber, republican, North Dakota. in charge of the tari bill, argued that 1t was not enough to write rates that simply would eaualize production costs. He de- ciared that the matter of the differ ence In transportation costs should fe taken into consideration and that even where production costs in the united States and a foreign country were equal, allowance should be made for the higher standard of liv- ing obtaining in this country than In any other country in the world.
 Cloture and the difficulties repub- lican leaders have been having in keeping majority senators on the job were brought into the tariff discuss
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