The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-24
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ocrats Give Answers.
May Lay Aside Measure

Washington. June %. - Slow
progress in the senate tariff bill to-
day resulted in a new cloture move
ment. Republican leaders, in private
conferences. planned to invoke the
existing cloture rule, limiting debate
by a two-thirds vote and. il uisuc-
cessful. they said they were consid-
cring the drastic step Of laying aside
the tariff bill to fight for their pend
ing majority cloture rule.
Senator Watson. republican. In
diana, was said to have made the
suggestion for an attempt TO ap-
ply the two-thirds rule now in the
rule book. He said he was plan
ming within day or two to begin
circulation OF petition. requiring
only 10 senator's signatures. for pre-
sentation to the senate. 1t was hoped,
however, to obtain in danvancc
pledges Of the necessary two-thirds
support. Republican leaders said it
was possible that the necessary
pledges might be obtained or within
few votes OF the required two
thirds.
Lodge Urges Cloture.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,,
republican leader, said he believed
the cloture move would be made. If
this effort to get an early vote on
the bill should fail, Senator Lodge
added, the republican leaders were
considering seriously the plan to lay
aside the tariff bill and make fight
for the new rule to invoke cloture
by majority vote and fight it out
all summer if necessary"
Committee amendments in two
paragraphs OF the bill were disposed
of today. and the votes on these were
the first the senate had had since the
consideration of the measure was
resumed last Tuesday. following pas
sage OF the naval appropriation bill.
Rates approved were on chains and
spades, scythes, etc. The rates on
chains ranged from 7-8 cents a pound
to IS per cent ad valorem and re-
ported material reduction from the
bills originally proposed by the co:a-
mittee majority. Amendments offered
by Senator Simmons. democrat,
North Carolina, calling for even
greater reductions were rejected by
large majorities. The duty on spades,
etc, approved, was IS cents ad va
loren as originally recommended.
Democrats Make Replies.
Much of today's discussion con-
sisted OF democratic replies to
speeches made previously by re-
publican senator's. Contentious of
those senators that American in
dustry was threatened by an inflow
of cheaply produced German goods
were disputed by Senators Hitchcock
of Nebraska and Jones of New
Mexico, both democrats. They under
took also to show that there was not
as great a spread between wages in
this country and in Germany as
senators on the majority side had
Presenting official reports from
government commercial
representatives in Germany to show
that wages in that country as meas
ured in marks were from 10 to 20
times as high as gefore the war,
Senator Hitchcock told the senate
that the talk about disastrous Ger
man competition was a "bugaboo."
Both he and Senator Jones declared
that the bill seemed to be designed to
continue commercial war with Ger
many.
The Nebraska senator asserted that
respite enormous subsidies to rail-
roads and industries in an effort to
cheaper production and expand ex-
port trade, Germany now was able to
export only one-third as much as it
did begore the war. Because of the
condition of its national budget, he
continued, Germany already finds it
necessary to withdraw the subsidies
and, as result wages there are going
up. On the other hand, he said,
wages in this country are being re-
duced so that the difference in pro-
duction costs is being decreased.
Citing reductions in imports from
Germany, Senator Jones said any
flood was going by and that the
republicans were raising "ghost'
in emphasizing the alleged danger
of German competition.