The New York herald., 1922-06-20
LONG DELAY Is SEEN
IN PASSING TARIFF
Considerable Doubt Exists
Whether Measure Will Be
Passed This Session.
SENATE PACE VERY SLOW
Only One-fifth Of Measure
Governed After Two Months
Consideration.
Special Dispa a h to THE New York HErALp.
Aew York Herald Bureau.
Waa hington, ID. c., June 10.

Special Dismal h to THE New YORK HErALp.
A-ew York Herald Bureau.
WaA hington. ID. c.. June ID. }
Even in the q zee of the agreement or
the Senate m a. iority to give to the
tariff bill the "A ght Of way. there Is
considerable DOUBT tonight whether II
will be possible. b cause of limited time.
to get the measure through at this
session of Congresy.
1t will be two montns tomorrow since
the Senate. as ommittee Oh tno
whole, began consid q aration OF the Dill.
In that time only 100 pages or the 4Vo
In the bill have been CO vered and even
then many of the i'm portant items
passed over for revision bv the Finance
Committee. All in ali-ontv about one
fifth of the bill has sbeen greed TO py
the Senate, with such Item as ciothlhs
and foodstuffs yet to be discussed,
At the present rate Of pr, Nsress eight
more months would have to pe devoteo
to the tariff bill before 1t gets cut OF the
committee of the whole. There I'll be
1t will be sufficient to permit action at
the present session is a grave question.
Time for Conference.
Even when the bill gets out of tthe
committee of the who'll, many amen l.
ments are to be considered before ~
vote is taken. Anywhere from two to
four weeks may be required for that
Then when the bill is passed by the
Senate, ii must go to joint conference
committee to reconcile the differences
with the House. At minimum. the
conference will take four weeks. ac-
cordlng to the best estimates.
Passage tonight of the 1923 navy ap-
~sat hnf hA fn
tomorrow will take up the tariff bin
but how far it will get with it Is an
other question. The expected debate
over the LaFollette resolution to put
the bonus bill ahead is likely to take
up so much time that nothing can be
done with the tariff bill until Wednes-
day. II then.
Senator McCumber IN. d.. chairman
of the Finance Committee. continued
his optimism to-day at the prospects
of getting the tariff bill through at this
session but his vision of what Is likely
to happen was not shared by all the
other members of the committee. Sem
ator McCumber hopes to get the bill
through the Senate by August 10. at
least, with the expectation that the
measure will get out of conference by
September Is and possibly agree to the
Senate and the House.
Dimculty OVer Quorum.
The belief that Senator McCumbers
optimism is not justified is based on the
knowledge that it will be difficult soon
to maintain a quorum in the Senate.
Even at this time a quorum Is barely
present and as election time approaches
it is recognized that every member who
is facing campaign for reelection will
be getting away.
The Senate Democrats who are fight
ing the high rates of the bill will con-
tinue their tactics, 1t became evident to-
day. rousing an item by item discussion
1t Is thought that they will not interfere
with the passage of the bill. Their posi-
tion is that the country should know
what is in the bill and what 1t means.
They see in this. of course, the political
advantage of fixing the responsibility for
the passage Of the bill on the Repub-
licans, who have the votes to get II
through.
The Finance Committee continued iu
closed session to-day. getting ready for
the open debate on the Senate floor. 1t
is expected that when the bill is taken
up again further reductions In the rates
will be announced. This consideration
OF the measure is regarded in the Senate
as the virtual rewriting of the bill.