Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
SENATE MAY
HOLD NIGHT
SESSION ON
TARIFF BILL
Minority Report Attack
ing Tariff Bill Filed In
Senate By Ranking
Democratic Member
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WASHINGTON, May 6.-Develop-
ments today in senate consideration
of the pending tariff bill included the
filing Of the minority report attack
ing the measure, approval of the Il
nance committee amendments in
creasing the duties on Tactic acid,
and an informal discussion among
Republican leaders of measures de-
signed to speed up senate. action.
Night sessions beginning next
Tuesday with a view to forcing cur
tailment of debate were among sub
iects discussed by the leaders, but
no decision was reached.
Three roll calls were demanded py
the Democrats on the lactic acid
parag graph, but the committee amend
ments under which the rates on this
acid would be from two cents to nine
cents a pound, in place of the house
duties of from one and one-haf 10
five cents, were accepted by sub
stantial maiorities on almost strictly
party votes.
The minority report on the bill was
filed by Senator Simmons OF North
Carolina, ranking Democrat on the
finance committee, who asserted that
If properly entitled, the tariff would
be termed as" "an act to mortgage the
country and resources to the protect
ed and monopolized industries.
Declaring that the atmosphere OF
the capitol had been surcharged for
IS months with the 'frenzied clamor
Of the protected industries for pro-
hibitive rates" the report said these
interests believed that embargoes and
prohibitions would do for them now
what embargoes and prohibitions did
for them during the war.
"The rates imposed in this Dill,
the report continued, ARE rates that
in their operation, while not enhanc-
ing the price of labor or operating
in any way in the interest of labor,
will tend to the maintenance of pres
ent high profits and prices OF which
the people now complain, and furnish
an opportunity to further increase
these prices. while the power to fur
ther increase these rates. vested n
the President, viii opaT;ste as an in-
vitation TO invoke ting exercise or
these extra Legislative powers when
the prescribed rates are not sufficient
to safeguard the protected producers
again the risk of foreign competition
in case they may wish 70 raise their
prices above the level of the pretec-
tion against such competition afford :
ed by the rates written in the bill.
Affects All the People
'sThev must be paid by all the
people, the report said. ''just as
those in the revenue bin must be
paid By all the people and not by
the beneficiaries who have demand
ed and got them. The, people must
not only pay the taxes on imports
which go directly into the treasury
but they must pay the resulting in
crease in prices of all things they buy
and consume.
broadly speaking. the views OF the
specia1 interests who asked these
taxes and got them and OF the people
who pay them differ widely in their
praisement OF this measure and its
effect upon the national prosperity
so far as the special interests are
| concerned, it goes without saying the
taxes imposed are both satisfying and
comforting
ION the other hand the people view
this bill, as a measure full OF mis-
chief and dangerous possibilities,
| loaded with innumerable burdens for
| them and their posterity.
when the Fordney bill passed the
house the general public regarded II
as a monstrosity so grotesque and ab-
surd that they took it more as a joke
than as a serious attempt at tariff
revision 1t did not excite in them
any great degree of alarm because
! they felt sure the senate would re-
write it, and they expected from this
body saner action in their behalf.
IN these expectations the people
have been grievously disappointed,
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