The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-06
FINAL VOTEO
TARIFF BILLS
EXPECTED SOON
Debate Will Be Cut Short and
All Amendments Must Be Fin
ished by Next Saturday.
BOTH PARTIES WANT
THE ISSUE SETTLED
Tariff on Sugar Will Be Reduced
If Cuban Producers Will Cut
Their Output.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-A final
vote on the tariff bill before September
l, is hoped for by republican and dem
ocratoc leaders under the operation of
a unanimous consent agreement en-
tered into today by the senate. While
the agreement fixes no date or a, vote.
1t provides for sharp curtailment of de-
bate and disposition before next Sat-
urday Of all amendments to the more
important sections Of the bill still in
controversy.
Sugar Schedules Arranged
The agreement was entered into a
compromise and was approved in the
midst of debate on the sugar schedule.
Opening that debate. Senator Harri-
son, democrat, Mississippi, renewed
discussion of the letter written to Ma
jor General Crowder, at Havana, by
Senator Smoot, Utah, ranking repub-
-lican on the senate finance committee.
Mr.. Harrison said the letter proposed
reduction in the duty on Cuban raw
sugar if Cuban producers would curtaiI
their crop this year to $4,000 tons.
Senator Smoot told the senate he had
written letter, but not such a letter
as that described. ->
Senator Harrison also read what
purported to be an agreement by GER
tain interests concerned in the import
alton of Cuban sugar, who were to
accumulate a fund of $4,000, 900 to
be contributed by members on the
basis of one-fourth of a cent pound
on sugar from Cuba, this sum to be
paid to the American producers of
cane sugar upon some, arrangement or
agreement involving the fixing Of the
duty on Cuban sugar in the pending
bill
Cubans Will Not Cut Crop
The Mississippi Senator said this al
legged agreement was drawn after Cub
an producers had refused to enter in
to an arrangement to curtail their crop.
The paper was signed, he added by the
Cuban Sugar Producers Agreement
Syndicate, Inc, by Alfred Grover di-
rector, and that the headquarters were
given as New York City. Inquiry was
made as to the identity of Mr.. Grover
and after a cross-fire of debate Sena-
tor Harrison, said he would propose
a senate investigation both as to the
alleged syndicate and the reported eff
forts of government officials to bring
about a reduction of the Cuban crop in
return for reduced tariff duties. Later
he introduced such a resolution, and
asked for immediate consideration, but
Seuator Lodge Of Massachusetts, the
republican leader objected, saying
there wasn't time today to discuss it.
Threaten Large Duty
Senator Harrison charged that be-
fore Senator Smoot wrote to General
Crowder, Cuban producers after negot-
ations had refused to agree to curtail
this years crop. He read from the last
January number of the Economic
Bulletin of Cuba" as to the negotia-
ions This stated that a curtailment of
production has been insisted on by
he United States beet sugar interests
md government officials of the United |
States" and Mr.. Harrison asserted
hat the threat had been made that un- |
ess the crop was decreased a tariff |
luty of three cents a pound might be |
imposed in place OF the proposed 1.6 |
,ents per pound. Also, he declared, the /
Cuban producers were promised that If
hey would comply with the request
he 1.6 cents duty would be cut to IA
ents.
Black Page In History
when was a blacker page ever
written in the legislative history of this /
ountry?" asked the Mississippi Sena-
or. when was a more inexcusabIe
proposal made to another country with
which we were on friendly terms?"