Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-14
SENATE TO VOTE
SATURDAY ON
TARIFF MEASURE

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE admin
istration tariff bill will be brought to
final vote in the Senate next Satur-
day, Aug, 10, under an unanimous
consent. agreement entered into late
today
Passabc OF the measure was re-
garded by senators generally as q
forcgone conclusion. At least three
Democrats, Broussard and Ransdell
of Louisiana and kendick Of Wy0-
ming were counted upon to support
il, while the expectation was that not
70 exceed six. if that many. Repub-
licans would oppose it.
Senator Calder, Republican, New
York. declared in the Senate today
that strikes ana the tariff blockaCe e
the prosperity not alone Of this coun-
try. but of the world"
while the whole world is strug-
sling against tremendous odds tow
ard q period of prosperity. peace an /
uormal living it Is rot only tragic
Int calamity that the United States
il not today in 4 healthy condition
itself" he said. where there arc net
strikes there are grave industrial
rYohlCms. many OF them traCeablc
directly 70 brsiCcss paralysis due to
tariff uncertainties.
Describing a protective tariff as
"Amcrican's prosperity insurance" "
hn coil fla+ tlp - that n
protective tariff at this time would
result in a decline of export traffic
could not be supported by facts
Under the terms of the agreement
TIE Senate. beginning at not later
than I =. NJ. next Tuesday. will pro-
cCCd to vote without further debate
on al committee amendments then
undisposed of and at not later than
~ +. NJ. next Thursday it will vote
without further debate on all pend
ing individual amendments.
After such amendments have been
disposed Of, the bill viii be reported
to the Senate from the committee on
tho whole and reserved individual
amendments will then be taken up,
no senator Will be permitted to speak
more than once nor longer than 10
minutes upon any amendment.
All debate will end At i r. NJ. next
Saturday and then the bill will be
put upon the parliamentary Stages
leading to q final vote before ad-
journmcnt. Thus the measure will
lie disposed of exactly four months
from the day on which its consdora-
tton was begun ard the Senate will
lave set now long distance record
for disposition Of q tariff measure.
After the bill is passed by the SEN
ate, it will be scnt back to the
House whore the original Fordncy
measure was approved more than 4
year ago. \ conference between the
Senate ana House Will then be in
order and Chairman NcCumber
hopes to have tho conferences begin
their work carly in tie week follow
ing final senate action
The C0nfcrccs will face a long and
difficult task. One of the big issues
% ho settled is whether the House
American valuation plan is to give
way to the Senate Foreign Valuation
basis of assessing tariff duties. The
flexible and scientific" tariff plans
will lie subjects in dispute. In ad-
ditiOn there will be something like
1.Goo actual tariff rates in contro-
vcrsy.
There has been some cloak room
gossip. referred to several times on
tho Senate floor recently by Demo-
cratic opponents Of the bill, that tho
tariff would die in conference. Sen
ator Mc"unhor and other Rcpuhli-
can leaders. horo however, TO get
tho measure out within fcw weeks
and ohtain final action on it by the
Senate ana H0l,cn