The Princeton union., 1922-08-10
NEWS SUMMARY
OF THE CAPITAL
Final Vote on Tariff Bill Delayed
Duty on Leather and Hides is
Subject of Debate.
HOUSE SOON TO CONVENE
Rejection of Peace Proposals May
Force Government to Seize
Railroads.

PlanS OF Cne TepuUllCdIl d1u Oe111o-
cratic leaders for a final vote on the
tariff bill this month have been tenn
porarily upset by Senator O. L. Len
root of Wisconsin. He refused to con-
sent to any arrangement under which
important amendments might be acted
upon without discussion. The senate
placed both potash and arsenic on the
free list. The plan to pay federal
bounty of $9,500,000 to domestic pot
ash producers over a period of five
years was rejected by vote of 80 to
30. The proposed tariffs on hides,
boots, shoes and leather, which were
rejected by the house, were the sub
ject of heated controversy in the
senate Wednesday,. The leaders of
the republican agricultural tariff bloc
were in favor of the duty. on hides
while the senators from the eastern
and southern states opposed it.
Chemical wood pulp has been re-
stored to the tariff free list. Those
who were in favor of the amendment
argued that duty on this pulp would
result in the denuding of American
forests, discrimination against Ameri-
can paper mills and also that it would
constitute tax on the dissemination
of knowledge. Proponents added that
only small proportion of the timber
cut annually went into pulp, that the
industry needed protection from Cana
dian mills and, finally, the tax i'm
posed, while only small burden on
the newspapers, paper manufacturers
and book makers, would yield the gov
ernment $3,O00,000 in revenue.
Senator J. E. Watson of Indiana
predicted to day that the senate will
pass the long delayed soldier bonus
bill in record time after the tariff bill
is disposed of. Four days, in his opin-
ion, will be sufficient time for the
senate to act on it. The Indiana sena-
tor made this prediction, despite the
fact that efforts of senate leaders be-
hind the McCumber bonus bill to in
duce the sponsors of other bonus
measures to withdraw them, have been
unavailing.
A survey of the immigration figures
for the fiscal year just completed in
dicates that the per cent limitation
law has proved an effectual bar to
any overwhelming movement of i'm
migrants from southern and eastern
European countries to the United
States, Secretary Of Labor J. J. Davis
announced today. The stream of
aliens is straining the quotas, which
allot to each nation annually admis-
sions equal to 8 per cent of the num-
ber of foreign born of that nation in
the United States in 1910. The fig
ures show that northern and western
Europe are falling far short of their
quotas, while the southern and east
ern races are sending as many as
America will accept.
Budget bureau pruning knives rapid
ly are clipping the estimates of gov
ernment expenditures for the fiscal
year 1924 to the $3,OOO,00O,OOO mark,
it was said Monday night at the treas
ury. Brigadier General Lord of the
budget expects to have ready for sub
mission to President Harding by the
latter part of this week preliminary
statement of the probable require
ments of the spending departments of
the government for the fiscal year.
President Harding and Director Lord
have declared their intention of keep
ing the federal outlay within the
bounds Of the nations income.
Secretary Davis has taken steps to
avert the threatened seamen's strike
on the Great Lakes. The labor leaders
Informed the secretary that the own
ers of vessels operating on the Great
Lakes had reduced wages from S13O
to $88 month and that the unions
propose asking for 60 per cent in
crease
At a White House conference on
Saturday President Harding submit
ted new proposal to the representa-
tives of the shopmen's union. The
presidents proposal was understood
to be that the entire rail strike prob
lem, including the settlement of. the
seniority question, be submitted to the
United States railroad labor board.
Under the proposal both railroad ex-
ecutives and employees would agree to
abide by the decisions of the board.
Since it seems probable that this pro-
posal also will be rejected, president
Harding desires to have the house re-
convene next Tuesday prepared to
enact any legislation deemed advisa-
BILE in connection with the industrial
situation. If the twin rail and coal
strikes show no signs of breaking
down by that time, the president will
place before congress, for approval,
the governments plan for seizure of
certain railroads and coal mines.