Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-24
REP PUBL|CANS To
INVOKE CLQTURE
RULE ON TARIFF
BILL IN SENATE
Slow Progress Made in Con-
Sidering the Measure
Leads to a New Move
ment for Showing Speed,
DEMOCRATS REPLY TO
MAJORITY SPEECHES
Senator Jones of New Mex
leo Speaks a Good Word
for the Press; Is Not Gen.
orally Corrupt,

Washington, June 23.-Slow
nrogress in the senate on the tariff
bill today resulted in a new cloture
movement. Republican leaders IN
private conferences planned to iu-
woke the existing cloture rule, linz
itinp debate by a two-thirds vote
and If. unsuccessful, they said they
were considering the drastic step
of laying aside the tariff bill to
fight for their pending majority
cloture rule.
Senator Watson, republican, In
diana was said to have made the
suggestion for an attempt to apply
the tWo-thirds rule now in the rule
book.
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts.
republican leader, said he believed
the cloture move would be made.
Committee amendments in only
two paragraphs favorable were dis
posed of today and the votes were
the first the senate had had since
the consideration of the measure
was resumed last Tuesday follow
| ing the passage of the naval ap-
preparation bill. Rates were APP
proved on chains and spades.
scythes, etc.
Rates on Chains.
The rates on chains ranged from
rs cents a pound to 35 per cent ad
valorem and represented material
reduction from the duties original
! ly proposed by the committee ma
| jority. The duty on spades, etc,
approved, was 35 per cent ad va
lorem as originally recommended.
Much of toddy's discussion con-
sisted of democratic replies to
speeches made previously by re-
publican senators. Contentious OF
those senators that American in
dustry was threatened by an inflow
| of cheaply produced German
| goods We're disputed by Senators
Hitchcock OF Nebraska and Jones
of New Mexico, both democrats.
| Presenting official reports from
| American government commercial
Representatives In Germany to show
that wages In that country as
measured in marks were from n
| to 90 times as high as before tho
war, Senator Hitchcock told the
| StUdLe lildl lile tam dboub hloao-
trous German competition was
"bugaboo" Both he and Senator
Jones declared that the bill SEEM
cd to be designed to continue COM
mercIally the war with Germany.
German Exports Lower.
The Nebraska senator asserted
that despite enormous subsidies to
railroads and industries in an ef-
! fort to cheaper production and ey-
pand export trade, Germany now
was able to export only one-third
as much as 1t did before the war
| Referring to the attack ycster-
day by Senator Watson. republican
Indiana, on the New York Times.
Senator Jones charged that It was
part of plan of the republicans
to distract attention from tIa tariff
bill, which he said had not been
defended in any of the several ad-
dresses delivered recently by lead
ers on the majority side. Charac-
terizing the Times as "arother
great independent newspaper" the
New Mexico senator said he did
not believe there was ano her pa-
per in all the country that "enioycd
the confidence of the people to n
i greater degree than the Times. ITe
added that he did not believe the
republicans could convince the
people that the metropolitan pa
pers and press generally We're cor
rupt."