The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-29
CONGRESS TOPASS
 |. PROTECTIVE
 TARIFF FB|LL--LODGE
Republican Leader Predicts Nation Will Approve Pro- posed BiIl-Cloture Rule
 to Be Defeated
Ky Associated Press

Washington, May 2s.--Congress vii pass a republican protective tariff" before it adjourns, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, declared today in state ment outlining his views on the measure now before the Senate. He predicted that the country would ap- prove the bill "when the time comes for the electorate to pass judgment. :"
 Night sessions will continue this week under the tariff program with items in the metals chedule the inn mediate business when work is re- sumed tomorrow It was consid- cred improbable that the move to in- yoke cloture as an additional means of expedition would be successful.
 sThe republican majority in the Senate" said MT, Lodges statement, "believes the policy of protection Is the surest road to the building up and restoration of our economic in terests. That is the purpose of the pending bill"
 Senator Lodge denied that the rates proposed in the permanent bill would have an adverse effect on the NOlulne or lTHues
 "our foreign trade today is not suffering because Of the tariff and we are living now under the emer- geney tariff act, which has higher rates in many cases than those pro- posed In the finance committee bill Senator Lodge declared. "The demo- crats seek to give the impression that the increases in our foreign trade and In trade conditions throughout the country are due to the Under- wood tariff act. whereas the figures quoted by Secretary Hoover show increases in foreign trade which have developed since the emergency tariff became law.
 same Arguments
 'I have been through eight tariff debates. The importers and demo- crats always put up the same camou- flaged attacks that we hear today, but the country invariably returns and supports q republican protective tariff when q new foundation is needed by the business of the country to rebuild an era of prosperity
 Tt is upon the protective principle that the great prosperity of this country has been built We are obliged today to meet an economic situation such as the world has never
 
 condition of exchange The funda- mental conditions of all tariff legis- lation today are entirely different from what they were prior to the war. Nevertheless this Is not an ar gument for delay In tariff revision. The first essential of business is to have stability of conditions so far as they depend upon the tariff legisla- tion of the country. Business can adjust itself to a discouraging tariff. or even to one badly constructed. better than 1t can to condition of suspense and doubt. Our duty, as far as legislation can do so, is to pass the tariff and other economic meas ures to stimulate and encourage the improvement in business which is now visible.
 "The time wasting and delay which the democrats are engaged in Is simply postponing the arrival of a period of business stability. Our first duty is to build up our own in- dustries. and when that Is accom- plished we shall be able to go for ward and no one need have any fear that we shall not get our full share of foreign trade.'