The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-25
+IRIFF KEEP CONGRESS
| BUSY TILL LATE FALL
,,Drps HAVE GIVEN ..
+rnDEs OF GETTING HOME
-,,Tr rss BILL GOES OVER.
IhMPAIGN AT DISTANCE

Anly One-Third OF Neasuie il 49,,
Ao+ad on in Senate in Three Months
, ,I[ Than 1000 Amendments Have
n Been Proposed
DISTINCTION, D. C.-Tariff leg
s,st;on must either be laid aside to-
s4bor with ship subsidy and the sol
bonus, or else the coming CON
|E...ional campaign. will be carried on
&rgelv from the house and senate OF
e building. ;rood 49,
q" ;;m,3oossible to put the pending leg
Is ,;r rllp program through before the
a. or middle of October, and those
s,bers who are seeking to hold their
stli' IN congress are agreed that II
~ legislative program is to be car
US oSt their electioneering must be
ne on a long-distance basis.
Tariff Stumbling Block.
H.. tariff is the stumbling block.
y subsidy bill might be enacted
hin a reasonable time and even the
. Gar bonus might be provided for,
pII nobody who has observed the
,rsr OF tariff legislation through this
uaress believes for minute that the
'r3nev- cCumber measure can be
oosed OF by the senate, by the con-
ence committee and by the house
senate again until the autumn is
I'll advanced. II,
h. date the senate has passed the
i bundredth paragraph of bill III
bicb there are 1000 paragraphs.
preover many of the debatable is
Is in the bill have been passed over
still have to come up for action.
her the 1000 paragraphs have been
II with there are $40 sections COW
no administrative features and gen
provisions which must come up.
Is Miles of Printed Lines.
Senator Willis, OF Ohio, said some
le ago that if the printed lines OF
senate tariff debate were strung
line after line, they would extend
10 miles. Today, he says, they
uld extend for Is miles. Before the
bate is concluded the printed strip
bbablv would extend from Washing
III to Baltimore, or even to Winning
congress set out in January, 1921,
write a new tariff bill, and more
IN IS months have passed with the
assure still the unfinished business
senate.
During approximately IS months the
was in the course of preparation
the house committee on ways and
ans and the senate committee on
ance. and, as is usually the case with
h legislation, the greater part OF
work was done behind closed
prs. The public hearings covered on
few weeks. A part of the time,
course, has been consumed in de-
te on the floor of the house and sem
House Began January 6, 1921.
After long months of secret consid-
tion OF the bill the house ways and
ans committee opened public hear
on January 6, 1921, and closed
Em on February 10. The bill finally
5 reported to the house on July O.,
precisely six months after the hear
# opened.
Debate opened in the house on July
and under a special rule the bill
$ passed on July II, 1921. 1t was
to the senate the next day, and
c refarraJ 10 +Lo G1opra committee
Earrings were held by the senate COM
ttee for a brief period and Chair
IN McCumber reported it on April
1922, or eight months and three
ekS after it had been received from
house. Senate debate began on
nI 10Th and was continued almost
{ thout interruption for nearly three
Rnths. Night sessions have been. held
rmg part of this time and the SEN
has convened an hour earlier than
bal during the whole of the period.
Rewritten in Senate.
hf tariff bill has been almost COM
eIy rewritten in the senate finance
nmttee, Instead of fixing the pro-
Eed duties on the basis of American
uat1on, as the house had done, the
iate committee reverted to the old
p OF computing duties according to
foreign market valuation Other
zeal changes also were made. Recl-
petty features of the house plan
e altered and authority was con-
req on the president to revise rates
make the tariff more flexible. Per-
sSon was granted for goods to be
pPTaSed upon complaint and in
nerous instances the duties were in
aSed beyond those allowed by the
ne senate committee in reporting
bill recommended 2,082 amend
Jus. Since then the committee it
has found further changes that
snl to be made, and to date has
Onimendcd 100 additional. Then,
inc democratic minority is pre-
gu TO present probably 1000
,sndinents which are to be acted