Arizona republican., 1922-05-13
TARIFF ROW
CENTERS On
REPUBLICAN
{ EDITORIALS s
Republicans Charge Demo
cratic Senators With Fill
buster To Prevent Early
Passage Of The B i'll
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WASHINGTON. May 12-Republi-
can and Democratic leaders in the
senate got into another row today
over the tariff, the controversy CEN
tering around the attacks of Repub-
lican newspapers on the measure and
on the duty Of 10 cents a gallon
proposed on wood alcohol by the fl
nance committee There were charges
of a filibuster from the majority side
and flat denials from the Democratic
side with counter charges that the
members Of the committee were re-
fusing to give the senate information
about the rates on which it could act
intelligently Editorials were pre-
sented by Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, the Democratic leader in
the fight who concluded a general as
sault on the bill with the prediction
that if it We're passed in it's present
form, it would lead the business of
this \ country into a debacle from
which is will take us a quarter of a
century to rescue it and the dire con-
sequences of which TO the American
people cannot be measured in words
or figures
Senator MeCumber. Republican,
North Dakota. in cnarge of the bill,
countered with a charge that the edi-
torials were a part of a propaganda"
and the assertion that the predic-
tion of Senator Simmons as to the
result of the passage of the bill was
not ''one- half as startling as would
be the dire results if the Underwood
tariff law remained in effect for an
other year" He added that the Re-
publicans were going to put a pro
tective tariff bill" on the statute
books and would take the conse-
quences."
Asserting that there was a COM
bination" on the Republican side TO
put the bill through without even
considering the schedules" Senator
Hitchcock Democrat. Nebrask said
that if there We're no Republican sem
ator who would stand up and fight
this bill as did Senators Dolliver,
Beveridge and others when the
Payne Aldrich measure was up. the
Democrats would make the fight and
would continue to make 1t until the
bill was passed.
Senator Borah. Republican, Idaho.
remarked that il the Democrats
would present reasonable rates in
substitution for the committee rates
you will get some votes on this
side" He added, however. that those
on the Republican side would not
vote for free trade.
Declaring there was no information
on which to base tariff at this time.
Senator Borah said he would vote
unhesitatingly to postpone considera-
ton of the bill, aiding that he would
support an amendment to the emer-
gency tariff law to take care of the
situation until world conditions had
become more settled and there was
information on which to act
Senator Hitchcock insisted that the
committee had failed to give the SEN
ate information about the rates and,
in reply to charges of Democratic
delay, he demanded to known what
excuse the finance committee could
give for keeping the bill in commit
tee from last July % to April 10.
He said the time was not taken up
with hearings but with secret meet
ings of the Republican members OF
the committed Senator Smoot OF
Utah ranking Republican on the IL
nance committee, charged there was
a filibuster on the chemical schedule
and defended the committee rate or
10 cents a gallon on wood alcohol
which was approved. saying that
Canada was building up wood al
cohol industry and imposed a tax OF
1920 a gallon on 1t. Senator Hitch
cock, read a tariff commission state
ment that the wood alcohol industry
in the United States was one of the
largest in the world and insisted that
the commodity should be on the free
list as in the Payne -Aldrich and In
derwood laws.
In presenting the metropolitan
newspaper editorials to the senate
Senator simmons said he did so be-
cause he wanted the newspapers OF
the country and the people Of the
country to begin studying the ques-
Gons
This is a measure in the interest
of the profiteers and in. the interest
Of the monopolies in this country,
he declared.
1T overlooks the rights of the
people and.is not framed on any prln-
ciple that is demanded by the usages
in the industries"