Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-27
SIMMONS SCORES
TARIFF NE EASURE:
IN THREE HOU rs
TALK IN Sc NATE
Is Fraught With More DAN
ger Than any Bill Ever
Introduced, Senator from
North Carolina SAYS.
SPECIAL INTER-
FAVORED s 6ERTS
Enactment " $rAW viii
Result in .3$N Cost Of
Living an oVTeaSed Un-
en1pIoyr IN IT, S,


Washingto, .pril 26.-Summing
up a three hours attack on the
pending tariff bill today in the sem
late, Senator simmons, democrat,
North Carolina, declared that /;
was his deliberate judgment that
the measure was "fraught with
more danger to the people of the
country and the institutions under
which they live than any bill which
ever crossed the threshold of this
chamber"
The senator said he supposed the
measure would be passed, not be-
|cause it met the judgment of the
senate, but because a considerable
part of the majority Of the senate
are willing to forego their Oppo-
sition to what they regard as un-
just impositions upon the people in
order to get concessions fer those
in whom they are especially inter-
'ested."
No Delaying Tactics.
Departing from t.ie text of his
address, which had been prepared
after what he described as a care
.ful study Of the bill, the democratic
leader said there should be no de-
liberate delaying tactics on the min
ority side, but that there must be
full and free discussion, ito make
clear what this bill, if passed, will
mean to the American people. >
Senator Simmons, who was chair
man of the senate finance commit
tee when the present Underwood
act was framed, was given close at
tention by about score of sena-
tors, one of the largest attendances
on the floor since the debate on the
tariff measure opened.
Enactment OF the measure,
he asserted, would result in
higher costs of living, increased
unemployment and the "fur-
thcr monopolization of Amer
lean industries"
The North Carolina senator
charged that the rule followed by
the finance committee i'll detelnfin-
ing rates, together with the SUPER
added rate making powers confer
red upon the president, makes
rate fixing almost as much u mat
ter of political and personal pat
ronage as the distribution of federal
Offices"
Continues Analysis.
After Senator simmons conclud-
ed, Senator King, democrat, Utah,
continued his analysis of the chem
ical schedule begun yesterday. lie
charged that the provision in the
bill making it unlawful to import
dyes in containers or packages
bearing the trade marks of dyes
registered in the United States was
a Joker" added to the measure in
the interests of the so-called chemi-
cal foundation, of which practically
"all dye manufacturers in this
country are members"
The Utah senator asserted that
the chemical foundation claimed to
own all the patents and trade
marks on dyes as result of the
sale to it of such patents and trade
marks seized by the alien property
custodian during the war and de-
clared that decent regard fol
treaties and international law for
bade such seizures"
Before the days debate closed
Chairman McCumber, of the
finance committee, defended
AHltl lCdll DuSillGSS lllCll lIDul Will
be said had been the attacks made
on them by Senators Jones, of New
Mexico, and King, democrats, in
addresses yesterday. He declared
the American business men were
just as honest as the foreign manu-
facturers or importers and in this
connection told the senate that he
had seen printed warnings to Amer
leans travelling abroad to beware of
the merchants of certain foreign
countries because they would rob
the American tourists. He added
that no such warnings had ever
been given about American business
men.
In opening his address, Senator
Simmons told the senate a study of
the bill in connection with existing
conditions in this country and
abroad, made it perfectly clear"
that it was framed with a view to
enabling the Industries protected to
further advance present Excessive.
ly high prices"