New Britain herald., 1928-01-11
TARIFF ARGUMENTS AGAIN CALL FORTH STRENUOUS DEBATE Senate Still Wraneles Over "RMucdon'' "ReYision" and
 "prespsrity'
SENATOR REED REPORTS
 MEXICAN PAPERS FAKES

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 Washington. Jan. II (UP)-The first extended tarin debate since the passage of the Fordney- McCumber bill in 1922 continued today in the senate. Already it has brought forth four of the longest speeches of the session and several more are ex- pected.
 Senator McMaster, republican, South Dakota, started the oratory by calling up his resolution for gen. eral tariff reduction and Senator McNary. republican. Oregon. offered an amendment to provide for gen. eral tariff revision. The amendment opened the entire tariff problem to discussion.
 HArris0n Launches Attack Senator Harrison. democrat, Mis- sissippi, assaulted the emergency tariff bill of 1921 and the Fordney- McCumber bill in the opening speech yesterday. claiming the 1921 measure. which fixed tariff rates on agricultural products. was a sop to agriculture intended to pave the way for the 1922 bill. which pro- vided high protection for industry.
 Senator Watson, republican, In- diana. defended both measures. He said the emergency tariff bill was approved by farm representatives before 1t passed congress and de- clared the protective system set up by the Fordney- -McCumber act re- sponsible for the present prosperity of the nation.
 "Prosperity" Questioned
 Senator Brookhart. republican. Iowa. challenged Watson's state- ment that the country is prosperous. He said % per cent of the Ameri- can farmers are on the verge of bankruptcy and quoted figures to show that lions share of so-called prosperity is being enjoyed by large corporations.
 The sensational Mexican "state documents" published in newspa- pers of William Randolph Hearst were branded in their entirety as fakes and forgeries" in . report submitted to the senate today by the senate investigating committee,
 The committee did not point to anyone as perpetrator but asked leave of the senate to continue its investigation in an effort to fasten guilt upon the fabricator of the papers.
 Chairman David A. Reed of the committee said on the floor of the senate later that he frankly sus- pected" Miguel Avila. Hearst agent. in connection with the documents. He also attacked the testimony of John Page. Hearst newspaperman. concerning the source from which he received letter to which the signature of Senator La Toilette, jr. was forged.
 Reed said. however. that he did not believe either could be convicted on the basis of evidence thus far obtained by the committee.
 The committee reported specifi- cally there was no foundation for the charge that the Mexican gov ernment schemed to make bribe payments of t1,215,0O0 to four United States senators-Borah, Nor ris, La Toilette and Heflin.
 It stated the document published by the Hearst papers. reciting this charge. ''is spurious and fraudulent and insofar as 1t purports to be signed by the president of Mexico or the secretary of treasury of Mex leo, it is forged"
 For the most part. the brief re- port cited the undisputed evidence that the documents were obvious 
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