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CUBAN TARIFF PLAN IS CAUSE OF ARGUMENT Pan-American Conference Will Decide Upon Disposition Of Proposal Today FLEXIBLE PROVISION IS DEFENDED BY FLETCHER mistakeable determination to make an issue of high tariffs was expressed today by delegates to the fourth PanAmerican Commercial Conference. A Cuban proposal that import duties remain unchanged for two years, pending study by special committee, was formally introduced. A disagreement on its disposition followed. Finally, the delegates consented to hold an plenary session tomorrow to decide whether the proposition should go first to the committee or be subjected to open debate on Thursday Under the Cuban plan, the conference would formally recommend the tariff truce to the 20 Latin American republics represented and to the United States. The special committee would study methods of tariff readjustment. The tariff storm broke after Chairman Fletcher, of the Tariff Commission, had defended the system of the United States. He explained and to the delegates the flexible provision which, he said, already has permitted studies of several Latin products with view to revision of rates. He pointed out that two-thirds of those products entered the United States duty-free. Prof. Edwin Kemmerer, Princeon, N. J., economist, also had spoken, on currency, another question prominent in the minds of the delegates. He defended the gold standard. ruling by Chairman Varela. minister of Uruguay, that the Cuban plan go to the resolutions committee apparently was interpreted by leaders of the high tariff opposition as holding the possibility of shelving the issue. They immediately entered a heated protest, holding it should be considered in open session. Technical questions of customs uniformity and like topics were forgotten in the argument principally between the Mexican delegation and the chair, as to how the tariff question best could be presented. Gustavo Gutierrez, chairman of the Cuban delegation, took issue with suggestions of previous conference speakers that action on the tariff did not lie within the conference's province. This meeting was called, he said, "precisely to alleviate obstacles to international trade. Why should we not speak of it?" AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE ENTERPRISE, ALA., Oct. 6.-(Speial.)-Circuit Court opened for the Fall term here Monday morning and was adjourned within an hour. The adjournment was caused on account of the county funds for court expenses having been deposited in the First National Bank of Elba, which closed its doors last week. Circuit Judge W. Parks stated that arrangements would be made within few days and that the trying of criminal cases would proceed next week as planned. The civil cases which would have come up for trial this week will be postponed until a later term. The cal-
