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Representative Landis Discusses
Two Important Questions.
Does Not Believe the Tariff VIII BE
Revised, but Thinks That ModiH-
entiOn of the DiREIey Law Might
Be AdvantREeOux-The SurpIus-

We viii have 20 wrestle with the sur
plus. that viii be one Of the important
matters TO come before Congress at It's
I next session. said Representative lands
today Mr. Lands believes that the sur
plus viii continue 20 grow under existing
conditions and that some means VIII
have TO be adopted 70 handle it. cut Il
down, or dispose Of il in some way We
have not always had such a problem TO
deal with, continued Mr. lands. but
now that it is confronting us. We VIII
have 10 solve il. and have no doubt but
that We win be able TO do so.
Tariff revisi0n2 No. I do not believe
there viii be any material change In the
taTlif. There is no particular demand for
IL out In Indiana There is some tax Of
course. as there always IS when such
questions arise. but I have heard Of no
urgent demand for any changes Il is
quite natural however. as development
goes on. that conditions may so shape
themselves as TO make IL quite proper 20
revise certain portions Of such an act as
the DInEiey law II is very probable that
some notifications would be highly ad-
Vantageous- and these would probably
De made along the lines Of reciprocaI
agreements such as were advocated by
the late President Mckinley, and as .
understand President Roosevelt favors-
AS for a general revision OF the tarin
do not believe that anything OF the
kind will be accomplished. The trouble
Is that when any tampering with the tar
IN IS undertaken We never know where
We are going 10 stop; when the question
IS once opened up We never know where
Il ls going % lead % or what the result
VIII be- For that reason I believe that
the Republican leaders will b. extremely
careful IN their treatment Of the matter
before the coming session.
Il believe Senator Hanna preached the
right kind Of gospel when ne selected the
text Let wei enough alone Personally
am In favor Of reducing the internal
revenue. i'm order 10 avoid accumuIating
surplus. if it IS found that the surplus
Is building up too fast, and 70 such an ex-
tent that We do not know what 10 do
with il.
Il want 90 say. however. that We can
handle "a good share Of that surplus by
improving, auEmenting. and increasing
the rural free delivery system II is ex-
ceediHgly popular, and there is general
demand 20 have il take in ali the out
lying country districts. There is nothing
which brings the farmer in so close con
nection with the National Government as
the delivery Of his newspaper at his door.
step every day Where il has been tried
out our way the people are beginning to
wonder how they ever got along without
It as long as they did. and counties where
IL has not Yet been placed IL operation
are ciamoring for IT, The system brings
the farmer 10 the realization that the Na-
uonal Government is doing a little some
thing for him after all"
NJ lands has Just come from Ohio.
where be spent the last ten days OF the
campaign helping out his political breth-
r'n- and Jol1iugly takes the credit for
having rolled up the Republican majority
IN that state He admits. however. that
he encountered some hard Pre- positions.
Yer he spoke in Cleveland. where Tom
Johnson routed the Republicans. and a
clean Democratic legislative ticket was
elected for the first time in a number OF
years Mr- lands brother Fred lands.
also spoke in the southern part Of the
state, and the town which he reserved
until the last 10 make his final appesl for
the support Of the Republican ticket
showed marked Democratic gains