The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-06
Tenth District Congressman
Is Determined for Tariff
Revision.
BEVERIDGE IS ALSO FACTOR
Ways and Means Committee Hear
ing Wins Fame for Judge
Crumpacker.

Congressman E.. d. Crumpacker's po-
sition on the ways and means com
mittee in the house emphasizes the
fact tina he is one of the biggest
men in congress and the biggest man
in the house from Indiana. The fact
that an effort will he made to revise
the tariff this year and that the re-
vision Of the tariff will be done pri-
marily in the committee on ways and
means will make Representative Crun-
packer one OF the conspicuous men in
congress. The following is an excerpt
from a Washington dispatch dated
Feb. 4:
The nearer gets to tariff
revision the bigger the job looks. Tt
is perfectly plain now hat there Will
be a long, hard fight. with many com
is written upon the statute books. In
fact, there are some persons whose
opinions are entitled to eminent re-
spect who seriously doubt whether it
will be possible to get any sort of leg
~islation through the maelstrom of con-
tending interests to the final goal of
enactment.
IN the senate the spirit of indie
~pendence is scarcely less pronounced
The senators of the viriIe, Independent
type like Beverage of Indiana, Will
liam Alden Smith of Michigan and
Cummins of Iowa, Who refuse to take
SNUFF whenever Senator Aldrich sneezes,
are growing amazingly in number
and influence. The drift of both
branches Of toward indie
pendence and self-controI indicates
that the booses can ont get their heads
together and cram through any sort OF
a tariff bill that suits themselves
The fighting began in the ways and
means committee early in the tariff
conferences of the majority members
of which great regularity as the con
ferences have proceeded. Representa-
tive Crumpacker of Indiana wants
free trade in lumber. Fordney is q
lumber king, who owns large mills
and many acres of stumpage. The
same sort of conhict as that over lum-
Der has happened in references to many
of the schedules.
THE lumber schedule alone is likely
to provoke enough discussion to holc
congress here until the hot days O.
midsummer. The free lumber men ar,
intensely insistent.
Free Lumber or Nothing.
I'VE intend to have free lumber o.
there will be no tariff legislation a
ALL is the menacing threat that is be
ing made by Senator Burkett of Ne
braska. Senator Burkett does not g,
so far as to say that there is a com
bination of senators and representa-
tives interested in free lumber to de
feat the bill in case lumber is not pu
up the free list, but that is the in
ference drawn from Senator Burketti
remarks. Nebraska is for free lum
Der. and that is the reason why tn
senators and representatives from Ne
braska are un-compromising in thei
attitude on that schedule. 1t is be
lieved that the delegation from Indian
also will stand as a unit for free lum
Der. The only two republican mem
bers of the indiana delegation whe,
the tariff comes up for revision will b
Representative Crumpacker and Rep
~resentaive Barnard, James E. Watson
successor. Barnard's position is no
known. but Crumpacker and all of tn
Indiana democratic members are count
ed for free lumber.
. THE indications are that a powerfI
combination of interests will be forme
to resist the lowering of duties"