Evening star., 1909-05-12
MAY, Be LONG SESSION
Congress May Not Adjourn Be-
fore the 4th Of July.
PROCEEDINGS OF TODAY
Attitude of Party Leaders in Charge
of Measure.
REMARKS OF SENATOR HALE
Finance Committee Will oner
Amendment to Measure Making
Changes in Rates.
REMARKS OF SENATOR HALE

I'VE will make tariff bill which VIII
smn,v nrotect American industries If it
takes all summer to do it.
This remark indicates the present at''-
tude Of the republican leaders IN the
Senate. 1t may be added i'll passing that
II is the belief of some OF the repuohcahs
that il NAV take .he best part OF the suh'-
mer to carry OUT the program. one
yerv influential and we'll posted republican
leader said today that he would not ne al
ALI surprised to fnd Congress still In ses'
sion July f.
The insurgent republicans were very
much heartened last evening by some re-
marks made by Senator ROOT IN the
Senate late yesterday on tine glass
schedule. drawing the inference there1rom
that Senator Root is inclined to forsake
the leadership offered by the finance CON-
mittee and cast in his lot with the advo-
Gates of decidedly lower duties They also
inferred that Senator ROot was convey !n6
hint from the White House that the
leaders are holding too tight a rem Oh
tariff revision.
In Well Informed Quarters.
It was said today in well Informed quar-
ters that it is incorrect to assume that
the Senate leaders propose to ABANDON
the general policy of insisting upon amply
protective rates, and that It fs likewise
an error to place Senator Root in the list
of those who will steadily oppose the
finance committees S rate. senator Hoot' u
was declared, was not indicating chdnSe
of policy on his part nor foreshad0Win8
any future attitude of opposition to the
finance committee.
Undoubtedly the finance committee VIII
bring in some amendments to the Dill as
first reported, making changes in rates
In some cases those amendments VIII
propose lower rates and In others ad-
vances. Senator Aldrich has said all
along that the committee viii amend us
first propositions to conform with later
and more detailed information that may
warrant such changes, whether they
are upward or downward
1t was also stated today upon authority
that there is no divergence Of view be-
tween the President and the Senate lead
ers in charge of the bill, and that the
leaders are not proceeding along lines
antagonized by the President. On the
contrary, the leaders have the President S
encouragement to go ahead with their
work as at present cut out.
As to Conferences.
When the bill gets into conference there
will be frequent consultations between
the President and the conferees, and in
those talks an understanding will be
reached which will make the forthcoming
tariff bill acceptable TO the President as
fulfilling platform pledges and at the
same time not hostile to American indus
tries.
The broad proposition remains today
! undisputed by anything that has occurred
up TO date, that the tariff bill will be
made by the advocates of policy of pro-
lection which protects In fact. and har-
moniously adjusted to all classes or In
Ill Is,;I .lorc
the lines laid down by the so-calied insur-
gents of the republican party in the Sen
ate.
Senator Hale opened up very inter-
esting line OF discussion In the Senate
yesterday. which Is attracting the atten-
ton of senator's and will be dwe!t upon
more In detail hereafter. 1t is said. Sen
ator Hale. replying to suggestion by
Senator Newiands, made the statement
that one thing Congress is finding out
and which, the consumers will nnd out is
that the burden of prices paid by the con-
sumers have little relation to the system
Of protection to the manufacturer.
The Protective Theory.
Senator Hale held that the immediate
result of the protective theory as applied
to legislation is the protection OF the
manufacturer In competition with foreign
manufacturers. The prices paid by the
consumer nave very ilNtic W uO hieA tiAS
rates established for the protection of the
manufacturer.
Senator Hale was unable to see how
Congress can regulate the ultimate price
to the consumer but Congress can and
will. if the republicans have their way,
give protection to the manufacturer
The hnapce committee leaders do not
think for moment that all the schedules
proposed by them will remain unchanged
Inv the Senate but the committee Is con-
vinced that the principle Of ample pro-
lection TO industries will not be vitiated
by the Senate and that the bill as 1t goes
from the Senate will be classed as a
protectionist measure.
The bringing in Of some amendments,
possibly TO the glass schedule. the sched-
ule to which SenatOI Root called at
tention, should not, it is contended, be
construed as indicating abatement of the
fixed policy Of the finance committee
as heretofore outlined. because amend
! ments Of that character have been fore
shadowed.