Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
lns,yroents See No Chance of
Revision by Next Congress.
THINK DEMOCRATS FUTILE
10 Not Believe They Can Agree
Upon Any Program.
SCIENTIFIC PLAN OR NONE
Progressive Republicans Unwilling
to Slash Schedules Merely for
Sake of Slashing.

M general or even extensive revision
of the tariff will be made by the next
congress. despite the fact that the demo
Gratis will be in. absolute control of the
uouse and 4 majority of the Senate will
h. rspulliCan insurgents or democrats, in
the view of the Senate insurgents now
in the city.
Several OF the republican insurgent SEN
ators think the proposals and talk of a
coalition between them and the demo-
Gratis TO put through p revision of the
Pavne-Aldrich law is all tomn. yrot-and
chiefly for the very simple reason that
they don't believe the democrats them
selves can get together upon tariff bill
nroyidins for an extensive downward re-
vision.
While the democrats, elected on prom
ises of tariff revision. will control the
House, they will need the help of the in
surgent republicans to rule in the SEN
ate In the last analysis the hope OF
tariff revision in the next Congress rests
in the republican insurgents who hold
the balance of power in the Senate.
Doubt Unity of Democrats.
Several of them are certain that the
democrats cannot get together upon any
surgents, who contend for a scientific re-
vision. Therefore they can't see a chance
for any revision of the tariff by the demo-
cratic-insurgent Congress that comes into
office March 4 next.
The insurgents want a tariff based
on scientific principles, on the difference
between the cost of production at home
and abroad. The democrats don't want
a revision on scientific lines any more
than they did when they revised the
tariff before" Thus an insurgent senator
summarized the chances for tariff re-
vision in the next Congress.
The insurgents, however cOncede the
possibility that the democrats may report
4 bill proposing to revise. some schedules.
fiat would enable them, it is suggested.
20 say To the country that they are thus
showing their sincerity as to tariff re-
vision, and that they are justified in ask
ing that the Senate and the White House,
in addition to the House, be turned over
10 them for general tariff revision.
Suppose the. democrats should propose
bill revising the very schedules of the
PayneAldrieh- law regarded by the IN
sursents as especially obnoxious. such
as the wool and iron schedules, would
the democrats get the support of the
senate insurgents to pass such meas
ure7' an insurgent senator was asked
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the democrats to present their BILL he
explained. and would promise to sup
port il If tie democrats showed that It
revised the schedules along scientinc
lines. or that they proposed schedules
based on the difference In the cost OF pro-
dUction abroad and at home.
Swift Kick for Democrats.
Would such a promise give the demo-
;cfa N1roS
Il think, practically it would be CIV
Ing the democrats a swift kick" re-
marked the insurgent. Some of the
democrats want tariff for revenue only;
others want free trade to the maximum.
some want raw materials admitted to the
country free: others want raw materials
TO be treated the same as manufactured
articles. And they are wide apart as to
how much duty should be imposed in each
ease The local issues are source OF
division.
In general. they don't want a scien-
,iflcally arranged tariff, because they may
be opposed iii specific cases to local in
yerests or TO some other view they hold
Even II they could get together on some
kind of bill, il would not be based on
The scientific principle the insurgents
want to see embodied on the tariff-the
difference in the cost of production.
That's why such a promise of support as
the insurgents would give would be
worthless to the democrats.
Counting on Discord.
II Is suggested to the insurgents that
such attitude would give the demo-
rats an opportunity TO point TO the re-
publican Senate as the stumbling block
Tor relief from the Payne-AIdrich tariff
law and would give them a strong appeal
% the voters in the presidential race i'm
1872
II is the hope Of the insurgents, how
ever, that the imposSibility Of The dem
"cra;s getting together on general
downward tariff revision will he demon
STdted during the next Congress and
ne country will turn to the republican
insurgents as Offering the best soluti>n of
me whole tariff question.