The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-22
split THREATENS
ON ROCK OF TARIFF
Wcll-Laid Plans of Administra-
ton Already Have Gone
to Smash.
WILSON FACES HARD TASK
Impossible for Him to Make De-
cision That Will Not
Start Row.
WILSON FACES HARD TASK
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.

BY JAMES ]. MONTAGUE.
Washington, March 21.--1)e pit g
every effort to make 1t appear that the
President and the members of the new
Ways and means Committee OF the
House are working in accord. the cold
unvarnished fact is that the tariff
harmony plan so carefully wrought
out has already gone to smash.
Democratic Senator's have protested
to the President that the tariff that
Will be submitted to the House caucus
April g. is nothing short of pro
lection grab These Senators have
been let into the proceedings Of the
members of the next Ways and Means
Committee They know what they arc
talking about
Frightened by this project. Mr. I'm
ports concerning the work done by the
committee are based on scant infor-
nation and arc misleading. This
statement has served only to pour oil
on the FIRE. The fact is that three or
four members OF the committee have
Il
clamorinS for e tariff that shall en-
brace sweeping reductions
Underwood knows that no such tarin
can get through the Senate lie know :
that already an alliance has been
formed between the reactionary and
progressive Republicans 10 send any
drastic tariff bill to the waste basket
and that the Democrats from at leas,
two States, Louisiana and Colorado
pst ITO
| tinkers with the duty on sugar. Con
scqucntly Mr.. Underwood, IL low In
his mind. and IL is no secret that hts
uneas.ness has been communicated &c
the White House
AS the tariff will come forth from
the hands OF Mr.. Underwood and his
on all the necessities OF life save
sugar and meats. 1t has been learned
that every member of the committeo
warning colleagues. II will place duties
has been carefully taking care of his
own constituents and that trading has
been going to an extent seldom heard
OF before
For example. Il is stated that liam
mond, Of Minnesota. has got a pro-
| tective duty on grain: Shakelford. OF
! Missouri. a duty on wool, zine and
Z lead. Palmer OF Pennsylvania Cwhc
was the Presidents friend Til he was
! left out Of the Cabinet, "a duty on coal
Garner, OF Texas, a duty on mohair
cattle and onions. The plan TO place
! wool, lumber and citrus fruits on the
/ free lists has been battered to atom.
/ by the representatives OF the interests
/ involved.
Now this tariff which despit. al
| reports. has NOT been submitted &c
| he President. will be put up to hin
| .or adjudication before il goes Il
! caucus and human nature being what
| 1 is. it will be impossible for him t.
make decision that will not start
/ row
1t is this situation which has giveT
the White House grave uneasinesas
! Mr. Wilson has called the Congress il
extra session for the specific purpo.'
/ of passing a tariff. and three week.
/ bofor" the beginning OF the session 1
| Is apparent that no tariff can he PASSED
without splitting the party almost a:
! many ways as there are States in tn,
| Union.
10 permit the session to labor al
/ summer and bring forth n tariff nous.
Will he seriously 10 impair the Wilson
/ prestige. TO unite the lighting fac
ton Is job far more difficult thar
/ that OF King Solomon when he threat
! cned TO separate the double claimed
| infant
All Mr.. Wilson's friends. including
Bryan, are trying to straighten II on
before the work OF Congress shall &C
tually begin. But none OF them VI
TO date has had any luck
Mr.. Wilson's plan to go to the Cap
itol and help out himself has not me
with favor. Senators assert that the,
do not want to surrender their SOW
, ereignty to the Preside Going L
the White House and comforting /
one thing. Being summoned into tn
! Presidents room and getting ,nstruc
| lions Is quite another Within tn
next three weeks matters may b
amended. but the present outlook (
| that an all-summer session will b
devoted to producing tariff that vii
satisfy nobody, or that the session
will have been called I'm vain.