Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-15


 That the Western states are thorough ly aroused over the tariff situation wa emphasized by the protest of Westei1 senators and representatives of tn Democratic persuasion who called ol the president a few days ago to pro test against the schedules of the Un derwood bill affecting the agriculture interests of their section of the coun try. Opposition to the free sugar pro gram of the administration has ariseI in a new quarter on account of the effect it will have on the settlement and cultivation of irrigated lands il the West Those who are interested in the development of reclamation nave made a strong protest to Senators Smith and Ashurst against any tariff enactment destructive to the sugar beet industry.
 Reclamation is strongly represented in the capital at the present time, men interested in the various projects hay ing been summoned here to confer with Secretary Lane.
 It is asserted than under free sugar ''the thousands of acres now in sugar beets, and which would be planted iE beets in the future under conditions permitting this industry to expand must go to fruit, alfalfa and other gen aral farm products, which will result ir glutting the market which is already )n the verge of oversupply."
 The great problems of transporta ton in connection with western de velopment are cited, and the difficult ties of an export crop are to be mul tiplied by the tariff enactments regard ing Western products, and particularly n the attack on the sugar beet in dustry, as there is no crop that can be more successfully raised in rotation with the other crops of the West. Populations quickly made in Senate
 Tn the Senate the other day, MT Thomas, the new solon from Colorado yanted to make a speech, whereupon t transpired that a number of other Senator's appeared very anxious to get action on sundry matters before h. began, asking the gentleman iron Colorado to give them time to dispOst )f the matters before he opened the gates of Oratory. The veteran gallery spectators easily read the reason. MT Thomas has already acquired a repu ation for being long winded, ans lis colleagues do not always feel that hey want to hear him out.
 Presents Good Road Plan
 With the general use of automobiles the country the demand or better roads is more insistent ev ny day In former times the old horse ould pull through the mud and slush nd get to town and back, to keep the arder from getting empty, but some ems of thousands of automobilists fter having been stuck in the mud ave given up the idea of defying the ad roads.
 So the good roads problem is very luch of a live issue, and former Sen tor Bourne, in report based upor investigation of the subject ropOses to meet the question in all its ullness. He wants an expenditure O hree billions of dollars, of which one hird is to be for building and two hirds for maintenance, the amount ex ending over a period of fifty years. ! he plan would cover the country
 The Length of the Session
 It is at this period of the year, with | he tariff bill out of the House and | l the Senate, that the regular in i uiries are made as to when Congress ill adjourn. The history of recent ears answers, and demonstrates that | othing short of the sWeltering hOt | eather of late July and early August sufficient to choke off the orators f the Senate. When the great states len begin melting down four linen Dllars a day they always pass the re laining bills, and adjourn in hurry.
 Revising the Tariff
 Scene: The House of Representa- yes, rather stifling from hot air bout one-fourth of the $7,500 em loyees of the nation present, the sual percentage of absentees account l for by baseball games, spring fever. ennui and other neces try congressional evils. Missouri hamn always on the iOh