Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-05-09
EVEN IF TAKEN TIP AT EXTRA
SESSION IT PROBABLY WILL
GO OVER TO WINTER.
GLASS WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN
Recent Developments, However, IpdI.
cate the Opposition to Free Trade
WIN ProIons the Work Of Forum
Iatlng the New Tariff.
By GEORGE CLINTON.

aGtmenls II currency is taken up II
may be it will not be finished this
summer but viii go over until next
winter
The Democratic leaders are telling
the president they are afraid Of the
currency The odds seem to be about
sixteen to one that it will not be TAX
en- up before next December, but it is
OF course possible it may secure a
place Representative Carter Glass of
Virginia, who will succeed Mr. Pujo
as chairman Of the banking and cur
rency commission, naturally desires a
quick encounter with the currency,
but it probably would not hurt his
feelings very much to say that his mo-
tives are partly due to desire to get
himself quickly into action
The objections which are being
male to the currency are tariff objec-
items Not long ago it was thought
and freely predicted that there would
be Comparatively little trouble over
the tariff because of the oyerwhelm-
ing Democratic majority in the house
aud because progressive Democrats Of
the senate seemed to be able to hold
their conservative brethren In subjec
tion. Moreover, it was supposed from
what Mr. Smoot and Mr.. Penrose sug-
gested that the high tariff ReDub-
Leans would allow the Democrats ito
90 full bent to destruction on the low
tariff rocks" and would make no
strong resistance to the adoption of
any form of schedule which the Dem
ocrats might suggest.
Lack Of Harmony In Committee.
In the last day or two change has
come over the fair complexion OF
things Mr.. Wilson has learned that
even among the members of the Dem
oeratic ways and means committee
there is strong opposition to anything
like an approach to the free trade
mark in good many commodities.
Representative Garner of Texas, for
instance, who has just been made
member Of the ways and means com
mittee, probably will be panied If free
wool is made part of the program.
Mr.. Shaekleford Of Missouri, on whose
fnistrict's hills feed sheep in thou
sands. perhaps will worry if the
feeces Of the fiocks are to be sacri
feed on the altar
1t Is the old, old story; free trade
IS all right for the other fellow, but
all wrong for this fellow. Mr.. Under
wood has control of his ways and /
means committee and Mr. Garner and
Mr.. Shackleford combined with other
members who have local industries to
protect, II is said, probably can Nbe
brought into line, but 1t is becoming
certain that when the bills are re-
ported to the house there will be in
timations at least from many of the
Democratic members that their hope
lies with the senate and that they
give their votes without their whole
hearts to rates which they think are
toe low
The president is being told diplo-
matically by members of the house
that tariff reduction is all right, but
that 1t ought to be sane tariff reduc-
ton. The word sane is as much over
worked BY congressman as It is by
correspondents, all of whom probably
will plead guilty to having used it for
in d >-~r.hs beyond the limit Of the
lor nary readers endurance.
Senate TO the Rescue.
The Democratic majority in the
senate is one which must be looked
for with Inagnifying glass; 1t is
there, but 1t is small Free sugar, it
lis claimed, will not have any kind Of
"a show in the upper house Neither
will free wool, and neither will radical
ieuts in the rates on certain articles
manufactured in the United States.
Texas and the west with their sheep.
louisiana with its sugar cane, and
isome other states with their lumber
probably will be ready through their
representatives to make compromises
with the representatives of the man
Iufacturing districts Of New England.
1t is said by men close to the adj
ADMINISTRATION that President Wilson
finally has been convinced that much
more time will be consumed in tariff
consideration than he had any thought
would be the case. This belief wars
against the probability of currency |
consideration at the next session.
Then again Mr.. Wilson's desire, which |
was made known some days ago, that
the country should watch tariff legis-
lation in the senate without having its
attention turned to other legislation
in the house, makes 1t seem likely
that it will be necessary for currency
reform to stand waiting at the wicket
until a more convenient season.
The Democratic leaders, some mem
ibers say, are fearful of the effect Of
currency legislation, They want time
to study IT. although they have been /
studying II for year Financial sub
jects will stand study better than
most other things, the Democrats de-
clare. The house Is not full of Alex
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