Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-15
SENATOR'S THINK TARIFF
 BILL HAS HORNS'

aQOptlOn or a pEOpcI dAonoAcA1 1A the Senate or at least not to oppose such action by the Senate. In other words, they have put it up to the Senate to rectify mistakes even in cases where they knew the error be- fore the bill passed out of their hands.
 This makes the Senators very un happy. And naturally. For the Sen ators feel that it puts them in very awkward predicament They will Dc obliged to spOnser amendments in creasing rates of duty while MT. Un- derwood will be entitled to great credit for cutting rates. From their point of view, this gives MT. Underwood a clear record with which to go to the country for reelection, but 1t puts them badly in9the hole, as they fear.
 They would not have minded it so much in the days before the direct election of senators. but they point out now that they are obliged to go before the people and make public canvass just the same as MT. Under wood an dhis colleagues must do.
 Several of these senators face the test of reelection next year just as the House Democrats do, and they do not think it is fair to them to be obliged to carry the burden of correcting the errors in the bill which were known before it left the House and which the House leaders should have cor rected on thier own responsibility.
 The talk about the Senate now is that some 200 minor changes will be made before the bill is passed. None will be of any widespread importance except possibly the re-adjustment of the pottery schedule which is under taken at the direct intervention of President Wilson.
 The Republicans are preparing tc cPy calamity and are charging that the bill will surely bring industrial disaster and destruction, with inevi table labor disturbances and general business depression MT. Underwood uttered an extremely significant warn ing to those calamity howlers in his last speech on the bill in the House He had already pointed out, on several occasions, the fact that the Demo crats had created bureau in the De partment of Commerce authorized tt make very thorough and complete in vectigations of industrial conditions
 He now made deliberate threat of the use of this bureau against any manufactory or other concern that might attempt to discredit his tariff bill by reducing wages or otherwise assisting to bring on industrial dis turbance.
 When great manufacturing insti- tution," he said, 'is ready to threaten its laborers with a reduction of wages because they say there has been ad- verse action and legislation in Con- gress or to reflect on the action of the Government of the United States, that bureau has the power to walk into their offices and ascertain wheth- CT there is real reason for their cut ting the rates of wages of labor or whether it is merely selfish attempt to put money into their own pockets.
 ''The statement has been made that this tariff bill will act on labor and effect the wages of laboring men. I give you notice now that when the men from whom you bring that mes sage to endeavor to grind labor in the interest of Republican politics, there is bureau of this government that is going to ascertain the reason why"