New Mexico state record., 1921-08-05

| Leaders of tie majority party In the
senate, if they can have their way, are
determined apparently TO give tax
legislation priority over tariff. Presi-
dent Harding is favorable to this or
der of things for the general impress
sion seems to be in the capital that
the business interests of the country
are more Interested in what taxes are
to be than what the tariff is to he.
Newspaper dispatches from Wash
ington generally have forecast priority
for taxation Legislation over the tariff
In the senate. There We're denials of
the accuracy of the forecast but the
senate seems to have come to the con
clusion that ii is better, after the
| tariff bill has passed the house, to let
it lie dormant for IA while in commit
tee while the senate waits for tax
| legislation by the house, and for the
opportunity 10 take ii up before the
tariff bill is reported for consideration
by the senate committee.
1t is known that those Republicans
In Washington, whose chief concern is
to keep the party straight in legisla-
tive action with "A view to political
profit, have insisted from the first that
ii would he folly to keep the country
waiting for taxation legislation while
the tariff bin was on passage. Ii is
extremely probable that Republican
senators have heard from party man
ayers all over the country To the ef-
feet that the voters want to know
what to expect along the tax line, and
to know 1t quickly.
Little Interest in the Tariff.
Ii is only the brutal truth to say
ed in Washington to tariff legislation.
save for the manifestations of II com
parativey few representatives Of the
industries. No leader has succeeded
, in rouSing any great interest in the
/ matter from the day of the beginning
of the hearings. There was little
furry over free lumber and some
above-th hesurface trouble on dyes and
few other things, but beyond this
the tariff measure has attracted about
as much attention as bill TO put
new electric light in Lafayette square.
The majority lenders have suspected
for long time that President Har-
ding was in favor Of putting taxes
ahead of the tariff, but the house, be-
cause of memories of the past when
the tariff always WAS pregnant with
interest for the people, seemed TO
think that the same condition of inter
est existed today. Slowly they came
To have another view of the matter
but the final conviction came 50 late
that the original program was adhered
10, and in the house the tariff was
given precedence over taxation. The
Presidents disposition. however, to he
somewhat insistent that taxation shall
come first probably will carry the day.
Pressure from the country unques-
tlOnably has made itself felt in this
question of precedence of legislation.
Business men show that they are some
what restless under II combination of
hot weather and "A feveriSh doubt as
to what they are TO be called upon to
pay over to the government next year.
1t seems to be the administration be-
lief that "A legislative decision on tax
rates will do five-fold more 10 settle
economic conditions than decision
concerning schedules.
Veterans Revisitng France.
The records of the State depart !
ment show that already some veterans |
of the 4. l.. +. are ANXIOUS to look |
again on the scenes of their fighting |
achievement. The number of requests |
for passports to France hy men who |
served overseas three years ago is |
increasing daily. but it must be said |
as yet that the number Is not large.
Ii is fully expected by the authori- |
ties that within another year or two
United States will show passenger lists |
one-half of whose names will be those
of veterans of the great war. The
growth of desire TO go back To see the
places where they fought is gradual
with veterans of all wars. Men say
the chances are as the years 20 on
every veteran who can pay his passage
will go back TO tramp again, this time
at leisure, the fields in which he was
engaged as fighter.
Shortly now, 30 members Of the
American Legion, representing every
state in the Union, will sail for
France on AN American steamship from
New York. The French government
will make things pleasant and perhaps
a bit lively for the American veterans
who are to be- their guests.
Ceremonies They Will Attend.
Among the ceremonies which the sol
diers will attend are those of the dedi-
cation of the statue Of Jcane dare
In Bl0iS; Of the presentation Of the
great library at Rheims which j. the
sift of the Carnegie Foundation. and
The unveiling of the American munu-
lient at F'lirpy. which is in the Toul
sector in France. Flirry WAS the cen
Ter AT one time of american fighting
AT various times nearly 20 Ameri-
AN divisions made their headquarters
n France in the little town "f Elirey.
There was crossroads ~ F'iirry. and
wen after the place passed definitely
nto American hands IL frequently was
,omharded at long distance 10y the
Germans.
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