Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

hOL " COOl anu IIOlu COOL TO cOlQ De- /
fore either of the great bills will be
put upon the Presidents desk for his
signature.
Leaders of the 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 be.
Newspaper dispatches from Wash
ingtOn generally have forecast priority
for taxation legislation over the tariff
in the senate. There were denials of
the accuracy of the forecast but the
senate seems to have come to the con-
clusiOn that it is better, after the
tariff bill has passed the house, to let
it lie dormant for while in commit
tee while the senate waits for tax
legislation by the house, and for the
opportunity 10 take it 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
it would be folly to keep the country
waiting for taxation legislation while
the tariff bill was on passage. 1t is
extremely probable that Republican
senators have heard from party man
ayers all over the country to the eff
feet that the voters want to know
what to expect along the tax line, and
to know it quickly.
Little Interest in the Tariff.
1t is only the brutal truth to say
that there is an Indifference manifest
ed in Washington to tariff legislation,
save for the manifestations of a COM
paratively 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-the-surface trouble on dyes and
few other things, but beyond this
the tariff measure has attracted about
as much attention as u bill to put
new electric light in Lafayette square.
The majority leaders have suspected
for a 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 so late
that the original program was adhered
to, and in the house the tariff was
given precedence over taxation. The
Presidents disposition, however, to be
somewhat insistent that taxation shall
come first probably will carry the day.
Pressure from the country unques-
tionably has made itself felt in this
question of precedence of legislation.
Business men show that they are some
what restless under a 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.
It seems to be the administrators be-
lief that a legislative decision on tax
rates will do five-fOld more to settle
economic conditions than a decision
concerning schedules.
? Veterans ReVlsiting France.
{ The records of the State depart
ment show that already some veterans
of the A. E. f. are anxious to look
: again on the scenes Of their fighting
achievement The number Of requests
/ for passports to France by men who
: served overseas three years ago is
} increasing daily, but it must be said
l as vet that the number is not large.
: 1t Is fully expected by the authori
/ ties that within another year or two
: the steamships outgoing from the
| United States will show passenger listi
: one-half Of whose names will be those
a of veterans of the great war The
a growth of desire to go back to see the
e places where they fought is gradua
]. with veterans of all wars. Men sa!
Y the chances are as the years go OF
h every veteran who can pay his passage
q will go back to tramp again, this time
: at leisure, the fields in which he wal
d engaged as a fighter.
j Shortly now, 25O members of th'
e American Legion, representing ever!
state in the Union, will sail TO
France on an American steamship from
New York. The French government
: will make things pleasant and perhap
= q bit lively for the American veteran
who are to be their guests.
, Ceremonies They viii Attend.
. Among the ceremonies which the sol
diers win attend are those of the dedl
q cation of the statue Of Jeane d'Ar
3 in BIois; of the presentation of tn
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