Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.


oS eO"AHO b. CLAIM
NaNhlngt"n.-lr"m present pros
poets 1t seems unlikely that Oh" So
called farmers tariff bin Will pass
congress at this session.
1t was minated at Oh" outset that
IN" bill would Z" through hyln-. How
ever. II has met with opposition ju the
form OF >cuaf" amendments which
som" members think bur thr wyJ~ur"
seriously. If 10 comes +" debate ar
'hiS session ia the senate It's pass
ace will require much tme Members
oi congress say Thar th' bin probably
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immigration Bill Also Blocked,
The immigration hill has met with
seemingly inSurmountahlo obstacles in
. the senate. The house hill laid ali in
hibitiOn on immigration for some little
time i'm order that aliens might be
kept out while q comprehensive meas
ure for future service could be framed
and passed The senate does not
want to close down the bars against
the incomerS from Eurupp. even for
short period The result Of the oppO-
Sition probably will be that comprphen-
sive immigration legislation must 20
over to the extra session. or possibly
until the first regular session Of the
Sixty-seventh congress. which does not
begin until next December.
The house committee on ways and
means has been holdinS tariff hear
ings ever since January {. The con-
trast between the interest in these
hearings this year and the interest in
like hearings in past wears is marked
sharply. There are few attendants ut
/ the sessions Of the committee, and
there are comparatively few voluntary
witnesses and pleadcrS. For some rea-
son or other. many American indus
tries do not seem to take the keen in
/ tereSt which they evidenced in other
years when tariff legislation was in
prospect. No one here seems to be-
( able to give definite reason for this
condition Of things.
Because of the seeming Indifference
| to IN" hearings il IS now being Seri-
| ously suggested in majority party cir
| cles that no attempt be made to pass
/ comprehensive tariff legislation at the
| extra session which Is to be called i'm
! March.
May Not Sit Through Summer
If this plan of poStponement of gen.
eraI tariff legislation until the first
! regular session in December shall be
adouted. il is probable that congress
will not have to sit all summer as il
was thought some time ago must be
the case However. the more infiuen-
tiaI members of the maiority party in
conoress believe that if general tariff
! tpgisfotiou shall be- put off for the bet
ter mart of the wear. il will be regard
ed nv the country as a confession Of
weakness of the party's position. and
tho thoughtful doubt the success of the
nlap for postponement,
Even if postponpment of general tar
if legislation shall come it is almost
certain that the emergency tariff
measure now before the senate will
no nut through at the extra session if
II shall fail at the present session. as
most Of the members seem to think