The New York herald., 1922-01-17
BLOC TOGET FARMER
ON RESERVE BOARD;
WANTS NEW TARIFF
Forces on Harding a Com
promise Requiring Nam
ing Another Member.
VOTE PROBABLE TODAY
Political Leaders Alarmed
Over fractional Conflicts
as in Taft Regime.
HIGH SCHEDULE DEMAND
Group Calls for Virtual DOub-
ling of Rates on Foreign
Farm Products.
HIGH SCHEDULE DEMAND
BY LOUIS sEIBOLD.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 49,
Developments in the Congressional
SITUATION to-day strongly indicated the
probability Of history repeating itself.
Two distinct victories for the agricul
tural bloc prepared some of the old
timers in Congress for a recrudesence
OF the war in 1909 between political
factions which eliminated in the over
throw of Cannonism and a year later
resulted in the loss of Congress to the
Republican party.
The agricultural bloc, which has
abandoned the odious bipartisan"
aiias and now calls itself the mon
partisan agricultural bloc,' forced
upon President Harding a thinly cam
ouflaged compromise over the Federal
Reserve Board (which makes it man
datory on the part of the President to
appoint dirt farmer" as a member
OF the board. 1t followed this triumph
Dy presenting an arbitrary demand to
the Finance Committee for a tariff
Dill more favorable to the agricultural
elements than is provided by the
measure which already has passed the
House. This new demand would in
crease the tariff on foreign agricul-
tural products.
1t was the belief tonight that the
senate win vote tomorrow to put a
farmer on the Federal Reserve Board.
Bloc Leaders Satisfied.
Leaders of the new "nonpartisan"
bloc, which is headed by Senator
Gooding, newcomer from Idaho. are
satisfied completely with the Federal
reserve compromise to which the
President agreed this morning. They
also expressed confidence that the
Senatorial representatives of the in
dustrial commercial and nonfarming
clements of the country will be com
PEELED to grant their tariff demands or
leave the country without ADEQUATE
protection.
Political leaders, Senators and Rem
resentatives, who refuse to be coerced
by the agricultural organization are
greatly alarmed over the new turn in
the conflict between the Executive and
the legislative branches Of the Gov
ernment, due to tho disinclination of
PRESIDENT Harding to assert his party
leadership as was done by Presidents
Roosevelt and Wilson.
H-- pener Is expressed by these men
that further surrender to the demands
OF the agricultural bloc will revive
conditions similar TO those that ex-
listed during the Taft Administration.
Mr. Taft permitted his party in Con-
gress to break up into groups and ac-
copied many forms of compromise TO
avoid open contest with the legislative
leaders.
Senator's and Representatives who
sec the increasing boldness of the new
agricultural bloc arc becoming appre-
hensive that mistakes of the Taft
Administration are likely TO be re-
pcated in the present situation.
Senator Gooding's Statement.
Tho confidence of the now and
largely expanded group of Senatorial
agriculturists who have organized to
dictate the terms under which legisla-
tion favored by the Administration
will be granted was reflected clearly
to-day by tie statement of Senator
Gooding regarding it's tariff ambitions.
the Idaho Senator declaring the new
combination is not influenced by parti-
san considerations.
"Al we want" he said. "is a square
deal. The now tariff schedule asked
by us is not as high as that given 10
manufacturers by the Underwood
Democratic tariff. The West and
South are asking that the same pro-
lection be given 10 agriculture as Is
by the Republican party. We never
will be satisfied with anything else
If New England is not willing to give
10 us i'ns protection granted to the
large irdust' i~> n new tariff bill will
be constructed TO benefit the entire
country. Neyy England expects the
West and South to send its raw mate
rails and then buy back the finished
product, Some protection IS due the
West and South"
The agricultural bloc has grown
with amazing rapidity in the last two
weeks. IL Is composed of at least !
sixteen Republicans and twelve Demo
Gratis. or nearly one-third of the Sem
ate membership. The promoters Of |
the enterprise claim larger list than
q canvass of TIE Senate actually indi-
Gates.
Any Senator is held to be eligible |