The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-02-03
FARM BLOC Is OUT
TO GET HARDING,
LODGE, OLD GUARD

I"Rt1iLED M OfEbEttISIN,
PLANS TO SHOW IT'S POWER
FIRST REPRISAL LIKELY TO
BE ON TARIFF.
WASHINGTON Jan. 26.--Mem-
bers of the agricultural bloc IN Con-
press are cunning for President
Harding because Of his repeated de-
precation of their efforts, first in his
message to Congress, then in his let
ter to Chairman Fordney of the Ways
and Means committee and, finally, in
his address to the Agricultural con-
| ference. It Is not so much any direct
interference with their projects of
legislation for the farmer that has
set them on the warpath as the fact
THAT the President never loses an OPP
portunity to announce his belief that
| the proper way Of doing things is
/ through the regular organization.
They are irritated also at Secre-
tary Of War Weeks, who, in his New
| York speech, generally said all the
things that the President left unsaid-
They are holding Mr. Harding respon-
sible for the Weeks attack.
The first big movement of reprisal
lis likely to be manifested on the Tar
litf bill. The farmers say they pay
half of the tariff revenue of the coun-
try by their purchases Of manufac-
iturea articles, while they get no pro-
lection on their products.
After Lodge Too.
The agricultural bloc will, more
lover, make the shedding fairly rough
for several of the most deep dyed re-
dictionaries, including Mr.. Lodge, Re-
publican leader Of the Senate, who
never has taken kindly TO the bloc.
Mr.. Lodge must be reelected this
autumn. He already is much worried.
The bloc will not hesitate to work
for his defeat
Only last week Senator Kenyon,
the head Of the bloc, told an enthus-
iastic audience at Springfield exactly
what the bloc is seeking TO accomplish
Iby ousting reactionaries and bringing
in new blood. Kenyon was given n
great ovation In Lodges own state.
Other members of the bloc will speak
L ia Massachusetts, If invited.
/ II Is the purpose Of the agricultural
} bloc to show why they consider FIRE.
! Ilinghuysen, Hale, Calder, DUPONT.
, McCumbor, Mclean, New, Crow and
others of the Old Guard as iuifnical
to the welfare Of the farmer, striving
TO procure legislation TO his sdetri-
I fhent.
q Administration Worried.
\ As yet there is no concerted
: thought given to the formation of a
: new party The bloc members mere
S " seek to reform the Republican
t Party within its present limits. The
s suggestion of Kenyon for Presidential
g nominee has male no headway. Ken
G yon himself ridicules the idea and
says it will be the Senate or retire
' ment for him.
Y And yet the progressives will seek
r to nominate man in the next Re-
!, publican convention, just as they sup
/. ported johnson at Chicago. The
: choice may fall on Kenyon, despite
his portests, or some other member
J, of tho progressive band.
For the present the agricultural
bloc will continue TO oppose the Pres
ident or any other person whom they
consider to be not sufficiently active
n in behalf of farm relief.
e To say that the combination has
Y the administration worried Ii putting
o ii most mildly. II Ii certain TO de-
> IlNaL SOftlt VI ttit toEHttlBta ItOHt
e favor IL il is not placated. Hale is
d shaky and Frelinghuysen, another of
G the presidents friends, faces a gloomy
e prospect. News prospects are little
: brighter.
!. Has Demonstrated Power.
Calder is in probably as serious
y trouble as any of them.
The bloc has demonstrated it's pow
l.. r. A
tax from 80 to so per cent, despite
: the stiffest efforts Of the President to
u hold the low figures. They likewise
: lcompelled the administration to aban-
d don its fight for the repeal of the ex-
lcess profits tax. Now they are NOV
: ing to provide new system Of rural
n credits under which loans will be
i made, and TO remodel the railroad
n law so as to establish a new system of
!. rate fixing and 10 away with the
u present guarantee OF railroad earn
- ings.
A subcommittee of Senators has
been detailed by the agricultural bloc
to keep close watch on the Tariff Re
j vision bill now in process of adjust
e ment. This committee will appear be-
. fore the Finance committee and urge
;. the fullest degree of protection fof
d every product handled by the farmer
= They insist that the rates must be as
, high as those embodied in the Emerg-
gency Tariff Law. 1t is predicted
that approximately all these requests
will be granted
Is The placing of a "dirt farmer on
ID the Federal Reserve Board is the
ie latest triumph of the agricultural bloc
r. in the senate The measure has not
q. been given action in the House. The
!, next real drive will be for legislation
" to permit cooperative marketing. At
ter that will come an effort to obtain
lower freight rates.
The People VS.. the Republican Party
-, Is Issue Now in Newberry Case.
- Of the 46 Republicans who voted
~ to seat Newberry, giving him five
9 majority, 13-fatal number-are up
= for reelection this fall. Hiram John
~ con v5hO was absent and therefore