The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-01
DEMOCRATS DOUBT
 EARLY ACTION ON
 TARIFF MEASURE
Feel Operation of Fordney Bill Will Make More Certain Success in Coming Con-
 greSSionaI Race
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The Age Herald,
 800 Davidson Building,


 Washington, December 31.-(spe- ial)-Despite the fact that it Is of ifcially said that the republicans, at the instance of the President, will take up the tariff immediately after the reconvening of Congress, there Is still grave doubt on the part of demo- crats that this will be done.
 For the tariff Is a law in this era of disturbed conditions unusually hard to write. In the second place. kicks against the bill as it passed the House are coming from every corner. In the third place. the republicans have never greatly favored the enactment of tariff Saw long enough before an election to let it's initial effect be felt.
 Democrats, while distrustful of the republican announcement, are hopeful that it is true. They feel that the operation of the Fordney measure, carrying rates higher than ever be- fore were enacted, will make even more certain their success in the con gressional campaigns next year.
 President Wants Action
 The President has again let 1t be known that he wants a tar.ff bill quickly enacted. But he has per- mitted the deduction that he wants a bill the rates of which will not be prohibitive. The farmers bloc-the republican element thereof-is out to ascertain prior to any committals to ascertain prio rto any committals on their part just how far the farm CTS want them to go.
 The American Farm Bureau feder- atton has taken stand. It is against American valuations which increase the already heavy rates carried in the bill, and against excessive rates placed on manufactured goods. They favor giving the President or the tariff commission power to adjust tariff rates within limits fixed by Congress. From this program the re- publican element of the bloc will take it's cue, it is probable. This would be unpleasant news to the adminis- trative forces which have called for the death of the bloc.
 Everybody is kicking. Apparently they want the other fellows burden increased by the republicans, hut not their own. Tariff on finished lumber and shingles is declared by the North western Lumbermens association tc be as unpopular as was Schedule K m ISVS' Deaiers Tn the feed indus try from all parts of the country. the south having been represented by l.. Wilkinson of Birmingham, and J. B. Edgar of Memphis, have protested against the proposed rate on black strap molasss 5. And thus il goes from zine to asphe {.
 To Renew Attacks
 Of course the tariff won't tell the whole story The President will not press his bill for the refunding of the debt of the railroads. He is ad- Nlsed that contrary to his expectation, they can take care of themselves. But he is very anxious that the disposition ef the s11,O00,0o0, coo European debt be given without strings to his sec retary of the treasury. And this may eventually be done, it is Indicated.
 And then the democrats will renew their Attacks against the republicans who want to retain in the Senate Tru- man Newberry of Michigan, and it is now said, but without outstanding authority, that there Is a chance that they will win out. And William Mon- roe Trotter. the prominent" negro of Boston, will renew his effort to secure the passage of the Dyer bill regulating lynching in the south.
 And there will be more of Senator Watson's hangings in France. Thus does the entertainment of the forth coming congressional season seem guaranteed