The New York herald., 1922-07-25

who because of personal interests of
one kind or another, including politics,
will go along with the trainers of the
Fordney- -McCumber bill.
The Republicans expected to vote for
reductions are Senators Lenrott owls. J,
Wadsworth and Calder IN. W, Hale
tMe.), Kellogg (SIinn.). Norris (Neb.) /.
La Toilette (Wis.) and Moses IN. H. K.
Senator Borah may vote for reductions.
For a time 1t seemed as if Senator
Lodge, the Republicn' floor leader. would
vote. as he did on the glove duties,
against the committee. but it was said
tonight he had decided to uphold the
committee.
The Democrats expected to vote for
the high rates are Senator Kendrick.
whose home State of Wyoming is a
leader in the wool industry; Jones IN.
NJ, where wool also is produced Pitt
man (Nev.), who Is looking out for his
wool growing constituents; Ashurst
(Ariz.), whose State also produces
wool; and Broussard and Ransdell
(La.). who because of the rates allowed
them on sugar produced in their State
are more or less bound to swallow the
other items in the bill.>
Rates to Go Through.
This means that the wool schedule is
safe that. with the normal Republican
majority in the Senate. there will be no
turnover. as on some of the other items
in the bill.
The tightening Of the lines in the con-
ferences. which lasted all day, was by
far more important than anything which
occurred on the floor. In standing by
the rates they wrote into the bill. be-
cause of the power they obtained in
organizing.~the agricultural tariff bloc,
the Senators personally interested in
wool growing have been able to use
the club effectively on those of their
| colleagues who have shown a disposi-
ton for lower rates. They have
threatened, in fact. to overturn the bill
completely IL they are not to get the
wool schedule as written, and the re-
suit has been that wavering Senators
are afraid they will carry out the
threat.
Senator Warren, who has gfea,
power in the Senate as chairman of the
Appropriations Committee. sat back
silently to-day directing the fight for
! the wool rates, in which he is person
ally interested. He did not get into
the debate, leaving that for Senators
Gooding Stanfeld and Bursum, his fell
low wool growers.
Senator Lenroot compared the wool
industry with the railroads, declaring
and this he aimed at Senator Gooding-
that it i'll becomes any Senator to OPP
Npose the 8 per cent. guaranty to the
railroads under the Esch-Cummins law
when he comes asking for a guaranty
for the wool growers in the form of a
tariff of more than that amount.
"Watered stock'' on Farm.
''If the Government would guaranteed
the farmer per cent. he would bo sat
isfed." snapped Senator Gooding.
"Will the Senator favor legislation re-
stricting and regulating the activities OF
the farmers along the same lines as Il
has the railroads." Senator Lenroot
asked
There is no watered stock on the
farms.' said Senator Gooding. Every.
body knows that about 40 per cent. OF
the railroad stock is water
II r1lrist take issue with the Senator
interposed Senator Stanley (Ky.). seizi
ing the opportunity for a pun. There
is, and everybody knows there is
watered stock on the farm"
Senator Lenroot drew a sharp parable
between the railroads and the wool grow.
ing industry. telling what Government
control would mean. the point of It al
being that with guaranteed return:
went severe penalties which wool grow.
ers would oppose.
such regulation would mean.' Sen.
ator Lenroot said, that the Secretary OF
Agriculture would fix the rate for wool
Then II you could not make s per cent