Evening star., 1928-12-26
HOPE FOR FARM AID
THIS SESSION SEEN
LongWorth and TiIson Are in
Favor of Early Action
on Bill.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Efforts being made In the Senate for
enactment of farm-relief legislation at
this session received impetus today on
the House side, where Republican lead
ers said they would attempt to win
over to this plan the farm-group MEM
bers who have been urging postpone
ment until the Hoover administration
takes hold.
Speaker Longworth expressed the be-
lief that farm bill acceptable to the
farr1 leaders could be passed at this
session, and that all that is needed is
an agreement among the farm group.
He held that House farm leaders were
mistaken In insisting that relief legis-
latfon should await the incoming ad-
ministration and be worked out In con-
nection with tariff revision.
Six Months to Organize.
at would take at least six months
for the administrative board to organize
and get working" he said, adding that
delay beyond this session would make
the legislation inapplicable to the 1929
crop.
Representative Tilson of Connecti-
cut, the majority floor leader, also
favors passage of a farm measure at
this session, but he wants an extra ses-
sion, If one is to be. called, in April,
while the Speaker believes Fall would be
preferable tor any tariff readjustment
1t was understood today that Presi-
dent-elect Hoover. who has promised
an extra session to consider farm re-
lief If this question Is not disposed of
at the short session, would be acquaint-
ed by House leaders with the opposing
ideas in Congress as we'll as plans
under way for tariff readjustment
hearings, either before or just after he
reaches this country from his Latin
American tour next month.
Against General Revision.
AS for the tariff, Speaker Longworth
believes there should be no general re-
vision of schedules.
There seems to be no reason why
all the schedules should be revised" he
said. Some are high enough, and
generally there is no demand for a
complete revision
The Speaker added he had been in
formed that the steel and chemical
schedules were acceptable to the trade
and that roughly speaking about all
that needed any revision are the farm
textile and possibly the cement sched-
ules.
In this view the Speaker was Joined
by Representative Hawley of Oregon,
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee, which will open tariff hearings
January T. Mr.. Hawley reiterated to-
day that his committee would suggest
changes only where it was deemed alb
solutely justified after thorough study
Of the items. He believes the hearings
will show that only small proportion
OF these will need readjusting.
Rewritten in 1922.
when we rewrote the law in 1922"
Hawley said. I'VE changed 1t from one
end to the other. That we do not in
tend to do this time"
Hawley contended that any farm re-
lief bill passed would be supplementary
to what could be obtained for agricul-
ture in readjusting the farm tariff
schedules.
The tariff" he said, "is the great
est measure of farm relief obtainable.
We do $4,000, ,000,0 worth of busi-
ness among ourselves It's cash mar
ket, and for the farmer to have an
opportunity in this market on at least
equal IL not little favorable terms
than his competitors Is the most ira-
portant thing for the farmer"