Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21

In the face of plea by Senator Copeland, democrat of New York and a famous physician, for adjournment because the Senate was not physie- ally or mentally fit to continue with legislation and in the face of appeals from various democrats and republi- cans for a period of rest the Young Guard". including Senator Walcott, has decided that no adjournment shall be taken until after the Senate, restless, in had humor and entirely mad completes the whittling down of of the tariff bill.
 Of course more cuts for Ccnnecti- cut industries might have come after the recess. But the recess would have given the old Guard time to rally it's strength for a further fight, while as the situation now exists cut after cut will follow for Connecticut with but little opposition coming from the republicans.
 Wsleott Opposes Bingham
 Senator waleott, in joining this movement to demand speedier action on the tariff bill, went directly con trary to leadership of the senior sena- tor from Connecticut. and since tho Senior Senator. Mir. Bingham, has the backing of ]. Henry Rorabaek, republican boss of the State, it Is entirely possible that Walcott may 1 hear more about his change of policy l by the time the coalition, during the next few days, succeeds in slashing l few more Connecticut increases from the tariff bill.
 States Protection Lost
 With one new Senator in Wash l ingtOn and a second Senator not very thoroughly sehooled in the ways l If tariff politics, Connecticut has pro bably suffered more at the handa of the coalition h the senate during the past few days than has any other state interested in tariff legislation.
 Virtually nothing remains of the
 increased tariff protecticn-variously estimated as being between S76,00o GOO and $106.000,000 accorded to Connecticut manufacturers by the Senate taeiff bill. And. of equal sig nifieance, is the fact that the eoali- ton from the West and South has succeeded in not only reducing the senate rates but in also practically eliminating the house increases eN- tended tc Connecticut industries.
 One after one as the schedules came up governing Connecticut in- dustries members of the coalition demanded reduction and reduction resulted Of course. there still remain
 several schedules in which Connect
 cut is interested because of the fact i that certain amount of products , covered by those schedules Is manu.
 factured in the state such as textiles . cottons. wool. silk, and the like.
 but the schedules of chief importance to Connecticut have been acted upon } and rewritten downward by the sen. ate.
 Probably, coming as it does on the . heels of the lobby investigation, the
 loss in protection experienced by
 Connecticut manufacturer will bs , attributed to large extent by many , to the unfortunate Bingham Eyanson
 expose brought about by western den 7 oerats and progressives of the Cara way lobby committee.
 , But the extent that the role oi ' hlHEuam hispaaA hA NuitNitA tAtlNt , anee played in the slashing campaign ! remains really difficult to ascertain. s Vicious Opposing Tactics ] In the senate coalition of dem
 ocrats and recalcitrant republicans
 holding common grudge aganst in dustry and dizzy with the sense of their own power, is trampling rough 7 shod over everything that 1t dislikes The coalition has the whip hand 2 vote after vote has demonstrated tha
 fact. It attacks with equal viciousnesl . any senator from the east who dare take the floor in defense of some in creased rate advocated blythe finance committee.
 This group of democrats and farm republicans is determined to reduce industrial protection, and with th' ba ance of power in it's hands, 1t Il doing SO every day.
 Use Bingham-E yanson Incident Of course the coalition welcomed the Bingham-Eyanson affair d cnlapdid anti-hiyh tariff nroDaRnuda