Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
DELAY THREATENS
TO SEND TARIFF TO
REGULAR SESSION
Continued From First Page.)


In duties carried in the House bill,
have cut many Of the duties imposed
in the House bill. Outstanding among
these reductions are the return Of
shingles and lumber, except in the
case Of certain hardwoods. TO the free
| list. The duty on automobiles also was
cut from rs per cent plus 2 per cent
compensatory duties to 0 per cent. The
cut in wool duties have ALREADY been
mentioned, and the duties on chemicals
have been lowered slightly
While there have been few reduce
tons in agricultural duties. the ma
iority members Of the committee have
been generous In granting increases in
the farm schedules.
The tariff bill has fret to run the
samut OF Senate consideration and ac-
ton. Then 1t goes to conference It In
reasonable to expect a compfuxlise
measure from the conference between
the two houses. Whether the con-
ference bill will be such IS to meet the
approval Of the President, who urged
upon Congress o limited revision" OF
the tariff and Of the people. remains
to be seen. The long debate in the
Senate on the tariff duties may have
the effect o. c..stalizing opinion.
In some Democratic quarters the be-
lief prevails that the reductions made
in the tariff duties by the Senate COM
mittee are mere camouf1aSe, to make
the country believe that the bill is all
right, and that after the bill has been
agreed to in conference it will be prac-
tically the Hawley bill.
1t may be said. however, that il such
Is the program. it will meet with des-
perate resistance from some Of the Re
publican progressiyes in the Senate.
It also will be recalled that when Sen
ator Borah proposed in the Senate In
have the finance committee lconfine IT.
self, in considering tariff revision. 70
the agricultural schedule and related
schedules. his resolution failed bv q
single vote. This has pretty well de-
hned the temper Of the Senate.
Hoover Has Final Word.
Furthermore, President Hoover will
nave the final word on the tariff bill
when 1t goes to him for his approval.
Naturally he does not desire to be
placed in the position of having to veto
a tar1n bill passed by q Republican
Congress. The influence of the White
House in the interest of q more limited
| revision Of the tariff than the BawIey
Dill may be expected to bear heavily on
the Republicans of the Senate and on
the conferees.
II the tariff bill, in its final form.
does not carry out the pledges Of the
Republicans in the last campaign. Sen.
atcr Borah says, the President may be
expected 10 veto the measure, It is M
secret that some of the Republicans
or the Senate, other than Mr.. Boran.
nave urged upon the Chief Executive
mat ne might well veto the bill since
|; has gone far beyond the proposed
limited revision"
Depending upon the crystallization of
sentiment and the lines which the fight
IN the Senate will take, an effort NAV
be made again by Senator Borah and
those who believe as he does that the
tarin revision so far has been in the
interest of industry and not Of the farm
er. to strike from the bill everything
except the revision of the farm Sehed-
uleS and those closely related.
The debate of the tariff schedules in
the Senate. which promises to be long
enough. will be still further dra wn out
oy attempts to place the so-called de-
benture plan of aiding the farmers in
the bill. which will be led by Sena tors
Norris and Brookhart. aided by Senator
Borsh. and by discussions of an amend
ment proposed by Senator Glass of Viz
slnia to levy q tax on stock trans
actions In which the stock is not held
Tor 80 days or more. The debenture
plan. which was placed in the farm
relief bill by the Senate, but was finally
eliminated after the House had voted
1t down Overwhelmingly, ~ not likely to
command the same strength in the
Senate that 1t did originally, 1t is said.
Senator Glass, In his amendment Is
hitting at stock speculation. This il a
fruitful topic Of debate and is likely to
lead to plenty when 1t comes before
the Senate.