New Britain herald., 1929-09-23
SEN. BINGHAM HITS
 HOSTILE MINORITY
CritiCizes Tariff Stand Of Demo-
 cratS and Wisconsin Group

Lauded by President Herbert Hoover for keeping alive party spirit and urged by Senator Hiram Bing- ham to work for the passage of the tariff bill recommended by the finance committee of the senate members of the Third Ward Repub- lican club met for their annual out ing at Lake Compouncc, Bristol Sat urday afternoon.
 Lieutenant Governor Ernest F. Rogers and Senator FredriC C. Wal colt were the other speakers on the program, introduced by Donald L.. Bartlett, president of, the Third Ward Republican club.
 Charging that many Of the demo- cratic senators wanted the tariff bill showed along until it is necessary for the senate 10 turn it's attention to appropriations Senator Bingham explained that the democratic mem bcrs of the senate are doing their best to talk the measure down. This is the way. he said, he accounts for the open attack made upon him on the senate floor September Is by Senator Harrison of Mississippi when the latter charged the COnneC- ticut member with praying for the craftsmanship of the finance com mittee on textiles and membership on it's textile committee.
 Many democratic senators take an active interest in the tariff as il af- fects their own districts, but as q matter of national policy, they are not interested in the ramitiCationS o1 the tariff the senator charged. He also defended the protective rate set upon sugar importations. saying that the American sugar market was be- ing flooded with cheaper sugars from foreign countries, causing the ruin of the beet sugar industry in Utah and the cane sugar trade from Porto Rico.
 Three Parties in Senate
 Unfortunately the republican party as you and l know it, does not have a majority in the senate" declared Senator Bingham, with the group from Wisconsin and their friends, we have three parties, which makes it extremely difficult, as it always is with three parties"
 In his remarks at Lake Com bounce Senator Bingham paid par tlcular attention to the history of the present tariff bill. He took up Varl- ous criticisms that had been lcveied at it and pointed out their alleged unfairness. He said that while the subcommittee took the testimony, the rates were actually decided on in the meetings where all the repEb- ican members were present and where there were constantly in at tendance the experts of the tariff commission or at least those experts familiar with the schedule under efforts were made to learn the trend of imports and exports and to, con- rare the growth of the dom esticr de- mand with the progress of domestic production.
 Senator Bingham stated that he regretted extremely that it was inn possible to secure rates which would equaliZe the cost of foreign and do- mestic production in a very consld- erable number of cases in which Connecticut is interested, particu- larly in regard to tobacco.
 "Thc democrats" said Senator Bingham, Hast fall were trying their best to make the voters believe that they were for adequate tariff protec ton on all articles which could be made much cheaper abroad than in this country. The democrats tried to persuade the working man that they were deeply interested in seeing hiiE at a high rate of wages in