Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

Herbert Hoover's first four months in
the White House have wound up amid
considerably more personal satisfaction
than he was deriving from his Job at
first. For one thing, the President Is
slowly-and. for a man Of his tempera-
ment, laboriously - steeling himself
against the unavoidable irritationS OF
his exalted position. He Is taking them
less seriously. They are not worrying
him nearly so much as they did. When
the farm debenture fight was at its
height, Hoovers anxiety almost created
the impression of melancholy. He found
that having Congress on his hands was
a very vexatious business for man
who'd been used all his life TO giving
orders and having them obeyed. Now
that the agricultural relief measure has
become law and Is about to come into
actual operation. the chubby Hoover
countenance is wreathed in smiles which
are apparently not to come on.
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Having accomplished his purpose in
the field of farm relief, the President
is now quietly girding himself Tor the
next tussle with Congress-over the
tariff All the signs point to victory, or
at least semi-victory, for the admins
tration in that domain. too. The ext
gencies of Republican politics, with a
view to the 1880 congressional elections,
are working in favor of Hooyer's plan
for Limited" tariff revision. It Is be-
coming daily more and more apparent
from the walls yelling up from Demo-
cratic national headquarters in Wash
ington that the cruelest blow the
G. o. p. could deal the Raskobites
would be a failure to enact the Hawley
bill into law. Democratic Senate votes
will be cast heavilyAthough by no
means ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS such rates
as the House bill proposes. But the
whole political world knows that what
the Democrats dearly crave Is chance
to shoot at o sky-high Republican tarifi
bill next year, when new House and
a full one-third of the Senate come up
for election. Conversely, the ShreWoest
G. o. P. leaders are alive to the neces-
sity of depriving the enemy Of the 1880
target 1t wants.
Washington has never been the arena
of such furious lobby warfare as the
tariff. Roughly, 1t is O one-sided night
by the Cuban interests (Which are, IN
fact, American interests) against nc
fewer than i've different domestic anc
insular sugar groups, which include the
Louisiana cane people, the beet-sugal
CORPORATIONS Of the Middle West and
West and the agencies which represent
the growers of the Philippines and OF
Hawaii. The Cubans include among
their allies the compact organization Of
carbonated beverage manufacturers In
the United States. For the most part
| the strife among the rival sugar barons
is q battle of monographs. They fooe
the mails with their news releases,
emitted increasingly from extensive
suites of Offices which are manned BY
professional publicity men and women
and other past masters and mistresse:
in the modern art OF go-getting.
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Practically coincident with the func-
| tioning of the new Federal Farm Board
the Hartman banking interests IN New
York, hitherto specialists IN rails, BANK
| ing, shipping and international IN
dustrial activities, are launching ar
AGRICULTURAL security. It comprehend
the oId-established Gerard concern
which for nearly half a century has
been growing cantaloupes. lettuce anc
other fruits and vegetables In the
| fertile, irrigated sections of Arizona
| California, Colorado and New Mexico
During the past year the organization
handled 14.215 carloads OF produce
which is equivalent to train OF Amos,
/ 40 cars Tor every Gay IN the year. wal
Street considers it a matter of genuine
significance that at this time one o.
its largest underwriting houses Is OF
| fering to the public securities OF ar
Incorporated farming business. Such
type of financing Is comparatively new
in the United States, although familiar
in England.
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The present geological administration
| in power at Washington is in the throe'
of its first geological crisis. 1t has beer
provoked by the ambitions OF certain
North Carolinians, who are anxious t.
have some mountain peaks in the Grea
Smoky Mountain National Park given
| literally. their fun place in the sun
At present, Mount Mitchell In the BLU
Ridge range, towering to 6,711 feet
ranks as the Hottest peak on the At