The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-19
TARIFF BILL Will.
LIKELY BE DELAYED
Conflicting Interests to Hold
Measure in Senate Until
Regular Session
MANY FAVOR NO BILL
Industrial East Will Fight In
creased Duties on Pro-
ducts of the Farm

Washington, Sept. II = While
opinions vary from day to day as
to whether or not a tariff bill will
be passed in the present short ses-
sion, the impression grows there is
likely to be none rather than the
kind of a bill that is in prospect.
It is considered more than likely
that the conservative group of Re-
publicans, if ever vote is reached.
will be able to put through the tar
if bill in a form similar to that
brought out by the finance commit
tee. This assumption is based on
the ground that there will be
enough Democratic assertions for
one reason or another, to give the
regulars the requisite number of
votes.
The bill has many trading quail
tiles, some that will make it very
alluring to some particular Demo-
Gratis who may want special rates
in their districts. Besides there is
always the possibility that some
Democrats may think it good pol
itics to let the bill pass, so the Re-
publicans may have the RESPONSE
bility for it.
However, the regulars sponsoring
the bill, already realize that much
time has elapsed and that they
should be much farther ahead with
the bill than they are now. With
the sentiment growing it would be
better to have no bill rather than
the present bill, and if considera-
ton of the measures goes on late
into October, it would be compare
lively easy for a determined group
OF senators to hold the fort and
purt the entire matter over until
the regular session.
Such a program is under consid-
Grafton. While this sentiment is de-
veloping, it is revealed that the
western states namely, the far
western states, are hostile to the
bill. Senator McNary of Oregon
said a few days ago. TN the states
of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana the sentiment is almost
unanimous in opposition to the
bill"
Even in Utah, the home of Sem
ator Smoot, Senator King is fight
ing in opposition and he appears
to be as representative of his state
as Senator Smoot.
However, in the states of Oregon
and Washington, there is still a
In0nrIY1o i've -
placed on shingles, while Senator
Oddie, of Nevada and Senators
Wheeler and Walsh, of Montana
are interested in duty on man
ganese,
This morning there was a meet
ing of far western senators in Sem
ator McNarys office and while the
senators were close mouthed about
the result, it was rumored that an
attempt was being made to bring
about working arrangement be-
tween the supporters of the propos-
ed duty on shingles and lumber and
the duty on manganese. At the
meeting were McNary and Stei-
wehr, of Oregon, Jones, of Wash
ington, John Thomas, of Idaho and
Johnson, of California.
The meeting was preliminary and
If extended to it's fullest capacity
is likely to take in Hendrick, of
Wyoming, Waterman, of Colorado
and perhaps two additional Demo
Gratis in the persons of Ashurst, of
Arizona, and Dill, of Washington.
There is a conflict of interests
among these senators. Oddie is es-
pecially interested in manganese.
McNary and Steiwehr, of Oregon
and Dill and Jones, of Washington
are interested in shingles and lum-
Der, Johnson, of California, is in
terested in fruits while still others
are interested in sugar.
Each one of these groups pro-
poses to trade with the other and
all are in state of irritation be-
cause the senate bill cut many of
the rates placed there by the house
bill for example, the Oregon and
Washington senators, it is under
stood, feel they will have to vote
against the bill unless the duty on
shingles and lumber is restored, pro-
posing by this position to renew
once more the entire fight over
building material whose intensity
was lessened somewhat by the
placing of shingles and lumber on
the free list, although cement
brick, steel, glass, etc., are still on
the dutiable list.
However, here is new bloc
formed, and one which is likely to
exert considerable influence. Oddie
as the champion of manganese is
probably treading on dangerous
ground in dealing with these pom
sors for a duty on building mater.
ial, but feels he has to go along
with his senate.
AS an evidence of the growing
sentiment in favor of having no
bill, rather than the one new en-
.visaged, Senator Hayden, from
Arizona, today made the following
statement: "Such discussion of the
pending tariff bill as have heard
not only in my own state but else
where across the continent, justi-
fies the conclusion that there would
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