Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Republicans, Including Borah,
See Little Chance of Com.
pIeting Debate in Time Limit.
FIGHT MAY CAUSE
SPLIT IN OLD PARTY
Long Senate Debate Looms De.
spite Reverses in Some
Of House Rates.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Failure Of the Republican members
of the Senate finance committee to
complete conSiderst ton OF the tariff
bill on scheduled time and consequent
poStponement Of general debate on the
measure until September threatens,
It was said last night. to force the tariff
measure. over into the regular session
OF Congress which begins In December.
Senator Borah Of Idaho and others
frankly see little or no chance of dis
posal OF the bill in the time tnterven-
ing between September 4 and the first
Monday In December, when the resu-
lar session begins.
Despite the decreases which the Re-
publican members of the finance COM
mittee have agreed to In some of the
rates OF the House, q long fight looms
Senate. The fight will be made not
only by Democrats, but by some Of the
Republicans. particularly those who,
like Senator Borah, hail from the ag-
ricultural States Of the West. To put
through measure which resembles
the House bill they maintain would be
"a base betrayal" Of the American
farmers, who We're promised relief dur
ing the national campaign q year ago
through revision Of the tariff.
From political point Of view much
hangs IN the balance in this tariff
fight. When Senator Borah was asked
yesterday whether the tariff bill might
succeed In splitting the Republican
party as the Payne-Aldrich tariff act
did In 1909. he replied:
1T might
Split Hope Of Democrats
II is for Just such q split In the ranks
Of the Republicans that the Democrats
are hoping. They have launched an
intensive fight on the Hawley, or House
bill. From their national headquarters
here they are sending to the newspapers
all over the country reanls Of inter
views and statements, all attacking the
Republican tariff bill which they label
the croWnins tniquity Of special privilege.
The Republican members Of the
hnance committee yesterday finally
threw overheard the Smoot sliding scale
Of sugar duties.
The sliding scale advocated by Senator
Smoot failed to meet with the approval
Of the sugar industry In any Of its
branches. The IL Republican members
announced, had determined it would be
unwise TO press for the adoption OF the
plan at this time.
Having discarded Chairman Smoot,s
plan, the committee Is called uron to
determine whether it will agree to the
House rate or cut 1t down. Opinion
last night seemed to indicate o cut in
the rates carried in the House bill to
a point approximately half way be-
tween the House rate and the rate in
the existing law. The sugar duty
adopted by the House brought an
avalanche of criticism.
In view of the reduction made by the
Senate committee Republicans in the
duty on raw wool, Topping of the g.
ir4n
the committee yesterday revised down
ward some of the rates on manufactured
wool.
Wool Rags Rate Raised.
But the committee approved in
creased duty on wool rags, raising the
rate from cents to ~ cents. The
This increase will affect materially some
OF the industries of this country. par
ticularly in New England. it is said
The committee also advanced the duty
on noils from 81 cents TO % cents on
carbonized noils and to % cents on un-
carbonized noils. The House duty on
flocks, 8 cents pound as compared to
712 cents IN the present Law, was re-
tanned by the committeeman.
Consideration of the duty on hides.
imposed in the House, which took hides
from the free list and also placed a
duty on boots and shoes, was begun in
the committee, but action went over un-
til tomorrow. There has been not O
little criticism of these House bill du-
ties. But the Senate committee finds
itself In dilemma. II it returns hides
to the free list. it cannot well keep O.
duty on shoes which is demanded by
the manufacturers, particularly of won-
ems shoes.
The Republican members Of the
finance committee. it is announced, will
complete the rates of the tariff bill and
make them public by August 1e, the
date set for the reconvening of the
Senate. The Democrats on the com.
mittee and other members Of the Sen.
ate will be given an opportunity to study
these rates while the ajority members
Of the committee continue to work on
the administrative features of the bill.
Many Duties Reduced.
The Republicans Of the finance COM
n1ittee. apparently turning an ear to
the many complaints against increases
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