The Washington times., 1929-08-12
SEN. BORAH.
WARNS Of !.
REVOLT
By WIN. K. HUTCHINSON
International News service

international News Service
With rumbles of an Insur-
gent revolt threatening a split
IN the Republican ranks, Adj
ministration leaders today
faced a tremendous task in
winning Senatorial approval
for the widespread increases
In industrial and agricultural
rates in the new tariff bill.
The agricultural schedule, carry
ing sharper advances all along the
line, will he endorsed in rapid order.
since even the insurgents agree that
Congress must give the farmers
greater tariff protection.
The similar increases granted in
the Industrial schedules will run into
stiff opposition and a Democratic
Insurgent coalition may even rewrite
most of them. even though Repub
lican members of the Senate Finance
Committee have spent weeks in care
fully determining the new rates.
BOrah Warns of Revolt
Senator Borah tR1 of Idah1 warned
Of the impending Republicans revolt.
He declared the increases on indus
trial rates represented base be.
trayal" of the farmer by the Repub-
lfcan party. He argued that, while
the farmers were given nominal"
increase in tariff protection, the far
erEsn "a fVp prfNR
to industries would more than con-
tinue the old economic inequality be-
tween agriculture and industry.
Administration leaders have
realized the. task on their hands.
They recall the Senate's action in
defeating by single vote Borah's
proposal to- limit all tariff revision
to the agricultural schedule. This
limited revision was beaten by a
vote of only 38 to 80. A review uf
that vote reveals 13 Republicans
and 25 Democrats voting against all
increases on Industrial schedules.
Issue In Doubt
II the coalition can command the
same strength once the tariff bill
reaches the Senate, the fate of the
measure will be in doubt-so far as
industrial increases are concerned.
Totalling the Senators voting for a
limited reduction with those paired
similarly, there would be 46 Sena-
tors opposing industrial Increases
just two short of a majority or
the Senate. At the same time, such
independents as Senators Couzens
of Michigan, johnson of California,
Jones of Washington, McNary of
n. nf
Alabama, and Steck of Iowa, Demo-
Gratis, voted for the general revision.
Adding but two of these independ-
ents to the As recorded as opposed
to Industrial increases, would give
the coalition the necessary majority
Leaders Must Win Converts
Under the circumstances. admins
tration leaders must win over con-
verts from the group that opposed
them last June yol hold all their own
stalwarts in line Failure to do
either will result in sharp reduction
of industrial rates.
The Republican Finance Commit.
tee members meanwhile took up the
sundries list. The hides and shoes
items were on this list and the ef-
fort to place a duty on both threat
ened a private war in the commit"
tee room. The big war" will come
tomorrow when the Republicans act
upon the sugar schedule With the
sliding scale discarded, all were
agreed upon adoption Of a fiat rate
with a majority favoring a lower rate
than that approved by the House.
There appeared a strong proba'
bility that a rate around $500 per
hundred pounds on Cuban imports
would be adopted. This would rep
resent something like the halfway
mark between the $1.76 in existing
law and the $40 rate approved by
fhe House. ''' '.'.'