Evening star., 1930-06-23

"Mr. Hoover's apology damns the bill
with faint praise" in the opinion Of
the Charleston Evening Post, which
contends further: Under the new bill
the President can correct Objectionable
rates One gathers that Mr.. Hoover In
tends to correct them when they need
it. Perhaps his intentions are good,
but the task Is next to impossible for
any President. There are too many
things In the Hawley-Smoot bill that
need correction at the start. Not many
people are going to forgive the Repub-
lican party for this tariff simply be-
cause the President has the flexible
provision"
That the measure is unfavorable TO
the farmers Is argued by the Davenport
Democrat, the Chattanooga Times and
the Saginaw Daily News. The Little
Rock Arkansas Democrat replies to the
President He tells us that the farmer
will benefit. He will, on some COM
modities that he sells, but he will be
forced to give back his gains when he
purchases other commodities" The
New Bedford Standard points out that
"a veto would have ended uncertainty.
as well as approval" and the St Paul
Pioneer Press insists that Mr.. Hoover
has disappointed not only the agri-
cultural interests of the Northwest, but
all commercial interests whose pros
perity rests on agriculture" That paper
adds that 1T would have been far bet
ter for the country and for Americas
foreign trade If President Hoover had
announced that he would veto this
worst of tariff bills"
"A great disappointment to mil
lions" in the Hoover announcement is
voiced by the Chattanooga News, calling
the bill "extortionate," while the Port
land oregon Journal denounces "a die
tatorship by those States having the
most wealth." and the Milwaukee Jour-
nal gives its view of the situation: I'VE
embark on the experiment of lifting
ourselves by our boot straps, setting the
whole world against us, setting other
nations to devising ways to keep Ameri-
can goods out of their markets, raising
prices to our own people and hoping
that somehow this scheme will work
out"
THE Democratic party can take this
issue and 50 before the country on it
and win" in the Judgment of the Roa-
noke World-News. Other papers which
condemn the tariff bill are the Asbury
Park Press, the Columbus Ohio State
Journal, the Louisville Courier Journal,
the Richmond News Leader the Newark
Evening News, the Oklahoma City Okla
homan, the Hamilton Evening JourhaA
and the Asheville Times. The Fort
Worth Record Telegram argues, THE
Republicans haven't kept any other
campaign promises of 1928. but they
have kept the faith with tariff revision
only the faith was that demanded by
the interests behind the party, instead A
front Of it,"
The belief that business recovery Is
to be achieved now that the tariff has
peen disposed Of, as suggested by the
PRESIDENT, is expressed by the Los An
geles Express, the Cleveland News, the
Fort Huron Herald, the Connellsville
Courier, the Geneva Daily Times and
the Albany Evening News. The Worces-
Yer Telegram states that enactment
will certainly relieve the dangerous
state Of uncertainty" and that "the
powers Of the measure to produce ben
ef1t must be determined, as have tl1ose
OF the bills in the past. by test"
President Hoover's chief delight over
the matter of the tariff" thinks The
Charlotte Observer, lis one shared in hv
the country at large. 1t is because tle
troublesome subject Is out of the hand
commerce at last may settle down wit.
some definite notion as to what is ID
guide them" The Providence Journa
agrees with this stand
Recognition that such bill must ~
the product Of compromise or "logf\
ing" Is given by the San Francisco
Chronicle. the Topeka Daily Capita
and the Cincinnati Times-Star. TIhd
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel holds tina
agriculture is the chief beneficiary, anN
the San Antonio Express sees gains Sa
truck growers and stockmen.
General satisfaction that the battl,
Is over is attested by the Oakland
Tribune and the Rutland Herald. Hope
for good results Is held by the Syracusr
Herald and the Flint Daily Journkl
The belief that only time can decide
is offered by the Indianapolis Star and
the Rock Island Argus. Prediction oi
political retribution in case of failure
Is made by the Scranton Times and
Atlanta Constitution, while the Sche-
nectady Gazette and Morgantown Do
News emphasize the fitness Of
such punishment for possible failAre.