Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1929, Page 19

UPWARD REVISION OF TARIFF IS SEEN Extra Session in April to Form Farm Relief Plans Held Likely by Leaders. BY MARK SULLIVAN. As the result of definite acceptance that there will be a special session of the new Congress soon aftxr March 4 there 1s intense scrutiny as to what will be done about the tariff and when. The subject of the speculation, stated broadly, is whether the tariff as a whole will be revised upward or revised down- ward. At present the generally ac- cepted answer is that the revision will be upwardly, decidedly. The order of future developments runs about as follows: The extra ses- sion in April will be called primarily for farm relief. Indeed, it can almost be said the session is called wholly for farm relief. Just what form the di- yect farm relief will take is itself an intricate question, but not material to the present article. It is rather con- ceded that in addition to a specific mechanism for direct farm relief, there will also be ifdirect farm relief by means of tariff revision. As respects farm crops, it is taken for granted the tariff revision will be upward and nothing else. Crops to Get Full Protection. Farm crops now insufficiently pro- tected will have the duties raised. Farm crops not now enjoying a tariff will be made subject to protective duties. The underlying intention 1is that the American farmer shall have & substantially exclusive monopoly of the American market for all staple foodstuffs generally raised in America. Up to this ppint the probable tariff ogram is fairly clear. At this point, owever, the matter of the tariff on manufactured goods enters the field. It enters chiefly upon the initiativ> of the manufacturers themselve many of whom want higher rates. The first question is, will the special session deal at all with the tariff on goods other than farm crops, and if so, how far will it go? The present disposition of those who control action in the lower house is .to hold the extra session down strictly to extremely slight action on the tar- iff. ‘There is a very large body of opinion which believes the tariff as a whole should be revised and will be revised by the new Congress some time within its two years of life. The House leaders distinguish between the extra session which will come in April and the regular session which wlil come in December. General Revision May Be Deferred. The expectation is to hold the extra session down to the narrowest minimum | of action on the tariff. There is consid- erable amount of concession that at the later regular session in December gen- eral revision of the tariff may be en- acted. On this latter point it should be added there is at least some wish by a few to prevent any general tariff re- wvision at any time by the present Con- gress. The balance of likelihood is that there will be general tariff revision some time during the life of the coming Congress, and most probably at the !em:ln session beginning December mext. The next question is: What will be the attitude of the farmers and their leaders as respects the tariff on good? other than their own crops? There has always been a school of farmers who believe their interest is best served by lower duties on manufactured goods of which they are buyers. The farmer point of yiew. is’ supplemented by a school of thought led by such men as Democratic Representative Cordell Hull of Tennessee, who believes at all times in holding the tariff on manufactures down to a reasonable level in the inter- est of consumers generally. Little Demand for Reduction. ‘The real question, therefore, becomes, what is the strength of the body of opinion which believes, to state it %;ue!y, in tariff revision downward? that question the answer, as of to- day, and as of Washington, is that the quantity of demand for revision down- ward is smaller than at any othér time in 35 years. Formidable demand for revision downward may develop later, but it does not now exist. To state it another way, formidable opposition to eral revision upward may develop ter, but does not now exist in a formidable degree. ‘The clearly prevailing sentiment as of the present is to let the farmers have all the revision upward they want, and then ask the farmers to consent to similar revision upward on manufac- tures. Whether this is economically sound is a question on which many Eemm hold decided views in the nega- ve. However, g the present dispatch to the atmosphere of Wash- ington and to the present day, a fair summary would say the prospect looks like general tariff revision in the up- ward direction. (Copyright, 1920 WAGE EA.BNEIS ASK PROTECTION. Labor Chiefs Confer With House Lead- ers on Aet, Demand that in the pending tariff { revision proper protection be accorded employment opportunities of American wage workers and also a demand that imported goods be dutlable on the basis of the American valuation of similar goods produced in America was made at a conference of representatives of America’s Wage Earners’ Protective Conference, under American Federation of Labor auspices, with House leaders in Speaker Longworth’s office late yes- terday. The House leaders present included House Leader Tilson, Acting Chairman Wood of the appropriations committee and Representative Newton of Min- nesota, 2 member of the Republican steering committee. The labor organi- zation representatives were under the leadership of Matthew Woll, vice presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor and chairman of the wage earners’ conference, composed of inter- national unions affiliated with the fed- eration. Other labor leaders present were Martin Lawlor, New York City, | secretary-treasurer United Hatters of North America; Joseph Gillooley, To- ledo, vice president American Flint Glass Workers' Union, and M. J. Flynn, executive secretary ~America’s Wage Earners’ Protective Conference. Argentine Strike Ends. ROSARIO, Argentina, January 16 (). | —President Yrigoyen settled a strike of | street car workers: within 12 hours of their acceptance of his arbitration andl today the cars were running again. 3 The strikers announced yesterday | morning that they would abide by any ruling from the President. 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