Long ago the Senate's day-to-day ploddings through the Tariff Bill ceased to be newsworthy. For five months the coalition of Democrats and Progressive Republicans has been painstakingly revising downward industrial rates set by the House and by the Senate Finance Committee.* Last week the Tariff got back into headlines, not because of any startling new developments, but because of the lack of them. A great juggling match of political blame-fixing for the delay ensued. Once more the position of President Hoover, who last November "hoped" the Senate...
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