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Show Tariff Bill Fight Looms In Congress pacifying influence upon cither the Democrats or Republican opponents oppon-ents of the hifjh duty. The opposition is rallying around a bounty plan which is being devised de-vised by Senator Eorah of Idaho, but which has not yet been made public. WASHINGTON,, Auff. 10 (L'.H) Rates of the new Republican tariff tar-iff bill as clumped by the senate finance committee were turned over to the Democrats today as the senate sen-ate reconvened from its summer recess. re-cess. The reconvened session lasted only long enough to permit reading of the prayer by the chaplain, adoption adop-tion of the journal, and adjournment adjourn-ment until Thursday, in accordance j with the gentleman's agreement of leaders to do no business until the tariff is ready for submission to the senate September 4. Enough is known of the bill to lay the ground for what is expected to be the most extended and bleated bleat-ed senate debate since the Versailles Versail-les treaty fight. It is obvious that the Democrats are nrenarinc to work with the independent Republicans Repub-licans to lower the rates as set by the house and generally affirmed, or slightly cut, by the senate committee. com-mittee. The principal dispute will come over the sugar rate. The house raised the present law, 1.76 cents; a pound on Cuban sugar to 2.40 cents a pound. Estimates as to what this will cost the consumer have ranged all the way from $50,-000.000 $50,-000.000 to $00,000,000 a year. The senate committee decreased the house duty to 2.20 cents a pound but the reduction has failed to have any |