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Show FOPDNEY BILL IS IN DANGER Evidently there was no sincere de sire on the pan of many eastern politicians poli-ticians to pass the Fordney emergenc ttariff bill, which was intended to tem poratlly relieve the llnancial stress inow upon ihe woolgrowers. livestock men aud farmers of the country. The measure promncd relief to the west, 'but called forth no enthusiasm anions? the leaders of legislation in the east. A special dispatch from Washington says: Loaded down with amendmeuis. the bill will be reported to tbe senate, either tomorrow or the first ol Qesl week If It should I pass the senate, which is now-problematical, now-problematical, the house will it-fuse it-fuse to accept the senate amend menu, and the bill would die in conference. But the probabilities are thai because of Ihe aineiiil tin iiis the bill will never be voted upon 1 the senate. Appropriation bills will oon engross ilip time of ihe senate, and the chances are that little lime will be wasted on a tariff bill which everyone knows cannot be enact -d info larr The conver lion Of Senator Penrose to sup port of ihis bill was short lived; he helped kill It when the first opportunity arose WUh legislation blocked, the one j cure for the depression in tbe Indus-, tries so seriously affected by the slump is a quick adjustment to the j (lower level of prices in order tha' j ,buviuB on a large scale may be ra i j sumed oo |