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Show EDGE OPPOSES TARIFF BILL New Jersey Senator Says It May Prove National Calamity WASHINGTON, Julv n Announcing Announc-ing th:it he was far troin satisfied tth the administration tarlfl bill in Its present form, Senator Edge. Re- publican, New Jersey, served notice today lu the senate that he would not ote for the measure if It failed to provide, otherwise i nan through con-rresqlonal con-rresqlonal action. some method bv which Individual p, hcdules could be revised as circumstances and tnvestl-1 gation should n 0 riant. Provision fur nurh re ilon by the president Is contain id in the bill. 'Tlie iaMsa.- of this hard and fast tariff hill, without opportunity fori elasticity of rites sold Senator Edge, "might prove i national calamity. FAIL IN Dm, "As much as i realize In many eases the necessity for higher schedules sched-ules for our farm and factory pro-duets. pro-duets. I feel that I will fall in my duty if I finally support a measure, which while it unquestionably pros Ides much needed protection, still might result in a further diminution of our trade with the world, bo necessary to the prosperity of every class of citizenship citizen-ship "A tariff, which, while affording beiii protection, still results primarily primar-ily end practically in a general raise of prices at homo, without a corresponding corre-sponding encouragement of world's trade, narrows our possibility for lis development." |