Roosevelt Standard | 1929-08-01 | Page 4 | Tariff Bill Mal Not be Ready by August 19

TARIFF BILL MAL NOT BE READY BY AUGUST 19 when the senate convenes on august 19 it is unlikely the tariff bill 11 II R 2667 will bo be ready for its consideration the chairman of the senate finance commit committie tte senator smoot rep of utah said a few days ago while senator smoot still hopes the revised tariff schedules can be reported on that day 9 aad n d the committee will work toward accomplishing this end he regards it as extremely doubtful that thal the committee will have completed its work senator smoot made this announcement no following a confere confer cice erice with president hoover while the general legislative situation at the coming regular session was th the e principal subject discussed by senator smoot with th 3 president the senator also alao presented to mr aix hoover tho the lines along which he la Is working in endeavoring ito frame a sliding scale system tor for sugar rates the tariff bill however la Is expect ed to pass in the senate before december 1