The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

At the last meeting of the board Of
trade the delegates TO next months
meeting OF the national board at WASH
ington were directed to support res
olution to be presented tC congress
favoring the creation OF q thrift COM
mission. Within the past three years
the Scranton board has frequently re-
ceived and discussed many communi-
cations on the subject from the Tari!t
Commission league and olher organiza-
tions favoring q nOn-partisan tariif
commission. In view of the interest
taken by Scranton manufacturers and
merchants the following. letter Will be
of interest:
Newark, N. j., Nov. 1, 1897.
To the Commercial Organizations of the
United States.
Gentlemen-We hand you herewith
copy of bill having for its object the
taking of the tariff question out of pol
tiles and placing it in the hands of a
court or commission created on the same
plan as the United States supreme court.
1t has been thoroughly proven by the
discussion of this question during the
past four years that before such q court
or commission can be of any practical
service the government must establish
permanent policy under which our tariff
must be adjusted and the revenue col
leCted. With a principle once established
that will apply with equal justice to
each and every industry alike then the
arrangement of schedules under such a
law could be arranged by n court or
commission much more scientifically and
Cquitably than under the present sys-
tenn and at the same time put stop
to all uncertainty and agitation.
WORSE THAN PRESENT SYSTEM
Any commission that must report to
congress and depend upon that body to
carry out their findings would he much
worse than the present system, for then
congress would have the question brought
before them every session and always
open up a prolific field for campaign
pyrotechnics with much less certainty
as to their final action than under the
present system, so that such a commits
sion is to be discouraged at every point.
1t has also been proven that this gov
ernment must have revenue and that
the best way to raise that revenue is by
q tariff for revenue so adjusted as to
afford needed protection to our manu-
featuring and agricultural industries,
and the bill herewith presented is framed
on those lines.
Please have this question taken up at
the next meeting of your organization
Have this bill thoroughly discussed in
all its details and If any amendments
are recommended please send us n copy
of them; also please decide upon what
action, if any, your organization will be
willing to take in helping to carry the
measure through congress at the coming
session, December 1897.
1t is our desire that every voter in
district be requested to write a personal
letter to your representatives in congress
(both branches) urging them to support
it; also that your organization appoint Il
committee to see that these letters are
written; also that said committee call
upon your representatives, in a body be-
fore they leave for Washington this
that you send a delegation to Wash
ington to appear before the committees
of congress to urge its passage or that
you unite with other organizations in
your vicinity and send such a commit
tee to Washington Jointly.
over 500 organizations throughout the
country have already officially endorsed
this movement, and we hope that every
one will unite in the effort TO pcrman-
emily settle the question at the coming
session of congress.
Please notify us as soon rs possible
W at action you have already taken and
ar, willing to take I'm the future in re-
gard to the matter United action means
certain success.
Trusting we will receive a prompt and
| favorable reply, We remain,
Respectfully yours,
The Tariff Commission League,
S. b. Archer,
Secretary and Treasurer