The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-11-15
A TARIFF COM MISSION
LAST RESORT OF WOULD De TARIFF
REWSlONiSTS.
Impossible to Take the Tariff out Of
Politics 60 Long ~ the cohorts of
Free Trade Continue 10 MAKE or
Eaniked Attacks Upon The protec-
tIon Foley.

rani.cd Attacks Ipon the rrotec-
uon Foley.
A permanent commission such as Is
suggested would have to do something
ami would therefore always be meddituE.
when what h. needed D. a period Of rest
between changes Anurvw Carnegie Ia
New York Commercial sept 70. 1902
4 tartn commission is the last refuge
of timorous souls. To take the tarin
out Of politics ana utrust tie making
aud unmakiug of duty schedules Ia a
body Of alleged nDnpoliticul experts IS
the nual resort of those WHO huukcr
after tas!n changes aud lcarn for
economic experiments. The fever for
tariff busting may hr diagnosed into
four phas,s First the dcilrium of
tariffs save for revenue only This is
the most violent form OF the tIr,d rip
ping mania NcAt comes a lss In
regular phase ANA II sduG" lower ium
pcralurr This is t@r1 revision In
time we have he tC,ut iuultrrJ form.
he pulse * about tue same ana the
temperature has diminished very
slightly, If nj all Now we call IT ny
another name reciprocity but it Is the
same old fever. The patient stiIl eX'
hibits tariff revision symptoms Of a
pronounced character. but he wants
the tariff revised in spots and by n
roundabout route instead of 10y direct
legislative amendment. Last stage OF
all. urin commission The fever has
abatcd IN great measure, but II has
left the sufferer weak and paIlid rs TO
body rambling and irrational as to
mind
Dropping pathological metaphor. let IN
say plainly that the tariff commission
plan Of tariff tinkcriug has proved Il
failure In The past and is an impossi.
blllty for the future. The tarln will
not cannot bc taken out Of politics So
long as party of free traders remains
to attack the principle of protection ia
American labor and indus ry. The
tariff has been a political question since
the foundation of the government and
will SO continue while political enemies
persist in the effort 10 displace prUt"c.
! ton and substitute free trade in whole
! or IN part.
/ TO advocate bipartisan tariff COM
mission Is to advocate "A worthless sub
stltutc for the bipartisan machinery
/ which we already have The present
/ machine works wen. II faithfully and
I specifically performs the duty devolNcd
! upon il 10y the direct expression Of the
I popular viii \ tariff commission could
/ not do that, would not know how To do
/ il The house committee on ways and
/ means comes straight from the pcupi,
every two years The senate commit
| tee on finance Is subject 10 rrCuustruc
I tiun every two years through the fan
/ urc OF some of It's WvmherS II svCur,
4 reelection TO the senate. These tive
/ committees are for the most part madt
up 81 men who have made the turtf Il
! life study Ari1 scientists like blaine
4 Mckinley. Reed. pWGlcy Aldrjch
! plutt uf Cunurvtitul Allison aud 9th
erS have done service on these commit
tees and left their mark uH nrlN lrgiS
+ lauon Is there amy r.u>lu 90 suppose
that their work would nc improved NJ
on 10y a bipartisan body OF cuisines,
men who know uuthur of the has,,