New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-08
ART TARIFF ISSUE.
5Ir. Coz Questions Dir. Payne's
Memory on old Bill

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your paper of the ID inst appears al
interview with Serene E Payne IN winch ne
qi1oted as saying, among other things
,..ars ago I interested myself in the ques-
ton and supported legislation asked I9I os 90 s
artists Later these same artists favored d vi
son bill il not mistaken was the r Ts2S was
that placed the tariff in operation asail "a Amer
in accord with the views OF repl
lean artists at the time
ANY statement by Mr. Payne naturally carryss
weight and it seems necessary. in justice 10 <Aine
lean artists. to make some answer 10 P EsS OF
Either your reviewer misunderstood MI. q! -srf
there was some confusion Of memory On re l Art
AS the secretary OF the oIQ 5\at aisn Free Art
Teae7Ie is the successor and one or tnes q Re
70 ,'en4 70 Washington and appeared before W
ClU MI. - ON Wavs ana Means when the Nc
<inIey bill was framing. I am entirely e22Is.S 70
with the facts and may perhaps o7
state my remembrance Of them. -, the WAYS
The Mckinley bill as II was reported ~ 80 House
and Means Committee and as II p ~ art upon The
free list. The Senate among 0thet S an In confer
ence a compromise was agreed upon anu 80 IIpor
finally passed. placed duty OF a 10 this time
tba+ Mr. PAYNE Supported legislation ASST o Tor
his sHp1ort but it was only partially succ5 fber
The artists continued their organ 90 ART was
piaced on the free Iist-a result certalHy rrerIcan
cord with the views OF represe1.aiI "a before and
since since It was What they had been asita'inS
iG never Knew how or for what reason. the ter
OF % per cent was reimposed in the Dinsyy at the
but can assure Mr.. Payne that It was ~ TetIrned
request of these same artists 9iI'Ce broad there
to America in 1888. from my stucleS az ,ba over
has time when the SFeit. not
whelTning-Inajority of American artists -o-ks Of
been in favor Of the free Importation Of a
art There has never BEEN to my Ah .ss oart OF
solitary instance of change OF MIND on ss1Iredly
an advocate of free art and there mas --Tisf who
been such change on the part OF any LOW them
had been prominent in the movement N--.T-Ialge
ali and assert this from my personal klorrir1ily
To-day the artists of standing are 'sSDrotec-
unanimous IN asking to be relieved or "a In this
tiOn'' which they consider a handicap dlIto,J for
they stand exactly where they have st'o oJyy9vs
more than twenty years. Those VINO " tLLoss who
against the tariff still against II, L ag dad
favored it-never a large nuuber-aTe Ino9,1S them
the Younger generation so Tar as / MI ,i-,,nder-
are with us to a man Let there be no inlss asSns
standing about this. Whatever may oe lue - con
wbicb Weigh with Mr. Payne. O others 70 mr..
tinue this tax they should not De under tN riists
sion that the artists want 1t, or that tleSe -bsr
have 20 minds Of their own or do nol NllC% nov ~ w
own minds II the tarIn on works o. ..Lst Hr
be continued, let have il understood go a.
what reason YOU like. IL is to be continues; 80 N
solitary instance of a tariff retained IN spite ,s
the practically unanimous Opposition OF ~ COX
C0sed benefCiartes- Af-N 1S-'
New-YOrk City, Dec 5. 1896