New-York tribune., 1906-01-03
ATTACK ART TARIFF.
R. ". Glider and Kenyon Coz
address Architectural League.

''The Elimination OF Tariff on Art was the CUB
Ject Of discussion at the January meeting Of the
Architectural League CT New-York in the Fine
Arts Building last night The speakers OF the even
ing were Richard Watson Glider and Kenyon COX
President Richard Rowland Hunt presided, and
about sixty members of the league were present
Mr.. Glider called his speech "a Tariff on Art a
Law Against Civilization" Both speakers vigor-
ously denounced legislators ''who believe tnat
works Of art should be considered by the nation
On the commercial basis sugar and TO-
bacco." Their remarks were enthusiastically re-
ceived- Mr.. Glider the first to speak he
said:
Just as the American author indignanty. rePudi-
ated that brutal form of protection which I9rn@eay @
placed the foreign author al the mercy OF tne a
American artist repudates the protection aff9rded
You % 5 {ad ed on the tat art G1 fb ms in
OF the art tariff measure is not the one tao XII Nil
be raised in the halls OF Congress against aNoli-
There win think be two principal Arguments a fbts
TO touch single schedule endangers the who6e
haf Of fTee art {" must M3 m meet 4 this setiment by
demonstrating that this matter is entirely outSi1e sue
just as it is unstates:nanke to confound free art
Mth ad ta S 0thsT ds ca @
PROTESTS against such REoteetion ought 10
The second great argument in favor Of the the law eI
G is II SuTy Is w of Pf the Tcb Th Story Of the imposition
of the tax in one Of our tariff measures vas & Ton
Donaldson, Of Philadeipha who claimed the honor
of being the means OF the imposition c,o,r-sss
AS I remember. he announced TO the CongTe5Ss
committee that he wanted but two minutes OF t5elr
Of the CapitoI and observe a day laborer at work
just outside the building Gentlemen. Si ne fllso o
much his trousers 50 much on his shoes r. aRf is
SO much on his spade. Now are you g9shg& & eo of
dutyi' The work was done; clap went the @ taIin
on Millet Rousseau and the Of the light bring
seems t eehat the time has passed for aIpEd6 14gi9
with our lawmakers. Since that day the revlVat s
of art a9d and the sre IN a frs e
in art. the awakening In art may TO-DAY pe SAi4
is hardly necessary to advance IL any detail m
the arguments IN favor of abolishng the GUY, o6
art should decidedly invite rather than ons@trucI @
m ae no4 99 knoE no be fe po ina You know
that our fine art production and our tndustrfa! ar
Rsd a6d 66e ta hey naed the Stirring
popular interest in art forms that the oes+ b art
Should be freely imported directly for public eXhPi-
a9 norted nov inreotiv for public exhibition
which is the case when private owners lnlpOIe a.
The tendency the private of art works Is al
and inevitable as history ProvesmeTen our or
It would not be hard to show that in taxing
helping but injuring the poor la6orer by @ SQGn
Of that light Of heaven without which mortal
lot is hard indeed Such law is law against
In his brief speech Mr. Cox said:
Ny purpose at present is to deal with the i'm
portance of art in education and the necessity TO
the artist educated public: TO point out that
the education Of the public would be furtnereo
by the free importation Of works OF art; that the
free admission Of works Of art for educationa!
purposes is not sufficient, works Of art imported
by Individuals tending, 70 become public property
nstancing the Yerkes beQuest; finally, 10 deal with
the idea Of q few artists that specific duty would
be valuable, showing that poor and cheap works
Of art may, in this way and time, be OF educ2-
ttonal value also.
After the two formal addresses the guests dis
cussed the topic Of the evening Informally.
Among those present r. II. Hunt, Karl
Bitter, Joseph LAUDER. William NJ. Aiken. L c.
Holden, Henry F. Hornbostel. Dom Barber. s. B.
Colt Frederick Crowninshield E H Blashheld
D. G. French. D E. Waid and A ". Brunrer
The annual exhibition Of designs prepared by the
league will be opened at the time of the annual
dinner. on February 2 The guests at the dinner
will be the delegates OF the Architectural League
of America The league is made up OF numerous
societies representing the fine arts. The Archi-
tectural League of New York Is one Of the mem
bers OF this national BODY