The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
TARIFF PLANS
OF REPUBLICANS
Some of the Pensionists in Fa-
vor of Entering Into CONNER
+ = cial Agreements.
RECIPROCITY AGAIN URGED
sTAND-PATTERs STILL CONTROL
CONGRESS.
RECIPROCITY AGAIN URGED
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Washington. Pee 29.-Commercial
agreements instead Of general revision
that is the newest phase Of the tar
if situation in Washington. CONNER
cial agreements designed to increase
our export trade through concessions
in certain schedules of our tariff that
excite criticism would, it is urged, fora
a policy to be sharply and wholly diff
ferentiated from tariff revision. Their
advocates declare that such agreements
would remove the cause OF friction be-
tween factions OF Republicans and
would be .0casfstent with protection
and with the precepts of Mckinley and
OF Dingley
The prevalent Impression that the
tariff situation i'll Washington is quies-
cent is eInphatically erroneous. No
% topic is more earnestly and persistently
discussed, although beneath the sur
face, among members of both branches
Of congress and between members of
the cabinet This is true despite the
Nell-known fact that's tariff revision
would be'-a sheer impossibility at this
session and despite also the fact that
the subject has not been considered for
. mally re the cabiHet. howeFfr much it
has beeh discuss "a ssaaIfsh = members of
sion in the presidents comprehensive
message of all reference to the tariff,
save as affecting the Philippines, has
stimulated expectancy that there is
more to come from the White house
upon this question
stsnd-Patters. Control.
In congFTsfsi Is asagae now as be-
fore the N6Fenfber+ election that the
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the efforts of such revisioniSts as But
Ter Ames of Massachusetts to bring
about q Republican caucus on the tar
iff' are unavailing. But inquiry among
the Republican majority disclOses that
the "stand-pat" sentiment is not so
stiff and unyielding by far as it was
six months ago. Not a few of the
strongest protection Republicans OBJ
ject TO the phrase 'stand-pat," claim
ing that it dogs eet .hQw correstly de-
scribe their-ssa3 81 eds & which ia not one
of obstinate refusal to recognize the
necessity of action at some time, but
rather that of claiming that the time
, has not yet come.
Nevertheless, the opponents of early
tariff revision are stiff enough in their
attitude TO make 1t clear that If the
5 Republican majority is to take any ac-
ton at all, OF whatever description. tie
initiative must come from the admins
ration. In. ,atTti sipatipp, of some rec
, dmmendatiQnel,y the president, in the
form of a special message. speculation
has within Il few days taken a new
turn: and -tlat It's whether the president
may not advise the entire separation of
general tariff revision from a plan by
which commercials. treaties may be ne
gotiated, on the basis of making con-
cessions in SOME Of rhe present sched-
. ules that pratectionista, admit could be
I cut with justice and sfHh advantage to
the domestic consumer. This would be
a way of reducing custom duties here
and there in the present law, without
disturbing business prosperity at home
while affording opportunities for in
creasing our expert trade through
frea ties
Treaty With Germany.
1t Is the acute situation with regard
! 10 Germany that has brought forward
the suggestion that authority TO nego-
tiate such treaties be made the policy
upon which all Republicans could unite.
instead of general tariff revision. It
is urged that such a plan would be con-
sistent with the traditions of Mckinley
and Dingley. since both the tariff acts
bearing their names contain section
providing for such treaties, While il