The Mena weekly star., 1907-09-05
TOSTUDY FOREIGN TARIFF
The President to Send Board of Experts to Europe for the
 Purpose.
coartLYou HAS EXCLUSIVE CONTROL
The Administration Wants Informs' ton to Offset Expected Criticism in Cong, sss Next Winter Resaro'ns the Recently Signed Trade Agree ments With France and Germany

Washington. Sept 1.-There IS nc longer any question as to the in.eir tion of the government to send aproau a commission of tariff experts to ge' information as to the Ueriiiah' French and English tariff systems and consular methods of handling m mort and other export business. While an official announcement is still wlth. held if can be stated without fear oi contradiction that the personhei oi the commission has been definiteiy determined and that the commission will sail on September r and has al ready engaged accommodations on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
 The commission will be headed by MT. w. J. Reynolds, assistant secre- tary of the treasury, who IS in charse of customs affairs and has been Tn that position for three years or more. The other two members will De Messrs. Marion De Vries and Byron s Waite of the board of general ap- praisers at New York City. The hign character of the officials indicates the seriousness of purpose on the part of the administration in sending them abroad. While it may never be ad' mitted officially, yet it is known that the commissions principal business will be to study the systems Of for. eign countries with which the admin istration has closed new commercial and tariff arrangements or with which if wishes to do so within the next year.
 The commission is expected to make an exhaustive investigation, through which 1t will fortify the ad. ministration to meet the storm of criticism which it will receive during the coming session of congress over it's trade treaty with Germany. The American Protective Tariff League is openly arrayed against the admins. tration in this connection, and so are half a dozen other big associations of manufacturers and importers.
 It has been learned that MT. Cor telyou, the secretary of the treasury has been given exclusive responsi- bility in handling the work of the com. mission. He seeks to avoid the mis- take of the last commission which went abroad. It develops that one of the members of that commission was persona non grata to at least two of the government of the countries visit ed and these governments refused to recognize the commission including him in its membership. The result was that the United States with some humiliation. had to withdraw him and substitute oHe of our consuls residing at foreign capital The facts have never before reached the public prints and will possibly never be admitted officially, unless congress calls for their report through a resolution.
 The personnel of the new commis- sion has been carefully canvassed. Indeed. foreign governments have sounded as to their acceptance of the members MT. James B. Reynolds has been at the head of the customs af. fairs of the government long enough to be accounted an expert. He pos. sesses rare tact and good sense and has passed through hard schooling in journalism and public office. which has fitted him for delicate diplomatic tacks. MT. De Vries was formerly a member of congress from New York state. Mir Waite was formerly a cir cult judge in Michigan. The two lat. ter men, as members of the board of general appraisers, occupy life posi-. tions with annual salaries which com. pare fayorably with these of cabinet officers. As members of the board they are in positions of rare conf. dence and of judicial character