The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Wisconsin Man Will Tell
Ways and Means Commit
tee Ohioan'S Views.
WILL VETO A BILL
NOT REALLY GOOD"
Ultimate Consumer Is Man for
Whom President-Elect Will
Demand Fair Treatment
By JC. WELLIVER.

By J. c. WELLIVER.
Fresh from an interview with Presf-
dent-elect Taft, and bearing message
from him 70 the Ways and Means COM
mittee, II. +, Milwa, Of Racine. wis.
chairman Of the tariff committee ~
the National Manufacturers Associa-
tion, viii be given a special hearing be-
fore the committee tomorrow.
The hearing is regarded ss much the
most important that viii mark the en-
ufe tarlH inquiry, because lt is recog-
Elzed tnat Mr. Taft's message VIII be
or the utmost significance. Mr.. Miles is
not making any claims 10 agency fer
MI TAFT he is very modest about h.s
iuneJiOni but il is known nevertheless
tnat he comes with more than the all
/ pFOFal OF the President-elect, and thar
what he viii tell the con mittee win
accurately represent the 1'sws OF Mr..
Taft.
Mr. Miles, though an officer Of II,
National Manufacturers Association.
VIII Tor this occasion place himself in
the position OF spokesman for the
ultimate consumer"
This is she interest which Mr. Tart
mas been anxious to have fully reDre-
sented and considered.
Air- Miles says the country ma- rest
ready 10 veto any bill which fails n,
recognize the interest OF the ultimate
consumer, while also providing FOR the
I91 lliei. Jhe manufacturer and labor
Revision Innovation.
Revision upon this principle would be
something OF an innovation. for NO Re-
publican leader Of Importance has arisen
10 question the dictum of Leslie NJ
shaw that "the Republican party is th.
party Of the producer; the Democratic
party is the party OF the consumer"
DIR. TAFT rs understood 10 believe that
the country desires q revision which
viii result in cheapening commodities
/ 10 Ihe consumer, or an Improvement in
their quality. where IL can be demon
straIed Dy Facts and figures that the
present UuUES are too liEl and are TAX
GO advantage of by uuscruUuIgus bane-
ucl4T-es Tor their own profit and nos
that OF labor
II is understood that Mr.. Miles sviH
DISCUSS particularly the iron and slepI
schedule, from the basis OF q manu-
tacturer using these and other raw ma
terlals. He also viii touch poIntedly
upon the trust question.
This week marks the climax of agi-
tdtOn Tor revision Of the Jdrin. ana
possibly the close OF the hearings before
the Committee on Ways and Means.
The great textile interests have had
their day in court. along with the iron
and steel ma aguates and the lumber
kings. Little more Of broad interest re-
mains 20 be said. although iL is under
stood that the committee is willing TO
prolons the hearings to give all petit
TONERS a chance
Sensational Story.
The sensational story of the hour is
that Chairman Payne aud his ass0-
ciates, angered By the public criticism
which has been hurled az the committee
ever since the hearings opened. have IT,
in mind 10 bring in a bin granting heavy
reductions if not actual removals of the
duties on iron and Steel COAL lumber.
hides, leather. and other basic raw ma
terlals, and thus wash their hands OF
the whole high tariff business.
They hold that the evidence on which
the committee must RELY in drafting it's
/ bill has been Of q public character not
communicated secretly TO the members,
as has been the case often in the past
and they are understood 90 feel that the
friends OF the present taTim have not
come forward with such enthusiasm in
its defense as 10 warrant holding the
duties where they are.
Every Industry Reported.
Every industry that has been repre-
sented ga the hearings. almost without
exception, has pleaded guilty to having
/ been prosperous for the last ten years,
and where increases have been asked.
the request often has been with a view
to discounting the uncertainties Of the
future, rather than because the present
need of a high duty could be shown.
], is reck0ned, therefore that with
| this record before the committee, the
arch standpatters OF the country have
not held up the hands OF their friends
VINO sit on Ways and Means, and they
must expect that the committee, being
only human win sidestep the CALLING
I fire. which Is now raklng 1t and go be-
fore the country with a clear conscience
There IS no very wei-hLy authority for
ayiug that the WAYS and Means leaders
plan any such bill, but the report Is in
teTesting. The attitude of the commit
tee has changed since the hearings
opened, and if there is any such thing
as telepdthy, one could easily Geduce
that the committee is very near the
boiling point
Can Afford Good Bill.
It could, moreover. very well afford
the experiment of getting ont -'go5o |
bill. in the certain knowledge that rea
tionary elements I'm the Senate-as
nomenclature of recent politics has
would see to it that the duties did
go below the point of adequate PRO
ton and reasonable profit"
The uncertain factor here woJ
the new progressive Senators
they could carry their ideas thTO
they have any 1nlN pt "A S1ttL
with the Democrats. and senate
licans are not usually OF the COZ
kind. A good bill Of this class
of course, be amended in eonte
and the test of the good faith
NVays and Means Committee won
shown IN the way the members
committee treated the conference
port
Payne to Work Hard.
In all fairness, the opinion is gain
ground here that Chairman PAYNE
put the best and most honorable W
OF his life into the Payne bill. IL M
Continued on Ninth Pdge)
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