The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-16
Leading Business Men Gather to Discuss a Permanent
 Tariff Commission
STANDPAT ARGUMENTS
 WILL BE THROWN OUT
Plans Have Been Made to Have Formed a Tariff Commission By Congress to Take Up the
 Subject Scientifically.

Indianapolis, February 15.-Leaders in the movement for permanent tariff commission, which takes form tomor- row in the opening of the National Tar if Commission convention in this city arrived In the city today and talked enthusiastically of the national interest aroused by the convention.
 J. W. Van Cleave of St. Louis, who probably will be permanent chairman of the gathering; former Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachusetts; Henry R Towne, president of the Mercahnts' as- sociation of New York, and D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N C., were among the more prominent of the arr rivals. Temporary Chairman Risen berg asserted that 42 states would be represented by delegates. The attend ance will fall below the estimate of 2500 anticipated, but the nature of the organizations represented Is indicated by officials of the convention as prov ing its thoroughly national scope
 Probability of friction on the floor of the convention was lessened today by the announcement that the reservation of quarters In a hotel engaged by Sec retary W. F. Wakeman of the American Protective Tarin league. had been can celled The cancellation followed positive announcement of officials of the convention that any attempt to in- | ject "stand-pat" arguments into the deliberations of the body would be fol- lowed by summary election of the un- invited speakers.
 In connection with this 1t was fnti- mated today that the proposed speech of Congressman elect w. A. Cullop Of Indiana must be revised or the invita- ton to the speaker be recalled. MT. Cullop's tentative speech is said to oppose the selection of a tariff commits sion and demand immediate tariff re- vision by Congress.
 The attitude of President Van Cleave and H. E. Miles, chairman of the tariff committee of the National Associat tion of Manufacturers, relative to the pro- posed tariff convention, was the subject of special meeting of the executive committee of the National Associati tion of Manufacturers, in which the work of both officials was commended and indorsed, although the body disavowed responsibility for the submission of schedule by MT. Miles as an individual. The resolutions also ayerred that the organization had not receded from it's position upon the principle of an ade- quate protective tariff, while heartily in favor of the creation of a tariff com mission the only scientific method through which proper tariff legislati can be attained
 The enforced absence through illness of Labor Commissioner c. P Neill, who has been looked upon as the representa- tive of President Roosevelt, was an- nounced today.
 Programme for First Day.
 The programme as now arranged is:
 February 16-Invoeation, addresses of welcome by Temporary Chairman Risen berg, Governor Marshall and Mayor Book walter, reports of committees.
 ''The Neutral Line' Henry R. Towne president of the Merchants association of New York; Tariff Commission Public Necessity Senator Norris Brown of Me- braska; "The Investigation of 1nconsis- tency," former Governor Guild of Massa- chusetts.
 Al the afternoon session H. E. Miles will speak on Protection and the Square Deal;" Senator Owen of Oklahoma, on "A Tariff Commission;" Congressman Fowler of New Jersey, on Tariff Changes by Evolution Instead of Revolution:" Con- gressman Ransdell of Louisiana on ''The Southern Farmers Interest in a Tariff Commissions" President J. M. Stahl of the Farmers National Congress, on "The Unheard Ma->Sity; Congressman-elect Barnard of Indiana, on Influence on Community Tariff Views" and Alex ander Delmar of New York on "Dura- tion in Time of a Given Protection"
 The speakers of the succeeding days in- clude Senator Beveridge, Congressman- elect Cullop and Congressman Watson, Commissioner Barrett of the Internation- al Bureau of Republics, D. A. Tompkins and Thad Snow, an Indiana farmer