Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-26
MAKING NEW TARIFF |S 4
 HARD TASK
it Requires Weeks of Pains taking Labor and Best Thought of the Wisest Statesmen to Complete lt

WASHINGTON, March 25.-If any one is possessed of the idea that the tarif is to be out Of the way in a short t,me, he should revise his opin- ion forthwith.
 Business Is disturbed during consid- eration of a tariff bill. That Is an unfortunate fact, but no matter how hard the president and members of congress may try to dispose of the whole subject promptly, it will have to be under consideration for many long weeks to come.
 People who are not famil ar with the immensity Of the tariff act and the multiplicity of it's details, every one of which must be adjusted in such a way as to leave no confusion in the minds of the customs officers, often express the opinion that con gress is trih 'ng with the business in- terests of the country because it does not put an end to ali uncertainty in a week CT two aL the outside.
 There is no duty which comes be- fore congress at any time which re quires such careful consideration as a tariff billl. There is no measure, and, in fact, no dozen measures, which af- feet the pocketbook of so many df- ferent people as the semiOccasiOual enactment of 8 law fixing the rate of duty on so many different articles i'm ported from foreign countries.
 Good Thing Law is Steady.
 It is a good thing for the country that tariffs are not revised every day, or every year. It would be unfortun- ate for business if the people should get to see-sawing in the'r politics in such a way that every time Q new president was elected an entirely new tariT scheme would have to be agreed upon.
 Tn the present case under the con stitution the house of representatives must agree upon a tarin bill before the senate has anything whatever to do with It. The senate cannot save time by passing a tariff bill of 'ts own and then adjusting matters with the lower house of congress. A fin fshed product must be presented to the senate by the honse before 6 scrap of offciai work can be done in the upper branch Of congress.
 It is true that while the house Is discussing its own tariff bill. adding here. and talk ng away there, members of the finance committee of the sen ate can follow the proceediDgs day b5 day and make uD their minds wha they will do with the same items This shoTtens the time the house bill Is to be in the hands of the senate committee, but in point of fact little or nothing can be done in the senate anti the house has concluded all itl preliminary work.
 How House Makes the Tariff.
 k Naai-HH II will take for the tariff bill to b' put through the house. Under -tht rules it is considered first in commit tee of the whole That commlttee as it's title indicates. is really tn house 'tself. cofnposed of exactly tn same members with the exception, al a matter of practice. that the speak CT of the house does not preside. ant with the further difference that ther' is a wider latitude for debate and ; greater diflcuity in insisting upol record votes and dllatory motions.
 After the committee of the whoi considers the entire tariff bili from be ginning to cod. line by liDe. paragraph by paragraph. section by section. an agree upon the whole thing, the sam process is repeated in the house c renresentatives, aithough the tim then devoted to the bfll Is much shori CT, as most of the disD1fed point have been worked out in the big con n'tfee meeting In which all the men bers have participated.
 When the bill has passed the hous' ft goes to the senate. There it considered by the finance committe and finally reported with man amendments. Then the same pToces is followed. The senate consider the treasure first as a committee the whole. and fben as a senst When it has finished. there are hRl dreds of amendments made to tE house bili.
 coonferees Tske Un Oisputes.
 Tbereupon the two houses anuoii members of a conference comnitte winch has jurisdiction only of di