The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
Political Commend.
There Are Enough Bureaus.

The only question is as to the prac-
teal utility Of such Government COM
mission. II is conceded by these we'll
meaning manufacturers that the tariff
ought 10 be revised downward" and
that ii is going to be 80 revised In the
coming extra session of Congress. When
This work is accomplished, if with a
reasonable degree of success, there will
be no desire for agitation of the ques-
ton or for revising tariff schedules for
years to come. All parties will unite in
a demand for rest from agitation.
What would this permanent commits
sion he doing in the meantime? Gath
ering statistics of trade and investi-
eating conditions of labor. wages ana
production, with view to further re-
visions of the tariff to which Congress
and the country will give no heed in
the desire for rest? There are quite
enough bureaus in the government now
collecting this Information. For what
else was the Department of Commerce
and Labor erected, with its immense
official paraphernalia?
1t is urged, however, that this per-
manent commission would perform a
most useful service in the passage of a
maximum and minimum tariff In de-
Gliding which of the two rates should
be imposed on the trade of a particular
country. That would never do. Con-
greSs cannot abdicate its legislative
functions to confer them upon such a
commission. To determine whether
this or that duty shall be imposed on
the imports from any country is TO leg
lslate; and this power belongs Only to
the Congress. For the rest, the maxi
mum and minimum device was adopted
for the purposes of commercial war
fare. This country above all wants
commercial peace. and for this reason
Will net put an instrument of CONNER
cial war in the hands of any commits
sion.-Philadelphia Record.
The Best Wish for Dir. Taft.
William HI. Taft" remarks the
New York Sun, has the friendly re-
gard of everybody. Never did sny
man come into the Presidency before
people"
When we come TO think about 1t
that is strictly true. Even Mr.. Nc
llinley did not have such good will ut
the beginning of his first term. Only
the feeling toward Mr.. McKinlee 1T
the beginning of his second term is
comparable to the feeling toward Nc.
Taft.
Everybody wishes Mr. Taft well.
Being human, Mr.. Taft must desire
this feeling to continue. And there
are signs that Mr.. Taft understands
what is the way to have 1t continue
and to bring it to pass that his going
out of Office shall be like his coming
in. and like what William Mckinley
going would have been had his life been
| spared to March 4, 1905.
Mr.. Taft impresses the public as
being content to sink his personality In
his great task-to devote himself to
making the machinery Of government
run smoothly and quietly and as rap
idly as may be necessary.
The best wish that his friends and
his country can have for Mr.. Taft Is
that he may persist in this attitude
| that he may always be content to have
his place in history fixed not by what
William Taft did. but by what
| the President Of the United States die
when his name was William II. Taft
That his going out may be like his
coming in-that he may be resolute t.
make 1t so-is the best wish that car
be given to the new President -Chica
| go Inter Ocean.